2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico.^[1] The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The United States' Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5–0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semi-finals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2–1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.

Venues

Mexico	United States
Mexico City	Miami	Foxborough
Estadio Azteca	Orange Bowl	Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 105,000	Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 68,756
File:Soccer game at the Azteca Stadium.JPG	File:Orange Bowl.jpg	File:Gillette Stadium Foxboro.jpg
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Teams

Qualification

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking^[2]
North American zone
Template:Fb	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998)	11
Template:Fb (TH)	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1991, 2002)	9
Template:Fb	Automatic	6th	2002	Champions (2000)	78
Caribbean zone qualified through the CFU Qualifying Tournament
Template:Fb	Group A Winners	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	48
Template:Fb	Group B Winners	3rd	2002	Group stage (1998, 2002)	63
Template:Fb	Qualifying round	3rd	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
Template:Fb	Winners	6th	2002	Runners-up (2002)	18
Template:Fb	Runners-up	6th	2002	Fourth Place (1996)	65
Template:Fb	Third Place	4th	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	85
Template:Fb	Qualifying round	6th	2000	Runners-up (1991)	42
Other
Template:Fb	Invitation	3rd	1998	Runners-up (1996)	1
Template:Fb	Invitation	2nd	2000	Runners-up (2000)	22

Squads

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The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.