MIAMI, Florida (CMC) – Organisers CONCACAF Thursday announced the full schedule for this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will mark the zenith of the confederation’s 60th anniversary celebrations.The main showpiece will run from July 10 to August 1 but will be preceded by a new preliminary-round qualifying tournament, which will run from July 2 to 6, and determine the last three spots in the opening group stage. Eleven stadiums across the United States will host the 16th edition of the tournament which will conclude with a grand final at the newly built US$2 billion Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which was opened last year. “We are extremely pleased to confirm the schedule and venues for this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, which promises to be a celebration of football in our great region,” said CONCACAF president, Victor Montagliani. “2021 is CONCACAF’s 60th anniversary year and we look forward with great anticipation to watching the best men’s national teams in our confederation compete for the Gold Cup title.

“With an exciting new format and the prospect of welcoming passionate fans to the stadiums for these compelling match-ups, I can’t wait for the football to begin on July 2 and to crown the champions in Las Vegas on August 1.” This year, AFC Asian Cup Champions Qatar will participate in the tournament as the guest nation, joining the other 15 confederation teams which earned qualification. Caribbean side Curacao will raise the curtain on the championship when they clash with Central American nation El Salvador at Toyota Stadium in Dallas in a Group A fixture while in the headliner reigning champions Mexico take on a yet-to-be determined qualifier from the preliminaries at AT&T Stadium, also in Texas, also in Group A.

French Caribbean side Martinique will feature in Group B, alongside 2019 losing finalists United States and Canada, along with a yet-to-be determined qualifier.
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, losing finalists in 2015 and 2017, will clash with Costa Rica and Suriname along with another qualifier in Group C while Group D will see Grenada take on Honduras, Panama and Qatar. Several Caribbean sides, including embattled Trinidad and Tobago, will be among 12 nations battling in the preliminaries at the DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale for the three remaining spots in the main draw.

Full schedule of CONCACAF 2021 Gold Cup announced on Thursday:
Preliminaries (Round one)
July 2 – DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL
4:30 pm M1: Haiti vs St Vincent and the Grenadines
7:00 pm M6: Bermuda vs Barbados
9:30 pm M3: Trinidad and Tobago vs Montserrat

July 3 – DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL
4:30 pm M5: Guadeloupe vs Bahamas
7:00 pm M4: Cuba vs French Guiana
9:30 pm M2: Guatemala vs Guyana

July 6 – DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Round Two)
16:30hrs M9: Winner Prelims 3 vs Winner Prelims 4
19:00hrs M7: Winner Prelims 1 vs Winner Prelims 6
21:30hrs M8: Winner Prelims 2 vs Winner Prelims 5

(Main draw)
July 10 – Dallas Metropolitan Area (Group A)
17:00hrs El Salvador vs Curaçao (Toyota Stadium)
22:00hrs Mexico vs Winner Prelims 9 (AT&T Stadium)
July 11 – Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS (Group B)
18:30hrs Canada vs Martinique
20:30hrs USA vs Winner Prelims 7
July 12 – Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL (Group C)
18:30hrs Jamaica vs Suriname
21:00hrs Costa Rica vs Winner Prelims 8
July 13 – BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX (Group D)
19:00hrs Qatar vs Panama
21:00hrs Honduras vs Grenada
July 14 – Dallas Metropolitan Area (Group A)
19:30hrs Winner Prelims 9 vs El Salvador (Toyota Stadium)
21:30hrs Curaçao vs Mexico (Cotton Bowl Stadium)
July 15 – Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS (Group B)
21:30hra Winner Prelims 7 vs Canada
21:30hrs Martinique vs USA
July 16 – Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL (Group C)
16:30hrs Winner Prelims 8 vs Jamaica
20:30hrs Suriname vs Costa Rica
July 17 – BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX (Group D)
19:30hrs Grenada vs Qatar
21:30hrs Panama vs Honduras
July 18 – Groups A and B
17:00hrs Martinique vs Winner Prelims 7 (Toyota Stadium)
17:00hrs USA vs Canada (Children’s Mercy Park)
22:00hrs Mexico vs El Salvador (Cotton Bowl Stadium)
22:00hrs Curaçao vs Winner Prelims 9 (Toyota Stadium)
July 20 – Groups C and D
19:00hrs Costa Rica vs Jamaica (Exploria Stadium)
19:00hrs Suriname vs Winner Prelims 8 (BBVA Stadium)
21:00hrs Panama vs Grenada (Exploria Stadium)
21:00hrs Honduras vs Qatar (BBVA Stadium)
July 24 – State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ (Quarter-finals)
19:30hrs QF1: 1D vs 2A
20:00hrs QF2: 1A vs 2D
July 25 – AT&T Stadium, Arlington TX (Quarter-finals)
19:00hrs QF3: 1C vs 2B
21:30hrs QF4: 1B vs 2C
July 29 – Q2 Stadium, Austin, TX and NRG Stadium, Houston, TX (Semi-finals)
19:30hrs SF1: Winner QF1 (1D or 2A) vs Winner QF4 (1B or 2C)
22:00hrs SF2: Winner QF2 (1A or 2D) vs Winner QF3 (1C or 2B)
Sunday, August 1 – Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV (Final)
20:30hrs Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2