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November 21 – With the Concacaf Nations League having reached the ultimate 4, the 14 qualifiers for the Gold Cup Prelims have been matched for the house and away sequence to be performed in March 2025.
The match-ups have been made in line with the Concacaf rankings on the finish of the November worldwide match window. The seven winners will be a part of the eight already certified groups for group stage of the 2025 Gold Cup that kicks off in June 2025.
Highest ranked Costa Rica, who misplaced within the Nations League quarter finals to Panama, will meet Belize of their qualifier, whereas second ranked Jamaica will meet St Vincent and Grenadines. These fixtures ought to be simple wins for Costa Rica and Jamaica.
However there are harder match-ups decrease down the rankings with Gold Cup regulars Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba going through off, in addition to Martinique advert Suriname.
Nicaragua, who withdrew on the final minute from the 2021 version and have been subsequently banned from 2023, may return for 2025 however have to beat Guadeloupe.
The eight certified groups are USA, Canada, Mexico, and Panama – who will compete within the Nations League last 4 in March – alongside El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Curacao who League B group winers.
As soon as the Prelims are accomplished there’ll nonetheless be one slot left to make up the 16-team group stage. Prior to now two Gold Cups Qatar have guested. It’s possible that the sixteenth slot will go to a different invited nation from outdoors Concacaf.
How they certified:
League A (8 groups)
Quarterfinal dropping groups (4 groups): Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, and Suriname
Group Stage Third Place Finishers (two groups): Guatemala and Nicaragua
Group Stage Fourth Place Finishers (two groups): Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago
League B (2 groups)
Two finest second-place finishers (two groups): Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Play-In (4 groups)
Play-in Winners (4 groups): Belize, Cuba, Guadeloupe, and Guyana
The seven matchups are as follows:
(1) Costa Rica vs Belize (14)
(2) Jamaica vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (13)
(3) Honduras vs Bermuda (12)
(4) Guatemala vs Guyana (11)
(5) Trinidad and Tobago vs Cuba (10)
(6) Martinique vs Suriname (9)
(7) Nicaragua vs Guadeloupe (8)
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