National Soccer
This April 10, the 2025 Gold Cup raffle determined that Guatemala will face Panama, Jamaica and Gualadupe in the group stage.
Erick Lemus celebrates a goal against Guyana in the preliminary of the Gold Cup 2025. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
After a long wait, finally the Guatemala selection met His next rivals in a great Concacaf tournament.
The draw of the Gold Cup 2025 He determined that the Guatemalan team will face Panama, Jamaica and Guadalupe in Group C.
This means that the bicolor will have hard exams if it seeks to match what he achieved in the 2023 edition where he reached the quarterfinals and lost to Jamaica, which will be one of his group rivals.
In addition, Jamaica is also a rival of Guatemala in the World Cup Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup.
When the Gold Cup 2025 begins
The 2025 Gold Cup will take place from June 14 to July 6, 2025 throughout the United States and Canada.
In total there will be 14 stadiums that will house the 31 games of the competition. Some of those sports enclosures that stand out are the Sofi Stadiumwhich will host the inauguration and the NRG Stadiumwhich is the scene of the grand final.
All stadiums in the Gold Cup 2025
- AT&T STADIUM – Arlington, Tx
- Q2 Stadium – Austin, Tx
- Dignity Health Sports Park – Carson
- NRG Stadium – Houston, Tx
- Shell Energy Stadium – Houston, Tx
- Sofi Stadium – Inglewood, ca.
- Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV
- US Bank Stadium – Minneapolis, mn
- State Farm Stadium – Phoenix, Az
- Snapdragon Stadium – San Diego
- Paypal Park – San José, Ca
- Levi’s Stadium – Santa Clara, ca
- Citypark – St. Louis, Mo
- BC Place – Vancouver, Canada
Guatemala selection performance
While Concacaf makes official the dates and schedules of the matches, the Bicolor of Guatemala will aspire to improve its performance in the 2023 edition, when it reached the quarterfinal phase after several years without shining.
Since the format was modified and the Gold Cup was established in 1991, the best historical result for Guatemala was a fourth place in 1996.
Since then it fell into a group stage in 1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015 and 2021.
In the 2007, 2011 and 2023 editions he reached the quarterfinals, while he did not participate in 1993, 2009 and 2013.
In 2017 and 2019 he could not participate because he was suspended by FIFA.