The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 18th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. Canada and the United States will host the tournament, which will begin on June 14, 2025. The final is scheduled to be played on July 6, 2025, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[2]
| Copa Oro de la CONCACAF 2025 (Spanish) | |
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 This Is Ours Spanish: Esto Es Nuestro | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Canada United States |
| Dates | June 14 – July 6 |
| Teams | 16[1] |
| Venue(s) | 14 (in 13 host cities) |
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The venues in the United States were mainly in the western part of the country in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup which will be held around the same time as the Gold Cup on the East Coast.[3][4]
Mexico is the defending champion, having won its record-extending 9th title in 2023 after defeating Panama 1–0 in the final on July 16 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.[5]
Venues
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CONCACAF announced the 14 host venues for the 2025 Gold Cup on September 25, 2024. They included a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger American football stadiums. BC Place in Vancouver was the sole venue outside of the United States. The venues were mostly limited to the Western United States to avoid conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup happening on the East Coast at the same time.[6] CONCACAF announced that it had awarded the tournament final to NRG Stadium in Houston on October 30, 2024.[2]
| Arlington, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth area) |
Houston, Texas | |
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| AT&T Stadium‡ | NRG Stadium‡ | Shell Energy Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 72,220 | Capacity: 22,039 |
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| Inglewood, California (Los Angeles area) |
Santa Clara, California (San Francisco Bay Area) |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| SoFi Stadium | Levi's Stadium | U.S. Bank Stadium‡ |
| Capacity: 70,240 | Capacity: 68,500 | Capacity: 66,860 |
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| Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix area) |
Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas area) |
Vancouver, British Columbia | San Diego, California |
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| State Farm Stadium‡ | Allegiant Stadium‡ | BC Place‡ | Snapdragon Stadium |
| Capacity: 63,400 | Capacity: 61,000 | Capacity: 54,500 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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| Carson, California (Los Angeles area) |
St. Louis, Missouri | Austin, Texas | San Jose, California |
| Dignity Health Sports Park | Energizer Park | Q2 Stadium | PayPal Park |
| Capacity: 30,510 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 20,730 | Capacity: 18,000 |
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- A double-dagger (‡) denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.
Teams
editQualification
editIn February 2023, CONCACAF announced that the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League would serve as qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7][8] All 41 member associations of CONCACAF will participate in the Nations League, which is divided into three tiers. The quarterfinal winners of 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A will automatically qualify for the Gold Cup; the third and fourth-placed teams in League A will qualify for the Gold Cup preliminary round that will take place in June 2025, while the fifth and sixth-placed teams of each group will advance to the play-in round where they will face the top-four teams in the League C for the last four spots in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.[9] The winners of each group in 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B will automatically qualify for the Gold Cup; the top-two second-place finishers will qualify for the Gold Cup preliminary round. Each group winner in 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C will advance to the play-in round along with the best-ranked runner-up from across all three groups.[10] Eight different nations from CONCACAF will be confirmed to compete in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup from both the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A (4) and 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B (4) by November 19, 2024.
Additional teams from other confederations have been speculated to fill the remaining Gold Cup qualifiers and provide increased competition for North American teams Mexico, Canada, and the United States; these three teams will not play in the World Cup qualifying cycle due to their automatic qualification as hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[11][12]
Teams qualified for preliminary round
editThe following teams have qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims:[1]
Guatemala (3rd in League A group A)
Martinique (4th in League A group A)
Nicaragua (3rd in League A group B)
Trinidad and Tobago (4th in League A group B)
Schedule
editThe competition schedule was released on September 25, 2024.[13]
| Round | Date(s) |
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| Group stage | June 14–24 |
| Quarterfinals | June 28–29 |
| Semifinals | July 2 |
| Final | July 6 |
Marketing
editBroadcasting rights
edit| Territory | Broadcast | Ref. |
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| United States | Fox Sports (English) TUDN (Spanish) |
[14][15] |
| Mexico | TUDN | [15] |
| Canada | OneSoccer | [16][failed verification] |
| Caribbean | ESPN | [17] |
| Central America | ESPN | [17] |
| South America | ESPN | [17] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Concacaf confirms 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups". Concacaf. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "Houston's NRG Stadium awarded 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final" (Press release). CONCACAF. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Cardenas, Felipe; Sheldon, Dan. "Club World Cup set for U.S. east coast, Gold Cup on west". The Athletic. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Mexico 1-0 Panama (Jul 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ a b "Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2025 Gold Cup" (Press release). CONCACAF. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms details for fourth edition of Concacaf Nations League". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Concacaf announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023-2026 cycle". CONCACAF. February 28, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Schedule & Results | CNL". CONCACAF. March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Wine II, Donald (February 2, 2023). "Report: 2025 Gold Cup to expand to 24 teams". Stars and Stripes FC. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (July 29, 2024). "Plan Copa Oro 2025: el torneo con selecciones invitadas, incluidas dos de Conmebol". Olé USA (in Spanish). Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ Vertelney, Seth (September 25, 2024). "Concacaf announces dates, host cities for 2025 Gold Cup". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ "Fox to televise 2021 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cups". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Concacaf and TelevisaUnivision Agree to Multi-Year Media Rights Partnership". CONCACAF. May 23, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ "Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) – A New Sports Enterprise Now Represents Premier Soccer Properties in Canada". Canada Soccer. August 6, 2020. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c Staff, S. V. G. (February 20, 2024). "ESPN Reaches Agreement with CONCACAF for W Gold Cup 2024". Sports Video Group. Retrieved August 2, 2024.