National Soccer
The Guatemala selection not only won in sports, but also economic, after ensuring its pass to the Gold Cup 2025 de la ConcacaF.
Rubín Rubín de Guatemala celebrates a goal in a match against Guyana at the Cementos Progreso Stadium. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
The Guatemalan team secured an economic grand prize after confirming its presence in the next edition of The Concacaf Gold Cupto be held between June 14 and July 6.
The national team played the preliminary round of the Gold Cup where Guyana faced in a double -game qualifying series which ended with A 4-3 global marker in favor of the bicolor.
This allows the project directed by Luis Fernando ten It was eliminated at the hands of Jamaica.
The triumph that the Guatemala selection achieved will not only be reflected as a sports success, but also also as an economic success, since Concacaf delivers an award to the teams that managed to qualify.
How much is the Guatemalan economic award for qualifying for the Gold Cup 2025?
For the Gold Cup 2023 the Concacaf awarded a prize of US $ 200 thousand to the selections only for integrating the group stage, and Guatemala for reaching the group stage and reaching the quarterfinals stayed with US $ 375 thousand (about Q2.8 million).
For the 2025 edition of the Gold Cup, the amount granted to each classified selection increased by US $ 50 thousand, so after beating Guyana and ensuring its presence in the tournament, Guatemala already has at least US $ 250 thousand (Q1.9 million) in compensation.
It should be noted that this amount could increase if Guatemala advances round. In 2023 the awards for the quarterfinals were US $ 125 thousand, for US $ 250 thousand, US $ 500 thousand for the runner -up and US $ 1 million for the champion.
Guatemala’s great challenge in the Gold Cup 2025 will be at least to match what he did in 2023 when he was first of his group and reached the quarterfinals.