2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims Host country United States City Fort Lauderdale Dates 16–20 June 2023[1] Teams 12 Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Matches played 9 Goals scored 24 (2.67 per match) Top scorer(s) Arnold Abelinti (3 goals)
International football competition
The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament determined the final three teams to qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup .[2]
The matches took place from 16 to 20 June 2023 at DRV PNK Stadium , Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States.[3]
Teams Twelve teams participated in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers based on the results of the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League . These teams were the four group third-placed teams of 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A , the four second-place finishers from League B and the four group winners from League C .[4]
Trinidad and Tobago were originally set to participate as Nations League B Group C runners-up, but were automatically qualified after Nicaragua were disqualified. Trinidad and Tobago were replaced in the preliminary round by Antigua and Barbuda , the team with the best performance in League B who had not qualified.[5]
Draw The preliminary round draw was held on 14 April 2023, 12:00 PDT (UTC−7 ), at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California .[6] For round one, the top six teams based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023 were pre-seeded into matches 1 to 6 (highest ranked in match 1, second-highest ranked in match 2, etc.), while the remaining six teams were drawn from a single pot and assigned to matches in sequential order.[7] The fixtures for round two were predetermined (with pairings featuring the winners of round one matches 1 v 6, 2 v 5 and 3 v 4).[8]
Match officials On 15 June 2023, CONCACAF announced the referees, assistant referees and video assistant referees (VAR) appointed for the tournament.[9]
Referees Keylor Herrera Randy Encarnación Reon Radix Bryan López Oshane Nation Adonai Escobedo Fernando Guerrero Joseph Dickerson Rubiel VazquezAssistant referees Micheal Barwegen Raymundo Feliz Jassett Kerr-Wilson Enrique Bustos Jorge Sánchez Christian Espinoza Karen Díaz Keytzel Corrales Zachari Zeegelaar Kyle Atkins Kathryn Nesbitt Corey ParkerVideo assistant referees Bracket The first round matches took place from 16–17 June, while the second round matches took place on 20 June 2023.
All match times listed are local, EDT (UTC−4 ).
First round Summary Matches Second round Summary Matches Guadeloupe advanced to Group D .
Martinique advanced to Group C .
Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to Group A .
Qualified teams Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup
Team can qualify
Team failed to qualify
Team disqualified
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 only Gold Cup era (since 1991) Qatar Invitees 2 September 2020 1 (2021 ) Panama CNL League A Group B 1st place12 June 2022 10 (1993 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Jamaica CNL League A Group A 2nd place14 June 2022 12 (1991 , 1993 , 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2009 , 2011 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) El Salvador CNL League A Group D 2nd place14 June 2022 12 (1996 , 1998 , 2002 , 2003 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Mexico CNL League A Group A 1st place23 March 2023 16 (1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) United States CNL League A Group D 1st place24 March 2023 16 (1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Haiti CNL League B Group B 1st place25 March 2023 8 (2000 , 2002 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 , 2019 , 2021 ) Costa Rica CNL League A Group B 2nd place25 March 2023 15 (1991 , 1993 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Canada CNL League A Group C 1st place25 March 2023 15 (1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Honduras CNL League A Group C 2nd place25 March 2023 15 (1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Cuba CNL League B Group A 1st place26 March 2023 9 (1998 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2019 ) Guatemala CNL League B Group D 1st place27 March 2023 11 (1991 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2021 ) Trinidad and Tobago CNL League B Group C 2nd place12 June 2023 [5] 11 (1991 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2005 , 2007 , 2013 , 2015 , 2019 , 2021 ) Guadeloupe Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 720 June 2023 4 (2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2021 ) Martinique Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 820 June 2023 7 (1993 , 2002 , 2003 , 2013 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Saint Kitts and Nevis Gold Cup Prelims Winner Match 920 June 2023 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers There were 24 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Notes References External links
Stages General information Qualification