Qatar at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship.

Qatar are not members of the North American football confederation CONCACAF, and were invited to the Gold Cup as guests for the first time in 2021.

Overall record[]

Qatar was the second team from Asia to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and were invited for the first time in 2021.

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
United States 2021 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 12 6
Total Semi-finals 1/26 5 3 1 1 12 6

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup[]

Final draw[]

The group stage draw took place in Miami, Florida on 28 September 2020, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), along with the draw for the preliminary round. This was the first ever group stage draw for the Gold Cup.[1] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of August 2020. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with Mexico in Group A, the United States in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which begins play on the latest date, as they were also slated to participate in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup before subsequently withdrawing from that tournament.

Seeding[]

The following was the composition of the draw pots (August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings):[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Mexico 1
 United States 2
 Costa Rica 3
 Honduras 4
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Jamaica 5
 Canada 6
 Panama 8
 El Salvador 10
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Martinique 11
 Curaçao 13
 Suriname 15
 Grenada 20
Pot 4
Team Rank
Prelim winner 7 N/A
Prelim winner 8
Prelim winner 9
 Qatar

Draw results and group fixtures[]

The draw resulted in the following groups (teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw):

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Mexico
A2  El Salvador
A3  Curaçao
A4  Trinidad and Tobago
Group B
Pos Team
B1  United States
B2  Canada
B3  Martinique
B4  Haiti
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Costa Rica
C2  Jamaica
C3  Suriname
C4  Guadeloupe
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Honduras
D2  Panama
D3  Grenada
D4  Qatar

Group stage[]

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
4  Grenada 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Qatar 3–3 Panama
  • Afif 48'
  • Ali 53'
  • Al-Haydos 63' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 10,625
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Grenada 0–4 Qatar
Report
Referee: (United States)
Honduras 0–2 Qatar
Report

Knockout stage[]

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals[]

Qatar 3–2 El Salvador
 Report Rivas 63', 66'
Attendance: 64,211
Referee: (Mexico)

Semi-finals[]

Qatar 0–1 United States
Report Zardes 86'
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: (Costa Rica)

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Qatar vs Panama match, originally scheduled at 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), was delayed until 20:50 EDT due to thunderstorms in the area.[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Draw Delivers Prelims Matchups and Groups for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking". CONCACAF. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "The match between @QFA_EN and @fepafut at @BBVAStadium is under weather delay due to thunderstorms in the area. The match will not kickoff before 6:30pm local (7:30pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "UPDATE: Match will not kickoff before 7:00pm local (8:00pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "The match will kickoff at 7:50pm local (8:50pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.

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