Qatar at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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.

Record at the Gold Cup

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

Gold Cup record
Hosts / year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2021 Invited
2023 Invited
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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 be 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 be placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which begins play on the latest date, as they are also participating in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup.[2]

The following is the composition of the draw pots (August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings show in parentheses):[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Mexico (1) (position A1)
 United States (2) (position B1)
 Costa Rica (3) (position C1)
 Honduras (4) (position D1)

 Jamaica (5)
 Canada (6)
 Panama (8)
 El Salvador (10)

 Martinique (11)
 Curaçao (13)
 Suriname (15)
 Grenada (20)

Preliminary winner 1
Preliminary winner 2
Preliminary winner 3
 Qatar (Group D)

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2021. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References
  1. "CONCACAF gives major boost to Gold Cup with new format and first ever draw". CONCACAF. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "CONCACAF announces details for first ever Gold Cup Draw". GoldCup.org. CONCACAF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking". CONCACAF. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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