There is less and less to the beginning of the Gold Cup 2021 that will take place in USA. Four Central American teams are already classified to the group area of the continental competition and one, Guatemala, you must go through the preliminary phase to earn a place. On FCA decided to review the four countries that won the continental tournament the most times.
Guatemala – 1 Gold Cup
A few years after the Gold Cup, at that time the Concacaf Nations Championship, will begin, Guatemala managed to keep the 1967 edition. In that opportunity It was played in league format and Mexico, Nicaragua, Haiti, Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago participated. In addition, the Blue and White would be runners-up in 1965 and 1969.
Honduras – 1 Gold Cup
I miss what happens to Honduras that, despite competing for a long time in the Gold Cup, he was only able to lift it in 1981. An edition with many more participants (15 in total), which sand he defined by points and had El Salvador as runner-up. After this, the Bicolor it would come second in 1985 and 1991.
Honduras raised for the only time in 1981.
Canada – 2 Gold Cup
One of the great surprises and that has the peculiarity that it never finished second. Canada won the 1985 Gold Cup, where he won a triangle against Honduras and Costa Rica, and the one in 2000 that was played with a format similar to the current one. On that occasion, the Americans beat Colombia, a special guest, in the final.
Costa Rica – 3 Gold Cup
The Central American team with the most titles and the last one that managed to stay with the continental tournament. Costa Rica obtained the first edition in 1963, relegating El Salvador to second place. Also in 1969, beating Guatemala by a single point and tying in the defining match. The third was in 1989, which he won thanks to beating the United States by goal difference in the table.
United States – 6 Gold Cup
The candidate to stay with this edition, despite the fact that it will save several figures, is the second that raised the Gold Cup the most times.The North Americans were left with the 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2017 editions. They have the particularity of being the team that lost a final or finished second the most times: six in total.
Mexico – 11 Gold Cup
By far the number one in this competition and that gave him the privilege of downplaying it in different editions. Mexico won the 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2019 Gold Cup. The Aztecs only remainedseconds twice: 1967 behind Honduras and the final lost in 2007 against the United States.