The Guatemala selection is about to start its mathend of matches in 2025. The first great challenge of the Bicolor is to classify the Concacaf Gold Cup, a tournament in which it could already have a direct ticket, but The results in 2024 ended up taking its toll.
Guatemala is one of the 14 selections that are still in the fight to achieve a quota in the group phase of the Gold Cup, this because it did not set the best classification phase in the previous League of Nations, so it was lost from the possibility of a direct ticket.
To understand how Guatemala ended in the preliminary round, where his rival will be the selection of Guyana, it must first be analyzed how its results were in the 2024-2025 season of the Nations League.
In this competition, The bicolor was paired in group A Next to Costa Rica, Surinam, Martinica, Guadalupe and Guyana.
One of the awards to make a good group phase was The four semifinalists would classify.
Guatemala tried, but ended third from his group after Fall a win against Costa Rica 3-0 and tie seven points with Surinam, who stayed with second place for a better goal differential.
This situation moved Guatemala away from fighting for a direct ticket to the Gold Cup, however, Having ended third in the League A served to be in the preliminary round.
What teams already have quota in the Gold Cup 2025? The selections of Saudi Arabia (guest team), Canada, Curacao, El Salvador, the United States, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
Who struggles for a ticket to the Gold Cup 2025
In total there are 14 selections that are still in dispute for seven spaces for the group stage. These are:
- Costa Rica
- Belize
- Jamaica
- San Vicente and the Grenadines
- Honduras
- Bermuda
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Cuba
- Martinique
- Surinam
- Nicaragua
- Guadalupe