2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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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 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.[2][3]
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.[4]
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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.[5]
| Arlington, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth Area) |
Houston, Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | CityPark | Q2 Stadium | PayPal Park |
| Capacity: 30,510 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 20,730 | Capacity: 18,000 |
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In February 2023, CONCACAF announced that the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League would serve as qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11]
The 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)| Territory | Broadcast | Ref. |
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| United States | Fox Sports (English) TUDN (Spanish) |
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| Mexico | TUDN | [13] |
| Canada | OneSoccer | [14][failed verification] |
| Caribbean | ESPN | [15] |
| Central America | ESPN | [15] |
| South America | ESPN | [15] |
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