CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main
association football competition of the men’s national football teams governed
by CONCACAF, determining the regional champion of North America, Central
America, and the Caribbean. The tournament is won by Mexico this year beating
Jamaica by 3-1 in the final. This was the tenth time Mexico won this title.
The Gold cup is held every two
years. Beginning in 2015, the winners of two successive gold cups will face
each other in a playoff to determine the CONCACAF entrant to the next
Confederations Cup. If the same team has won the Gold Cup on both relevant occasions,
there will be no playoff and that team will automatically qualify for the Confederations
Cup. This time playoff will be played between 2013 champion USA and 2015
champion Mexico.
Mexico scored the maximum 16 goals
in the tournament. Clint Dempsey from USA remained top scorer of the tournament
with 7 goals. In 1990, CONCACAF renamed the CONCACAF championship as the
CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the USA hosting the first competition in 1991. The host
country was the inaugural champion of the eight team tournament. Mexico dominated
the remainder of the decade winning three consecutive CONCACAF Gold cup titles
in 1993, 1996 and 1998.
Since the formation of the Gold Cup
in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won seven times by Mexico, five
times by United States, and once by Canada. Runners-up include Brazil,
Columbia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Jamaica.
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