Gold Cup 2017: Full group stage schedule
By Ty Finch
The Gold Cup begins on Friday, July 7. Here’s the full group stage schedule for the tournament.
The Gold Cup is typically held in the United States, with other countries occasionally co-hosting. The group stage starts on July 7, and consists of three groups of four teams apiece.
The first match of the tournament is French Guiana vs. Canada on July 7 at 7 p.m. in Red Bull Arena. This is French Guiana’s first appearance in the competition, while Canada are Gold Cup veterans, appearing 13 other times.
The last match of the group stage is Curacao vs. Mexico on July 16 at 8 p.m. in the Alamodome. This is also Curacao’s first appearance in the Gold Cup, but they have played in the previous version of the competition, the CONCACAF Championship, four times. Mexico have won the competition seven times in their history.
The rest of the matches in the group stage take place between July 7 and July 16. Group A consists of Honduras, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Canada. The United States, Panama, Martinique and Nicaragua make up Group B, while Mexico, El Salvador, Curacao and Jamaica are in Group C. Here are all the full group stage schedules (all times in ET).
Group A
Friday, July 7: 7 p.m. – French Guiana vs. Canada
Friday, July 7: 9 p.m. – Honduras vs. Costa Rica
Tuesday, July 11: 7:30 p.m. – Costa Rica vs. Canada
Tuesday, July 11: 10 p.m. – Honduras vs. French Guiana
Friday, July 14: 7:30 p.m. – Costa Rica vs. French Guiana
Friday, July 14: 10 p.m. – Canada vs. Honduras
Group B
Saturday, July 8: 4:30 p.m. – USA vs. Panama
Saturday, July 8: 7 p.m. – Martinique vs. Nicaragua
Wednesday, July 12: 6:30 p.m. – Panama vs. Nicaragua
Wednesday, July 12: 8:30 p.m. – USA vs. Martinique
Saturday, July 15: 4:30 p.m. – Panama vs. Martinique
Saturday, July 15: 7 p.m. – Nicaragua vs. USA
Group C
Sunday, July 9: 7 p.m – Curacao vs. Jamaica
Sunday, July 9: 9 p.m. – Mexico vs. El Salvador
Thursday, July 13: 8 p.m. – El Salvador vs. Curacao
Thursday, July 13: 10 p.m. – Mexico vs. Jamaica
Sunday, July 16: 6 p.m. – Jamaica vs. El Salvador
Sunday, July 16: 8 p.m. – Curacao vs. Mexico
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The knockout stage begins after all matches have been played in the group stage on July 16. The first and second place finishers in each group move on, as well as the top two third-place teams.