The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification or 2025 Gold Cup Prelims was the tournament that determined the final seven teams to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The matches took place March 21âÂÂ25, 2025.
Unlike the previous Gold Cup Prelims, this edition consisted of a single round in which the 14 involved teams were divided into 7 ties.
The ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the highest-ranked team in each tie hosting the second leg. If the aggregate score is level at the end of the second leg the away goals rule would be applied (e.g. the team that scores more goals away from home advanced to the final tournament). If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time would be played without taking into account the away goals rule during this time. If still tied after extra time, the tie would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The winners qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Fourteen teams qualified for the 2025 Gold Cup Prelims through their participation in the 2024âÂÂ25 CONCACAF Nations League. From Nations League A, the four quarter-final losers as well as the third and fourth-placed teams in both Group A and Group B qualified. From Nations League B, the top-two second-place finishers qualified. The final four spots in the qualification tournament went to the winners of the Nations League Play-in between the top-four teams in Nation League C and the fifth and sixth-placed teams of each group from League A.
The following 14 teams qualified:
In order to determine the 7 matchups, the teams were seeded 1âÂÂ14 based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 20 November 2024, with the 7 highest-ranked teams facing the 7 lowest-ranked teams (1 v 14, 2 v 13, 3 v 12, 4 v 11, 5 v 10, 6 v 9 and 7 v 8).
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The fixture list and matchups were confirmed on 20 November 2024. All match times are in EDT () (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Costa Rica won 13âÂÂ1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Jamaica won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Honduras won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Guatemala won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Trinidad and Tobago won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Suriname won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Guadeloupe won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.