The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the 15th overall CONCACAF tournament. It was held in Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego in the United States. The format of the tournament changed from 1998; it was expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Peru and Colombia were invited from CONMEBOL, and the Republic of Korea was invited from AFC.
With all three games in Group D ending in ties and Canada tied with the Republic of Korea on every tiebreaker, a coin toss was used. Canada won and advanced to the quarter-finals. They went on to win their first and to date only Gold Cup title. In the quarter-finals, Canada upset defending champions Mexico in golden goal extra time 2–1. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-finals 1–0 after Craig Forrest saved a first-half penalty. Already assured as CONCACAF champions, Canada topped invitees Colombia 2–0 in the final despite going into the tournament as the lowest ranked side in the FIFA World Rankings.
The tournament marks the only time a CONCACAF Gold Cup has been won by a country other than the United States or Mexico, and the only time in the tournament's history that neither the United States nor Mexico made the final, both losing in the quarterfinals.
Venues
+List of tournament venues City Stadium Capacity Image Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium 70,561 Miami Orange Bowl 74,476
Teams
Qualification TeamQualificationAppearancesLast appearancePrevious best performanceFIFA RankingNorth American zone (TH) Automatic 5th 1998 Champions (1993,1996, 1998) 10 Automatic 5th 1998 Champions (1991) 22 Playoff 4th 1996 Group Stage (1991, 1993, 1996) 80Caribbean zone qualified through the 1998 and 1999 Caribbean Cup 1998 Winners 4th 1998 Third place (1993) 41 1999 Winners 4th 1998 Group Stage (1991, 1996, 1998) 45 Playoff 1st None Debut 77Central American zone qualified through the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup Winners 4th 1998 Third place (1993) 64 Runners-up 4th 1998 Fourth place (1996) 73 Third place 5th 1998 Runners-up (1991) 71Other Invitation 1st None Debut 24 Invitation 1st None Debut 42 Invitation 1st None Debut 52
Qualification play-off
A qualification competition was held in the United States in October 1999. The following four teams competed in the playoff:
, as the lowest ranking member of the North American Football Union , as third place team in the 1998 Caribbean Cup , as runner-up in the 1999 Caribbean Cup , as fourth place team in the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
Squads
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.
Group stage
+ The ranking of teams in each group is determined by the points obtained in all group matches. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria are used to determine the ranking:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarter-finals
Match abandoned in the 88th minute of play with the score at 3–5 due to lack of security conditions.
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Goalscorers
Awards
+ Team of the TournamentGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Craig Forrest Rafael Márquez Jason DeVos Ramón Ramírez Cobi Jones Roberto Palacios Russell Latapy Arnold Dwarika Carlo Corazzin Carlos Pavón Faustino Asprilla
Player of the Tournament
The Player of the Tournament award was given to Craig Forrest. Craig Forrest
Young Player of the Tournament
The award was given to Richard Hastings. Richard Hastings
Top Scorer
Carlo Corazzin won the award with four goals scored in the tournament. Carlo Corazzin (4 goals)
Broadcasting
References
External links ANCCIF- 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup Award Winners Squads toror66.com