2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
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The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification or 2025 Gold Cup Prelims was the tournament that determined the final seven teams to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1][2]
| 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | March 21–25 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 47 (3.36 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Manfred Ugalde Álvaro Zamora Isaiah Jones Isaiah Lee(3 goals each) |
← 2023 2027 → | |
Format
Unlike the previous Gold Cup Prelims, this edition consisted of a single round in which the 14 involved teams were divided into 7 ties.
The ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the highest-ranked team in each tie hosting the second leg.[4] If the aggregate score is level at the end of the second leg the away goals rule would be applied (e.g. the team that scores more goals away from home advanced to the final tournament). If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time would be played without taking into account the away goals rule during this time. If still tied after extra time, the tie would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[5]
The winners qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Teams
Fourteen teams qualified for the 2025 Gold Cup Prelims through their participation in the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League. From Nations League A, the four quarter-final losers as well as the third and fourth-placed teams in both Group A and Group B qualified. From Nations League B, the top-two second-place finishers qualified. The final four spots in the qualification tournament went to the winners of the Nations League Play-in between the top-four teams in Nation League C and the fifth and sixth-placed teams of each group from League A.[3][6]
The following 14 teams qualified:
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Seeding
In order to determine the 7 matchups, the teams were seeded 1–14 based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 20 November 2024, with the 7 highest-ranked teams facing the 7 lowest-ranked teams (1 v 14, 2 v 13, 3 v 12, 4 v 11, 5 v 10, 6 v 9 and 7 v 8).[3]
| Seed | Team | Rank[7] | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica |
5 | 1,658 |
| 2 |  Jamaica |
6 | 1,574 |
| 3 |  Honduras |
7 | 1,513 |
| 4 |  Guatemala |
9 | 1,423 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
10 | 1,313 |
| 6 |  Martinique |
11 | 1,296 |
| 7 |  Nicaragua |
13 | 1,198 |
| 8 |  Guadeloupe |
14 | 1,139 |
| 9 |  Suriname |
16 | 1,128 |
| 10 |  Cuba |
17 | 1,112 |
| 11 | Guyana |
19 | 1,024 |
| 12 |  Bermuda |
21 | 885 |
| 13 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
22 | 870 |
| 14 |  Belize |
25 | 791 |
Summary
The two legs were played on March 21 and 25, 2025.[4]
Matches
The fixture list and matchups were confirmed on 20 November 2024.[3] All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[4]
Costa Rica won 13–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Jamaica won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Honduras won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Guatemala won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Trinidad and Tobago won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
| Suriname | 1–0 | Martinique |
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Kerk  52' |
Report |
| Martinique | 0–1 | Suriname |
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| Report | Pherai 80' |
Suriname won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
| Guadeloupe | 1–0 | Nicaragua |
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| David 17' |
Report |
| Nicaragua | 0–1 | Guadeloupe |
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| Report | Mirval 64' |
Guadeloupe won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Gold Cup1 only Gold Cup era (since 1991) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Haiti | CNL League B Group C 1st place | 15 November 2024 | 9 (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 El Salvador | CNL League B Group A 1st place | 17 November 2024 | 13 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 Curaçao | CNL League B Group B 1st place | 18 November 2024 | 2 (2017, 2019) |
 United States | CNL League A quarterfinal winner | 18 November 2024 | 17 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 Panama | CNL League A quarterfinal winner | 18 November 2024 | 11 (1993, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 Dominican Republic | CNL League B Group D 1st place | 19 November 2024 | 0 (debut) |
 Canada | CNL League A quarterfinal winner | 19 November 2024 | 16 (1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 Mexico | CNL League A quarterfinal winner | 19 November 2024 | 17 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
 Saudi Arabia | Invitees | 19 December 2024 | 0 (debut) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 5 | 25 March 2025 | 12 (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Suriname | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 6 | 25 March 2025 | 1 (2021) |
| Jamaica | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 2 | 25 March 2025 | 13 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Guadeloupe | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 7 | 25 March 2025 | 5 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2021, 2023) |
| Guatemala | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 4 | 25 March 2025 | 12 (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2023) |
| Costa Rica | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 1 | 25 March 2025 | 16 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Honduras | Gold Cup Prelims Winner Matchup 3 | 25 March 2025 | 16 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 47 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.36 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Carlos Bernárdez
Kane Crichlow- Zeiko Lewis
- Djair Parfitt
Josimar Alcócer- Alonso Martínez
- Jeyland Mitchell
- Kenneth Vargas
Yasniel Matos
Florian David- Raphaël Mirval
Erick Lemus- José Carlos Martínez
- José Carlos Pinto
- Rubio Rubin
Jorge Benguché- Julián Martínez
- José Pinto
Leon Bailey- Warner Brown
- Renaldo Cephas
Oalex Anderson
Gyrano Kerk- Immanuel Pherai
Nathaniel James- Kevin Molino
- Steffen Yeates
1 own goal
- Donell Arzu (against Costa Rica)
- Andrew Johnson (against Jamaica)
Notes
- Honduras played their home match behind closed doors as they were punished for the incidents in their match against Mexico on 15 November 2024 valid for the quarter-finals of the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A.[12][13]
- Guyana will play their home match at the BFA Technical Centre in Bridgetown (Barbados) instead of their regular home stadium Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora due to logistical challenges and playing conditions.[14]