2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The **2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup** was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The tournament was mostly played in the United States, although some matches were played in Jamaica and Costa Rica.

CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12 in February 2018.

Mexico won their 8th Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over the U.S. in the final.

## Qualified teams

For this edition, The qualification system was changed. Teams were no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification.

Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.
|Team|Qualification|Date of qualification|data-sort-type="number"|Gold Cup appearances|Last appearance|Previous best Gold Cup performance|FIFA Ranking<nowiki/> at start of event|CONCACAF Ranking<nowiki/> at start of event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left"||||15th|2017|<small>(**1993**, 1996, 1998, **2003**, 2009, 2011, 2015)</small>|18|1|
|style="text-align:left"|<small>(co-hosts)</small>|||14th|2017|<small>(2002)</small>|39|3|
|style="text-align:left"||||9th|2017|<small>(2005, 2013)</small>|75|5|
|style="text-align:left"||||14th|2017|<small>(1991)</small>|61|4|
|style="text-align:left"|<small>(defending champions & co-hosts)</small>|||15th|2017|<small>(**1991**, **2002**, **2005**, **2007**, **2013**, **2017**</small>)|30|2|
|style="text-align:left"||||10th|2015|<small>(2000)</small>|92|11|
|style="text-align:left"||||7th|2015|<small>(2002, 2009)</small>|101|10|
|style="text-align:left"||||14th|2017|<small>(2000)</small>|78|6|
|style="text-align:left"||||6th|2017|<small>(2002)</small>|N/A|12|
|style="text-align:left"||||2nd|2017|<small>(2017)</small>|79|15|
|style="text-align:left"||||1st|None||174|20|
|style="text-align:left"||||9th|2015|<small>(2003, 2013, 2015)</small>|175|13|
|style="text-align:left"||||1st|None||177|22|
|style="text-align:left"||||11th|2017|<small>(2015, 2017)</small>|54|7|
|style="text-align:left"||||3rd|2017|<small>(2009, 2017)</small>|129|14|
|style="text-align:left"||||11th|2017|<small>(2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017)</small>|69|9|

## Stadiums

In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States. This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean.  All the previous editions took place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.

### United States

In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States that would host matches. Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on 27 September 2018 as the venue of the final.
|Stadium|Capacity|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Rose Bowl|90,888|Pasadena, California|
|Broncos Stadium at Mile High|76,125|Denver, Colorado|
|NRG Stadium|71,795|Houston, Texas|
|BBVA Stadium|22,039|Houston, Texas|
|Bank of America Stadium|75,525|Charlotte, North Carolina|
|Lincoln Financial Field|69,176|Philadelphia|
|Nissan Stadium|69,143|Nashville, Tennessee|
|FirstEnergy Stadium|67,895|Cleveland, Ohio|
|State Farm Stadium|63,400|Phoenix, Arizona|
|Soldier Field|61,500|Chicago, Illinois|
|Red Bull Arena|25,000|New York City|
|Banc of California Stadium|22,000|Los Angeles|
|Toyota Stadium|20,500|Frisco, Texas|
|Allianz Field|19,400|Saint Paul, Minnesota|
|Children's Mercy Park|18,467|Kansas City, Missouri|

### Costa Rica

On 26 November 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on 16 June 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José.
|Stadium|Capacity|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica|35,175|San José|

### Jamaica

On 2 April 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on 17 June 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.
|Stadium|Capacity|Location|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Independence Park|35,000|Kingston|

## Knockout Stage

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