2025 Concacaf Gold Cup: All you need to know | OneFootball

MIAMI – The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will take place from June 14 through July 6 to determine the next champion of the region.

Just one year out from the FIFA World Cup 2026, the Gold Cup will provide a highly competitive tournament for the region’s best teams and an opportunity for even more fans to engage with the sport at a pivotal time for its growth in North America, Central American, and the Caribbean.

Ahead is everything you need to know about the upcoming Gold Cup:

What

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is the 18th edition of the Confederation’s flagship men’s national team tournament.

Who

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup features 16 national teams: the best 15 from the Concacaf region, all of whom qualified through the latest edition of the Concacaf Nations League or the 2025 Gold Cup Prelims, along with one invited guest team, Saudi Arabia.

The participating nations in the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup are:

●      Canada

●      Costa Rica

●      Curacao

●      Dominican Republic

●      El Salvador

●      Guadeloupe

●      Guatemala

●      Haiti

●      Honduras

●      Jamaica

●      Mexico

●      Panama

●      Saudi Arabia

●      Suriname

●      Trinidad and Tobago

●      United States

When

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will take place from June 14 to July 6. The following are the dates for each stage:

●      Group Stage: June 14 to 24

●      Quarterfinals: June 28 to 29

●      Semifinals: July 2

●      Final: July 6

For kickoff times and additional match information click HERE.

Where

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will take place across 14 stadiums and 11 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada, including five FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums and three first-time hosts.

The stadiums that will host the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup matches are (in alphabetical order by city/metropolitan area):

●      AT&T Stadium - Arlington, TX

●      Q2 Stadium - Austin, TX

●      Dignity Health Sports Park - Carson, CA

●      NRG Stadium - Houston, TX

●      Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX

●      SoFi Stadium - Inglewood, CA

●      Allegiant Stadium - Las Vegas, NV

●      U.S. Bank Stadium - Minneapolis, MN

●      State Farm Stadium - Phoenix, AZ

●      Snapdragon Stadium - San Diego, CA

●      PayPal Park - San Jose, CA

●      Levi's Stadium - Santa Clara, CA

●      CITYPARK - St. Louis, MO

●      BC Place - Vancouver, Canada

For additional information on the 2025 host cities and stadiums, click HERE.

Format

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will begin with a 16-team Group Stage – four groups of four teams each. After round-robin play, between June 14-24, the four group winners and four runners-up (eight teams in total) will advance to the Knockout Stage.

The tournament’s official draw was held on April 10 in Miami, Florida, and delivered the following matchups:

Group A: Mexico, Costa Rica, Suriname, Dominican Republic

Group B: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Curacao

Group C: Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guadeloupe

Group D: United States, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia

The Knockout Stage will start with the Quarterfinals on June 28 and 29. In accordance with the tournament regulations, the matchups for the Quarterfinals will be as follows:

Quarterfinal #1: 1D vs 2A

Quarterfinal #2: 1A vs 2D

Quarterfinal #3: 1C vs 2B

Quarterfinal #4: 1B vs 2C

The Quarterfinals will be followed by the Semifinals on July 2 and the Final on Sunday, July 6, with matchups determined for the two final rounds as follows:

Semifinal #1: Winner Quarterfinal #1 vs Winner Quarterfinal #4

Semifinal #2: Winner Quarterfinal #2 vs Winner Quarterfinal #3

Final: Winner Semifinal #1 vs Winner Semifinal #2

History

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will be the 18th edition of the confederation’s premier event for national teams, crowning a champion every two years.

Initially involving eight teams, the Gold Cup has developed into a competition of 16 nations, which qualify via the Concacaf Nations League and the Gold Cup Prelims.

The Gold Cup has reached exceptional levels of popularity as evidenced by capacity crowds and a global TV audience of millions.

The Gold Cup has been contested on 17 previous occasions. Mexico owns a tournament-record nine titles, followed by the United States with seven and Canada with one.

The U.S. captured the inaugural championship in 1991, outlasting Honduras in the final 4-3 on penalty kicks after a scoreless draw. That year, the entire tournament took place in two Southern California venues - the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl.

As evidence of its stunning growth, in 2019, the Gold Cup was played in the Caribbean and Central America for the very first time, with Jamaica and Costa Rica each hosting group stage matches. The 2019 Gold Cup also marked the first time in which 16 nations participated in the tournament.

The Gold Cup continues to grow and for the first time ever, a single-elimination Preliminary Round was part of the 2021 edition in lieu of the Gold Cup playoffs, with 12 teams vying for three spots in the 2021 Gold Cup group stage.

For the 2025 edition, the Prelims were contested by fourteen countries for the final seven berths in the Gold Cup Group Stage in a home-and-home series. The Prelims matchups were determined based on the Concacaf Nations League results and the Concacaf Rankings.

Champions

●      Mexico (9): 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023

●      United States (7): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021

●      Canada (1): 2000

Official Match Ball

During the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup draw, Concacaf and Molten Corporation unveiled the new Molten Concacaf Gold Vantaggio 5000 match ball to be used as the official match ball.

Debuting at this summer’s Gold Cup, the gold-accented ball reflects the region’s passion and unity, combining sleek design with Molten’s top-tier technology for elite performance across Concacaf men’s national team competitions.

Official Song

Luis Fonsi will be the main artist for the Official Song of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, titled “Tocando el Cielo”, created in partnership with Concacaf and Universal Music Latino.

Fonsi, a global music icon and multi-Latin GRAMMY winner known for hits like “Despacito,” brings his signature energy to the region’s biggest football celebration.

Broadcast Information

Fans can follow and enjoy the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup through the Confederation's TV partner networks, and the Concacaf Official Platforms for all other territories (subject to territory restrictions).

Ticket Information

Tickets for all 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup matches are available via GoldCup.org.