Gold Cup Draw: Qatar Placed With Mexico, Haiti And Honduras
Date
4/15/2023 4:26:55 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: Asian champions Qatar were placed in Group B of this year's Concacaf Gold Cup along with Mexico, Haiti, Honduras after the event's draw which took place at SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California yesterday.
The Gold Cup brings together national teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean and has traditionally been dominated by the United States and Mexico.
Qatar will take part for the second time in the tournament as a guest side. In their debut two years ago, they had lost to eventual champions the United States in the semi-finals. This year's tournament will take place from June 16 and July 16.
It will be the first major assignment for veteran Carlos Queiroz as coach of Qatar team after he replaced Felix Sanchez following the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Meanwhile, defending champions US are placed with Jamaica and Nicaragua while a winner of preliminary match will also join the group.
The Group C will include Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and winner of prelim match 8 while Canada, Guatemala, Cuba and winner of prelim match 7 will comprise Group D.
Last week, Concacaf announced 15 stadiums that will host matches in the 2023 Gold Cup in 14 US and Canadian metropolitan areas.
The 2023 edition of the Gold Cup sees it visit four new stadiums in the US, including the already announced SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for the final. Newly opened Citypark Stadium in St Louis, Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego and the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati are all first-time hosts.
The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and the NRG Stadium and Shell Energy Stadiums in Houston all hosted matches in 2021 and return again for 2023.
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