CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations	12  (of 36 applicants)
North American champions	Mexico (10th title)
venue	USA Canada
Opening game	July 7, 2015
Endgame	July 26, 2015
Games	26th
Gates	62  (⌀: 2.38 per game)
spectator	1,090,396  (⌀: 41,938 per game)
Top scorer	Clint Dempsey (7 goals)
Best player	Andrés Guardado
Best goalkeeper	Brad Guzan
yellow cards	106  (⌀: 4.08 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.12 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.04 per game)

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 was the 23rd game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 13th under the name "Gold Cup". It took place from July 7th to 26th in the United States and Canada . Twelve national teams took part in the tournament, initially in groups and then in a knockout system .

Tournament winner Mexico played against the USA , the 2013 Gold Cup winner , in a play-off for participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia , which Mexico won after extra time. If the USA had won the Gold Cup in 2015 as well, the Confed Cup playoff would have been canceled. In addition to Costa Rica, Jamaica, the USA and Mexico, two other participants also qualified for the Copa América Centenario 2016 , which also took place in the USA.

qualification

The qualification for the Gold Cup was organized by the three regional associations of CONCACAF :

Central America ( UNCAF zone)

All seven UNCAF associations participated in the 2014 Central American Cup, held in the United States in September 2014 . The first four teams were qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The fifth-placed team must play against a representative of the CFU in a play-off game.

The following could qualify:

•  Costa Rica
•  Guatemala
•  Panama
•  El Salvador

Caribbean ( CFU zone)

→ Main article : Football Caribbean Cup 2014

The following could qualify:

•  Jamaica
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Haiti
•  Cuba

Qualifier (CFU vs. UNCAF)

On March 25 and 29, 2015, play-off games were played between the fifth-placed teams in the Central American and Caribbean Cups. The last participant in the Gold Cup was determined here.

	total		First leg	Return leg
French Guiana	3: 4	Honduras	3: 1	0: 3

Venues

In total, the tournament took place in 14 venues: 13 in the USA and one in Canada. Apart from the final stadium in Philadelphia and the arena for the small final in Chester, exactly two games were held in all other stadiums. The following venues were presented on December 16, 2014.

Atlanta Chester Baltimore Chicago Houston East Rutherford Charlotte Philadelphia Toronto Kansas City Foxborough Glendale Frisco Carson

2015 venues in the USA and Canada

place	Stadion	capacity	Games
East Rutherford	MetLife Stadium	82,566	Quarter finals
Charlotte, North Carolina	Bank of America Stadium	74,455	Group C games
Atlanta	Georgia Dome	71,228	Semifinals
Baltimore	M&T Bank Stadium	71.008	Quarter finals
Philadelphia	Lincoln Financial Field	69,176	final
Chester	PPL Park	18,500	3rd place match
Chicago	Soldier Field	63,500	Group C games
Carson (California)	StubHub Center	30,510	Group B games
Kansas City (Kansas)	Sporting Park	18,467	Group A games
Frisco, Texas	Toyota Stadium	20,500	Group A games
Toronto	BMO Field	30,000	Group B games
Houston	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,039	Group B games
Glendale (Arizona)	University of Phoenix Stadium	63,400	Group C games
Foxborough	Gillette Stadium	68,756	Group A games

mode

In the final round, the twelve participants formed three preliminary round groups with four teams each, of which the first two qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the two best third-placed finishers qualified. In the group stage, each team played against every other team in its group according to the championship mode, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	004: 200	07th
2.	Haiti	3	1	1	1	002: 200	04th
3.	Panama	3	0	3	0	003: 300	03
4th	Honduras	3	0	1	2	002: 400	01

July 7th in Frisco
Panama	-	Haiti	1: 1 (0: 0)
United States	-	Honduras	2: 1 (1: 0)
July 10th in Foxborough
Honduras	-	Panama	1: 1 (0: 1)
United States	-	Haiti	1: 0 (0: 0)
July 13 in Kansas City
Haiti	-	Honduras	1: 0 (1: 0)
Panama	-	United States	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	004: 200	07th
2.	Costa Rica	3	0	3	0	003: 300	03
3.	El Salvador	3	0	2	1	001: 200	02
4th	Canada	3	0	2	1	000: 100	02

July 8th in Carson
Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	2: 2 (2: 1)
El Salvador	-	Canada	0-0
July 11th in Houston
Jamaica	-	Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)
Costa Rica	-	El Salvador	1: 1 (0: 0)
July 14th in Toronto
Jamaica	-	El Salvador	1: 0 (0: 0)
Canada	-	Costa Rica	0-0

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	009: 500	07th
2.	Mexico	3	1	2	0	010: 400	05
3.	Cuba	3	1	0	2	001: 800	03
4th	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	001: 400	01

July 9 in Chicago
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guatemala	3: 1 (3: 0)
Mexico	-	Cuba	6: 0 (4: 0)
July 12th in Glendale
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Cuba	2: 0 (2: 0)
Guatemala	-	Mexico	0-0
July 15 in Charlotte
Cuba	-	Guatemala	1: 0 (0: 0)
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	4: 4 (1: 0)

Third place table

The two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Panama	3	0	3	0	003: 300	03
2.	Cuba	3	1	0	2	001: 800	03
3.	El Salvador	3	0	2	1	001: 200	02

Final round

→ Main article : CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 / final round

game schedule

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	July 18, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
	United States	6th
					July 22, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
	Cuba	0
					United States	1
	July 18, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
					Jamaica	2
	Haiti	0
									July 26, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
	Jamaica	1
									Jamaica	1
	July 19, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
									Mexico	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	1 (5)
					July 22, 2015, 9:00 p.m.
	Panama	01 (6) 2
					Panama	1			Game for third place
	July 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
					Mexico	02 1
	Mexico	01 1							United States	1 (2)
	Costa Rica	0							Panama	01 (3) 2
									July 25, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

July 18, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Baltimore
United States	-	Cuba	6: 0 (4: 0)
July 18, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Baltimore
Haiti	-	Jamaica	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 19, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. in East Rutherford
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Panama	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 5: 6 i. E.
July 19, 2015 at 7:30 pm in East Rutherford
Mexico	-	Costa Rica	1: 0 a.d.

Semifinals

July 22, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Atlanta
United States	-	Jamaica	1: 2 (0: 2)
July 22, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Atlanta
Panama	-	Mexico	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)

3rd place match

July 25, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in Chester
United States	-	Panama	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 2: 3 i. E.

final

July 26, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Philadelphia
Jamaica	-	Mexico	1: 3 (0: 1)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Clint Dempsey	7th
2	Andrés Guardado	6th
3	Oribe Peralta	4th
4th	Giles Barnes	2
	Sheldon Bateau	2
	Michael Bradley	2
	Keron Cummings	2
	Kenwyne Jones	2
	Darren Mattocks	2
	Garath McCleary	2
	Duckens Nazon	2
	Luis Tejada	2
	Carlos Vela	2

There were also 24 other players, each with a goal and an own goal by Kenwyne Jones from Trinidad & Tobago.

Awards

• Scotiabank Golden Ball: Andrés Guardado 
• Allstate Golden Shoe: Clint Dempsey 
• Allstate Golden Glove: Brad Guzan 
• Scotiabank Best Young Player: Jesús Corona 
• Fair Play Award: Jamaica 

referee

referee	Assistants
Jardel Martínez	Hiran Dopico
David Gantar	Daniel Bellenau
	Philippe Briere
Henry Bejarano	Walter Castro
Wálter Quesada	Leonel Leal
Ricardo Montero	Octavio Jara
Joel Aguilar	William Torres
Elmer Bonilla	Juan Zumba
Marlon Mejía
Walter López	Hermenerito Leal
	Gerson López
Armando Castro	Christian Ramírez
Óscar Moncada
Héctor Rodríguez
	Garnet Page
Roberto García	José Luis Camargo
Fernando Guerrero	Alberto Morin
César Ramos
John Pittí	Daniel Williamson
Mark Geiger	Eric Boria
Jair Marrufo	Peter Manikowski
	CJ Morgante

media

In the United States, the Fox Sports 1 tournament was broadcast in English. The broadcasters Univision and Univision Deportes Network showed a Spanish broadcast. In Canada, the games were shown on Sportsnet .

In some European countries you could also watch the games. Broadcasters in Portugal , Spain , Turkey and the United Kingdom secured the rights.

Web links

• CONCACAF official website for the Gold Cup (Engl.)
• Tournament details on rsssf.com (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} CONCACAF Announces 2015 Gold Cup Host Cities, Venues, Group Seeds and Group Stage Dates . CONCACAF.com. December 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
2. ↑ Gold Cup Winner to Qualify to FIFA Confederations Cup ™ Playoff Match . CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 5, 2013. 
3. ↑ Klinsmann's US team missed a place in the Confederation Cup. welt.de , October 11, 2015, accessed on July 8, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Confed Cup 2017 . fussballnationalmannschaft.net. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
5. ↑ CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 - venues . football-wm.pro. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
6. ↑ 2015 CONCACAF TV Broadcasting Rights . TrafficSports.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2014.