First-Round 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Schedule
Concacaf announced the schedule and venues for the first-round matches of the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifying. The four home-and-away matchups are set to take place during the FIFA Match Window of March 2020.
The 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League kicked off the road to 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. After group stage play, the top two finishers in each of the League A groups and the top finisher in each of the League B groups secured their participation in the 16th edition of the Confederation’s premier tournament for men’s national teams.
The 12 nations that have already qualified to the 2021 Gold Cup are [in alphabetical order]: Canada, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Suriname and the United States.
The two-round 2021 Gold Cup qualifier will kickoff with the matchups between the second-place finishers of League B and the first-place finishers of League C. The eight matches will be played as follows [home team listed first and in eastern time]:
First Leg Matches: Thursday, March 26, 2020
- 8:00 pm Guadeloupe vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Stade Rene Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, GLP
- 7:00 pm Barbados vs Guyana – Astro Turf Wildey Stadium, Wildey, BRB
- 8:00 pm Bahamas vs French Guiana – Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, BAH
- 10:00 pm Guatemala vs Monserrat – Doroteo Guamuch Flores Stadium, Guatemala City, GUA
Second Leg Matches: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
- 3:00 pm Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Guadeloupe – Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale, VIN
- 8:00 pm Guyana vs Barbados – Leonora National Track & Field Center, Georgetown, GUY
- 8:00 pm French Guiana vs Bahamas – Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama, Cayenne, GUF
- 7:00 pm Monserrat vs Guatemala – Blake’s Football Complex, St John’s, MSR
After home-and-away play, the four round one matchup winners will advance to the second round, where they will face the third-place finishers of League A. The second round will take place during the FIFA window of June 2020. The four round-two matchups were drawn as follows:
- Guadeloupe or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Haiti
- Barbados or Guyana vs Trinidad & Tobago
- Bahamas or French Guiana vs Bermuda
- Guatemala or Monserrat vs Cuba
After home-and-away play, the four matchup winners will qualify for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.
