CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations
12
winner
Mexico Mexico (7th title)
venue
Mexico Mexico USA United States
Opening game
July 12, 2003
Endgame
July 27, 2003
Games
20th
Gates
50 (⌀: 2.5 per game)
spectator
461,000 (⌀: 23,050 per game)
Top scorer
Costa Rica Walter Centeno Landon Donovan United States
Best player
Mexico Jesús Arellano
Best goalkeeper
Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez
yellow cards
77 (⌀: 3.85 per game)
Yellow-red cards
2 (⌀: 0.1 per game)
Red cards
3 (⌀: 0.15 per game)
The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 was the 17th game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 7th under the name "Gold Cup" and took place from July 12th to 27th in the USA and Mexico .
Twelve teams took part, initially playing against each other in four groups of three and then competing against each other in elimination rounds. A total of 20 games took place. In addition to three Caribbean, four Central American and three North American representatives, two guest teams from South America took part, Colombia and Brazil .
Mexico beat Brazil 1-0 in the final with a golden goal and qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany.
Venues
The tournament took place in a total of three cities. Mexico played all games in Mexico City .
Venues in 2003 in Mexico and the USA
Preliminary round
Group A
All games in Mexico City.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Mexico Mexico
2
1
1
0
00 1-000
+1
0 4th
2.
Brazil Brazil
2
1
0
1
00 2: 200
± 0
0 3
3.
Honduras Honduras
2
0
1
1
00 1: 200
−1
0 1
July 13, 2003
Mexico
-
Brazil
1: 0 (0: 0)
July 15, 2003
Brazil
-
Honduras
2: 1 (1: 0)
July 17, 2003
Honduras
-
Mexico
0-0
Group B
All games in Miami.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Colombia Colombia
2
1
1
0
00 2: 100
+1
0 4th
2.
Jamaica Jamaica
2
1
0
1
00 2: 100
+1
0 3
3.
Guatemala Guatemala
2
0
1
1
00 1: 300
−2
0 1
July 13, 2003
Jamaica
-
Colombia
0: 1 (0: 1)
July 15, 2003
Guatemala
-
Jamaica
0: 2 (0: 1)
July 17, 2003
Colombia
-
Guatemala
1: 1 (0: 1)
Group C
All games in Foxborough.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
United States United States
2
2
0
0
00 4-000
+4
0 6th
2.
El Salvador El Salvador
2
1
0
1
00 1: 200
−1
0 3
3.
Martinique Martinique
2
0
0
2
00 0: 300
−3
0 0
July 12, 2003
United States
-
El Salvador
2: 0 (1: 0)
July 14, 2003
Martinique
-
United States
0: 2 (0: 2)
July 16, 2003
El Salvador
-
Martinique
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group D
All games in Foxborough.
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Costa Rica Costa Rica
2
1
0
1
00 3: 100
+2
0 3
2.
Cuba Cuba
2
1
0
1
00 2: 300
−1
0 3
3.
Canada Canada
2
1
0
1
00 1: 200
−1
0 3
July 12, 2003
Costa Rica
-
Canada
0: 1 (0: 0)
July 14, 2003
Canada
-
Cuba
0: 2 (0: 1)
July 16, 2003
Cuba
-
Costa Rica
0: 3 (0: 1)
Final round
Quarter finals
Foxborough July 19, 2003
United States United States
-
Cuba Cuba
5: 0 (3: 0)
Costa Rica Costa Rica
-
El Salvador El Salvador
5: 2 (2: 1)
July 19, 2003 in Miami
Colombia Colombia
-
Brazil Brazil
0: 2 (0: 1)
July 20, 2003 in Mexico City
Mexico Mexico
-
Jamaica Jamaica
5: 0 (2: 0)
Semifinals
July 23, 2003 in Miami
United States United States
-
Brazil Brazil
1: 2 n.GG. (1: 1, 0: 0)
July 24, 2003 in Mexico City
Costa Rica Costa Rica
-
Mexico Mexico
0: 2 (0: 2)
3rd place match
July 26, 2003 in Miami
United States United States
-
Costa Rica Costa Rica
3: 2 (1: 2)
final
July 27, 2003 in Mexico City
Mexico Mexico
-
Brazil Brazil
1: 0 n.GG.
Best goal scorers
Web links
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