The Golden Jaguars have opportunity to qualify for the Gold Cup through the preliminary stage
CONCACAF has today confirmed that the 2023 Gold Cup Draw will take place on Friday, April 14, 2023 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
The live, in-person event will begin at 12:00pm PT/local time (3:00pm ET), and will include participation of CONCACAF President and FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani, the head coaches of the national teams participating in the 2023 Gold Cup, and important guests.
The draw will be available for fans across the region to view on Fox Sports and TUDN | ViX (USA), Televisa | ViX (Mexico), One Soccer (Canada), and ESPN | Star+ in the Caribbean, Central, and South America. For other territories, the event will be available on CONCACAF GO, CONCACAF Facebook page, and CONCACAF YouTube channel (all subject to territory restrictions).
The 17th edition of the Gold Cup is scheduled to take place between June 16 and July 16, 2023. The Final, at SoFi Stadium on Sunday July 16, will crown CONCACAF’s best men’s national team, and will conclude two months of elite football in the region, which would also include the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Final and 2022/23 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualification
The CONCACAF Nations League (CNL) serves as the qualifier for the Gold Cup. At the conclusion of the 2022/23 CNL Group Stage play (March 23-28, 2023), the League A group winners and runners-up (eight teams) and the League B group winners (four teams) will secure a berth in the 2023 Gold Cup Group Stage.
Further, 12 other teams would qualify for the tournament’s Prelims. The Prelims will include the League A third-place finishers (four teams), the League B second place finishers (four teams), and the League C group winners (four teams).
Thus far, Saint Lucia and Puerto Rico have each secured a berth in the Prelims, and El Salvador, Jamaica and Panama have done likewise in the Group Stage.
