Introduction

This was the second Gold Cup to be contested and it was played shortly after Confederations Cup I. There were a total of 16 teams who took part in the competition; all twelve of the CONCACAF sides who had participated in Gold Cup I plus Martinique and also the Confederacy, Haiti, and Guatemala made their debuts.

The tournament expanded to accommodate all 16 teams, which meant that no qualification campaign was needed.

Teams Entered: 16
Champion: Jamaica (2nd)
Top Scorer: Altidore (4)

Qualification

There were only 16 teams participating, so no qualification phase was needed.

Seeding

Seeding was based on the previous Gold Cup, with the four semifinalists receiving the top seeds. The two quarterfinalists were then paired with the teams who have qualified to the most World Cups for Pot B, and the remaining teams were placed into Pot C. All of the new teams were placed into Pot D.

Pot A: Jamaica, Panama, United States, Honduras
Pot B: El Salvador, Curacao, Mexico, Costa Rica
Pot C: Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Canada, Guadeloupe
Pot D: Martinique, Confederacy, Haiti, Guatemala

Gold Cup

Group A

Guatemala - 6 pts +3 GD 4 GF 1 GA
Honduras - 6 pts +2 GD 5 GF 3 GA
Suriname - 3 pts -2 GD 4 GF 6 GA
El Salvador - 3 pts -3 GD 3 GF 6 GA

Suriname 1 - 0 Guatemala [Lens]
El Salvador 0 - 2 Honduras [Pavon x2]

Suriname 1 - 3 El Salvador [Lens; D. Alas, A. Alvarez, Quintanilla]
Honduras 0 - 1 Guatemala [J. Contreras]

Honduras 3 - 2 Suriname [Amado Guevara, Henry Thomas, Costly; Lens, Donald]
Guatemala 3 - 0 El Salvador [Pezzarossi x2, Carlos Ruiz]

Group B

United States - 9 pts +4 GD 5 GF 1 GA
Guadeloupe - 6 pts +3 GD 5 GF 2 GA
Haiti - 3 pts -2 GD 1 GF 3 GA
Costa Rica - 0 pts -5 GD 0 GF 5 GA

Haiti 0 - 2 Guadeloupe [Saha, Biabiany]
Costa Rica 0 - 2 United States [Altidore x2]

Haiti 1 - 0 Costa Rica [Jeff Louis]
United States 2 - 1 Guadeloupe [Convey, Altidore; Biabiany]

United States 1 - 0 Haiti [Altidore]
Guadeloupe 2 - 0 Costa Rica [Chimbonda, Biabiany]

Group C

Trinidad & Tobago - 6 pts +4 GD 6 GF 2 GA
Mexico - 6 pts +2 GD 5 GF 3 GA
Panama - 4 pts +1 GD 3 GF 2 GA
Martinique - 1 pts -7 GD 1 GF 8 GA

Panama 2 - 0 Mexico [Barahona, G. Gomez]
Martinique 0 - 4 Trinidad & Tobago [C. Edwards, Scotland, Kenwyne Jones, Spann]

Panama 1 - 1 Martinique [Garces; Thomert]
Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 2 Mexico [Noel; F. Rodriguez, G. Franco]

Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 0 Panama [Scotland]
Mexico 3 - 0 Martinique [Osorio, Pardo, Blanco]

Group D

Jamaica - 7 pts +2 GD 5 GF 3 GA
Confederacy - 6 pts +3 GD 6 GF 3 GA
Canada - 2 pts -1 GD 3 GF 4 GA
Curacao - 1 pts -4 GD 2 GF 6 GA

Canada 1 - 1 Curacao [Stalteri; Agustien]
Confederacy 1 - 2 Jamaica [Mathis; Euell, Lowe]

Canada 1 - 2 Confederacy [Bernier; Zusi, Eddie Johnson]
Jamaica 2 - 1 Curacao [Hayles, Euell; Martina]

Jamaica 1 - 1 Canada [Whtimore; Gerba]
Curacao 0 - 3 Confederacy [Mathis x2, Zusi]

Quarterfinals

Guatemala 1 - 2 Guadeloupe [Ramirez; Acapandie, Antoine-Curier]
Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 1 Confederacy [Noel, Kenwyne Jones; Zusi]
United States 1 - 1 Honduras [Casey OT; Amado Guevara OT] (7-8 PKs)
Jamaica 1 - 0 Mexico [Whitmore]