The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 28 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (13 titles).
It took Belize fourteen years from their independence in 1981 to their debut in international football in 1995. Since then, they have entered the tournament continuously, but only qualified once in 2003. Losing all three matches, they placed last in the tournament and are ranked 29th out of 31 nations in the all-time table.
Record at the CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1963Part of Part of 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 19811985Not a CONCACAF memberNot a CONCACAF member1989Did not enterDid not enter 1991 1993 1996Did not qualify200215 1998201112 20002002112 2002201137 2003Did not enterDid not enter 2005Did not qualify300307 2007300337 2009301237 2011301238 2013Group stage12th3003111Squad511324 2015Did not qualify300316 20175014210 2019420263 20216204612 20236015210 202565121416TotalGroup stage1/283003111—551064147116
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group stage
Record players
Nine players have been fielded in all three matches at Belize's only Gold Cup appearance.
RankPlayerMatches1Dalton Eiley3Ian Gaynair3Trevor Lennan3Evan Mariano3Deon McCaulay3Tyrone Pandy3Michael Salazar3Elroy Smith3Evral Trapp3
Top goalscorers During their 1–6 defeat against the United States, Ian Gaynair scored the only Belizean goal in Gold Cup history.
RankPlayerGoals1Ian Gaynair1
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