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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.