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The 2016 CONCACAF Gold CUp, commonly referred to as 2016 Gold Cup was the 14th CONCACAF, the quadrennial international men's football championship of North America organised by CONCACAF. It was held in Cuba from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Mexico were the defending champions, having won the 2012 tournament, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Cuba. Costa Rica won the tournament for the first time, following a 3–2 victory after extra time over the United States, in the final played at the Estadio Pedro Marrero.

The tournament was contested by 16 teams. Under the format, the finalists contested a group stage consisting of four groups of four teams, followed by a knockout phase including three rounds and the final. Fifteen teams – joined Cuba in the final tournament, who qualified automatically as hosts.

Cuba was chosen as the host nation on 28 May 2010, after a bidding process in which they beat Aruba and Canada for the right to host the 2016 finals. The matches were played in ten stadiums in ten cities: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo, Havana, Holguín, Manzanillo, Nuevitas, Pinar del Río, Santa Clara and Santiago.

As the winners, Costa Rica earned the right to compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Qualification

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Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

The qualifying draw took place at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas, on 23 February 2014.

A total of 39 teams competed for 15 places in the final tournament to join Cuba, who have automatically qualified as hosts. The seeding pots were formed on the basis of the Elo ratings.

The 39 national sides were drawn into four groups of seven teams and two groups of six teams. The group winners, and runners-up qualify directly for the final tournament. The six third-placed teams contested two-legged play-offs to determine the last three qualifiers.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Canada Group C winner 12 June 2015 13 (1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
 Costa Rica Group E winner 12 June 2015 16 (1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Cuba Host 28 May 2010 8 (1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1996, 2008, 2012)
 Guatemala Group A winner 10 September 2015 11 (1924, 1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008)
 Guyana Group A runner-up 13 October 2015 12 (1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1960, 1968, 1984, 2008)
 Haiti Group F winner 6 September 2015 13 (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2012)
 Honduras Group C runner-up 10 September 2015 12 (1956, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Jamaica Play-off winner 6 February 2016 7 (1964, 1968, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Martinique Group E runner-up 10 September 2015 5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)
 Mexico Group B winner 3 September 2015 22 (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Panama Group F runner-up 14 November 2015 6 (1952, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Puerto Rico Group B runner-up 13 October 2015 0 (debut)
 Suriname Group D runner-up 13 October 2015 9 (1936, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1996)
 Trinidad and Tobago Play-off winner 6 February 2016 12 (1952, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 United States Group D winner 3 September 2015 18 (1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Play-off winner 6 February 2016 0 (debut)

Final draw

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The draw for the finals took place at the Palais des Congrès de la Porte Maillot in Paris on 12 December 2015, 18:00 CET.[1][2][3][4] The 24 qualified teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with the hosts France being automatically placed in position A1. The remaining teams were seeded into four pots of five (Pot 1) or six teams (Pots 2, 3 and 4). As the title holders, Spain were seeded in Pot 1, while the other 22 teams were seeded according to the UEFA National team coefficients updated after the completion of the qualifying group stage (excluding the play-offs), which were released by UEFA on 14 October 2015.[5][6][7][8]

Pot 1[a]
Team Coeff Rank
 Spain[b] 37,962 2
 Germany 40,236 1
 England 35,963 3
 Portugal 35,138 4
 Belgium 34,442 5
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Italy 34,345 6
 Russia 31,345 9
  Switzerland 31,254 10
 Austria 30,932 11
 Croatia 30,642 12
 Ukraine 30,313 14
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Czech Republic 29,403 15
 Sweden 29,028 16
 Poland 28,306 17
 Romania 28,038 18
 Slovakia 27,171 19
 Hungary 27,142 20
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Turkey 27,033 22
 Republic of Ireland 26,902 23
 Iceland 25,388 27
 Wales 24,531 28
 Albania 23,216 31
 Northern Ireland 22,961 33
  1. ^ Hosts France (coefficient 33,599; rank 8th) were automatically assigned to position A1.
  2. ^ Defending champions Spain (coefficient 37,962; rank 2nd) were automatically assigned to Pot 1.

The Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while the positions of all other teams were drawn separately (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  France
A2  Romania
A3  Albania
A4   Switzerland
Group B
Pos Team
B1  England
B2  Russia
B3  Wales
B4  Slovakia
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Germany
C2  Ukraine
C3  Poland
C4  Northern Ireland
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Spain
D2  Czech Republic
D3  Turkey
D4  Croatia
Group E
Pos Team
E1  Belgium
E2  Italy
E3  Republic of Ireland
E4  Sweden
Group F
Pos Team
F1  Portugal
F2  Iceland
F3  Austria
F4  Hungary


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  3. ^ "Finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  4. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 finals draw made in Paris". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ^ "EURO 2016 play-off, final tournament draw info". UEFA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ^ "EURO 2016 draw pots confirmed for 12 December". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ "National team coefficients overview" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.