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.[1] The majority of the tournament's venues are in the Western United States to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held around the same time primarily on the East Coast.

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.[2]

Venues

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14 St. Louis
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13 Santa Clara
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12 San Jose
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11 San Diego
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10 Paradise
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9 Minneapolis
9 Minneapolis
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6 Houston
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Location of the host cities of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF announced the 14 host venues for the 2025 Gold Cup on September 25, 2024.[3] They included a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger American football stadiums.[citation needed] BC Place in Vancouver was the sole venue outside of the United States.[3] 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.[4][5] CONCACAF announced that it had awarded the tournament final to NRG Stadium in Houston on October 30, 2024.[1]

List of host cities and stadiums[3]
Arlington
(Dallas/Fort Worth Area) 		Houston
AT&T Stadium‡ NRG Stadium‡ Shell Energy Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 72,220 Capacity: 22,039
Inglewood
(Los Angeles Area) 		Santa Clara
(San Francisco Bay Area) 		Minneapolis
SoFi Stadium Levi's Stadium U.S. Bank Stadium‡
Capacity: 70,240 Capacity: 68,500 Capacity: 66,860
Glendale
(Phoenix Area) 		Paradise
(Las Vegas Area) 		Vancouver San Diego
State Farm Stadium‡ Allegiant Stadium‡ BC Place‡ Snapdragon Stadium
Capacity: 63,400 Capacity: 61,000 Capacity: 54,500 Capacity: 35,000
Carson
(Los Angeles Area) 		St. Louis Austin San Jose
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Dignity Health Sports Park Energizer Park Q2 Stadium PayPal Park
Capacity: 30,510 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 20,730 Capacity: 18,000
  • A double-dagger (‡) denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.

Teams

Qualification

Further information: 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League and 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

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 participated in the Nations League, which is divided into three tiers. The four quarterfinal winners of Nations League A and the four group winners of Nations League B qualified directly for the Gold Cup. A Gold Cup preliminary round will be held in March 2025 where seven additional teams will qualify for the main tournament. A total of 16 teams will compete in the main tournament.[8]

On December 19, 2024, CONCACAF announced that Saudi Arabia would be invited as a guest team for the 2025 and 2027 tournaments.[9] A potential expansion to 24 teams for the 2025 Gold Cup—with 16 CONCACAF teams and 8 invited guests—was previously reported by media outlets but did not materialize. It would have provided increased levels of competition for Mexico, Canada, and the United States, who would not play in the World Cup qualifying cycle due to their automatic qualification as hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[10]

Team Qualification Date of
qualification 		Gold Cup appearances
(+ CONCACAF Championship) 		Last
appearance 		Previous best Gold Cup performance[A]
(+ CONCACAF Championship) 		Rankings at start of event
FIFA[11] CONCACAF
 Haiti CNL League B
Group C winners 		November 15, 2024 10th (17th) 2023 Semi-finals (2019)
Champions (1973) 		83
 El Salvador CNL League B
Group A winners 		November 17, 2024 14th (20th) 2023 Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021)
Runners-up (1963, 1981) 		81
 Curaçao CNL League B
Group B winners 		November 18, 2024 3rd (7th) 2019 Quarter-finals (2019)
Third place (1963, 1969) 		90
 United States
(co-host) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 18, 2024 18th (20th) 2023 Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021)
Runners-up (1989) 		16
 Panama CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 18, 2024 12th (13th) 2023 Runners-up (2005, 2013, 2023) 33
 Dominican Republic CNL League B
Group D winners 		November 19, 2024 1st N/A Debut 139
 Canada
(co-host) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 19, 2024 17th (20th) 2023 Champions (2000)
Champions (1985) 		30
 Mexico
(title holders) 		CNL League A
quarterfinal winner 		November 19, 2024 18th (26th) 2023 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Champions (1965, 1971, 1977) 		17
 Saudi Arabia Invited guest December 19, 2024 1st N/A Debut 58 N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 13th (19th) 2023 Semi-finals (2000)
Runners-up (1973) 		100
 Suriname Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 2nd (4th) 2021 Group stage (2021)
6th place (1977) 		137
 Jamaica Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 14th (16th) 2023 Runners-up (2015, 2017) 63
 Guadeloupe Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 6th 2023 Semi-finals (2007) N/A
 Guatemala Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 13th (21st) 2023 Fourth place (1996)
Champions (1967) 		106
 Costa Rica Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 17th (23rd) 2023 Runners-up (2002)
Champions (1963, 1969, 1989) 		54
 Honduras Preliminary round winner March 25, 2025 17th (23rd) 2023 Runners-up (1991)
Champions (1981) 		75

Squads

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Before submitting their final squad for the tournament, teams named a provisional squad of up to 60 players.

Draw

The final draw will be held on April 10, 2025.[12] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 26, 2025.[13][14] The four teams of Pot 1 were designated for the reigning Gold Cup champion, Mexico, and the three highest-ranked teams Canada, Panama, and the United States, with Mexico assigned to Group A, Canada assigned to Group B, Panama assigned to Group C, and the United States assigned to Group D respectively. Pot 4 contained the three lowest ranked national teams and guests Saudi Arabia. Pots 5 to 8 contained the Group A, B, C, and D positions.[14]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Mexico (A1) 1,946 1
 Canada (B1) 1,837 2
 Panama (C1) 1,778 3
 United States (D1) 1,712 4
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 Costa Rica 1,668 5
 Jamaica 1,552 6
 Honduras 1,534 7
 Haiti 1,481 8
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Guatemala 1,377 9
 Trinidad and Tobago 1,360 10
 El Salvador 1,243 11
 Suriname 1,223 12
Pot 4
Team Pts Rank
 Guadeloupe 1,222 13
 Curaçao 1,130 15
 Dominican Republic 1,050 19
 Saudi Arabia N/A

Match officials

Schedule

The competition schedule was released on September 25, 2024.[15]

Round Date(s)
Group stage June 14–24
Quarterfinals June 28–29
Semifinals July 2
Final July 6

Group stage

All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Group A

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CONCACAF
Mexico –TBD
TBD–TBD
TBD, TBD
TBD–TBD
TBD, TBD
TBD–TBD
TBD, TBD
TBD– Mexico
TBD, TBD
Mexico –TBD
TBD, TBD


Group B

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Co-host




Group C

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CONCACAF




Group D

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Co-host




Knockout stage

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if the scores are equal when normal playing time expired, extra time will be played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This will be followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[16]

As with every tournament since 2005 (except 2015), there will be no third place play-off.

All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4). If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Bracket

Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final


Marketing

Broadcasting rights

Territory Broadcast Ref.
United States Fox Sports (English)
TUDN (Spanish) 		[17][18]
Mexico TUDN [18]
Canada OneSoccer [19][failed verification]
Caribbean ESPN+ [20][failed verification]
Central America ESPN+ [20][failed verification]
South America ESPN+ [20][failed verification]
MENA Youtube & Concacaf GO [21][failed verification]

Sponsorship

The following were announced as global sponsors of the tournament:[22]

Symbols

Mascot

On March 10, 2025, CONCACAF announced that their new mascot Volar would be the mascot of the tournament.[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting or co-hosting the event.

References

  1. ^ a b "Houston's NRG Stadium awarded 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final" (Press release). CONCACAF. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mexico 1-0 Panama (Jul 16, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2025 Gold Cup" (Press release). CONCACAF. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Cardenas, Felipe; Sheldon, Dan. "Club World Cup set for U.S. east coast, Gold Cup on west". The Athletic. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "Concacaf confirms details for fourth edition of Concacaf Nations League". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Concacaf confirms 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinal and Play-In matchups". Concacaf. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Vertelney, Seth (December 19, 2024). "Concacaf confirms Saudi Arabia as Gold Cup guest team in 2025 and 2027". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  10. ^ Wine II, Donald (February 2, 2023). "Report: 2025 Gold Cup to expand to 24 teams". Stars and Stripes FC. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. April 6, 2023. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  12. ^ "Concacaf confirms qualification pathway for 2025 Gold Cup". Gold Cup. December 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "CONCACAF Ranking Index". CONCACAF. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Concacaf announces details for 2025 Gold Cup Draw". Gold Cup. March 17, 2025.
  15. ^ Vertelney, Seth (September 25, 2024). "Concacaf announces dates, host cities for 2025 Gold Cup". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference regulations was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "FOX Sports Inks Exclusive U.S. English-Language Rights Agreement with Concacaf - Fox Sports Press Pass". Fox Sports Press Pass. January 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  18. ^ a b Dixon, Ed (May 18, 2022). "Concacaf Champions League and Gold Cup rights secured by TelevisaUnivision". SportsPro. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  19. ^ "Mediapro strikes 10-year deal for new Canadian Premier League". SportBusiness Media. February 21, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  20. ^ a b c Staff, S. V. G. (February 20, 2024). "ESPN Reaches Agreement with CONCACAF for W Gold Cup 2024". Sports Video Group. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  21. ^ "Where to Watch CONCACAF". CONCACAF. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  22. ^ "Concacaf announces founding partners for 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup". Concacaf. December 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  23. ^ "Concacaf takes flight with Volar, its first-ever official mascot". Concacaf. March 10, 2025.
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