Concacaf announced today the Schedule preliminary round Gold Cup 2021 where they will define the latter classified to the competition, being the selection of Guatemala is the only one in Central America who at this stage will be against Caribbean teams to get into the area match.
As it became known, the preliminary round will take place in the Inter Miami Stadium of the United States, marking the official start of the golden cup and with the aim that the participating teams can be in the same place, to have better control over the hygiene protocols tbearing in mind that the pandemic continues.
This is the first time in this edition of 2021 Concacaf including the preliminary phase prior to group stageThere will be a total of 12 teams trying to get the last three tickets for the Gold cup, that I already know their groups, around them It starts in July and part of the month of August.
Guatemala She will be the only Central American to be her first rival in the preliminary round, as determined in a tie Guyana, to overcome it, he will be against the winner of the Guadalupe versus Bahamas, in order to win both phases, it becomes in the Group C, where are they already Costa Rica, Jamaica and Suriname.
This will be the schedule for the Gold Cup Qualification Phase:
First round: July 2 and 3
Link # 1: Haiti vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pairing # 2: Guatemala versus Guyana
Link # 3: Trinidad and Tobago vs Monserrat
Link # 4: Cuba vs French Guiana
Pairing # 5: Guadeloupe vs Bahamas
Link # 6: Bermuda vs Barbados
The six winners from the first round qualify for the second round and play as follows:
Second round: July 6
Pairing # 7: Pairing Winner # 1 vs Pairing Winner # 6
Pairing # 8: Winner Pairing # 2 vs Winner pairing # 5
Pairing # 9: Pairing Winner # 3 vs Pairing Winner # 4
The winner of each of the three second round combinations will advance to the group stage of the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup, for which they were drawn in groups A, B and C as follows:
Group A: Mexico, The Savior, Curaçao and winner qualifying round # 9
Group B: United States, Canada, Martinique and qualifying round # 7 winner
Group C: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Suriname and winner round Preliminary # 8
Group D: Honduras, Panama, Granada and Qatar