Group B of the
2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 17th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament will take place from Ju ...
took place from June 25 to July 2, 2023.
The group consisted of
Mexico,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
,
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
and invited guests
Qatar. The top two teams advanced to the quarter-finals, while the other two teams were eliminated.
Standings
In the
quarter-finals:
* The winners of Group B, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of
Group C.
* The runners-up of Group B, Qatar, advanced advanced to play the winners of
Group C.
Matches
Haiti vs Qatar
The two teams had met previously only once, a
friendly game in 2010, won by Haiti 1–0.
Mexico vs Honduras
The two teams had met seven times at the Gold Cup, including the
2011
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semi-final match won by Mexico 2–0 after extra time.
Qatar vs Honduras
The two teams had met previously only once, a group stage match in the
previous edition of the tournament in 2021, which ended in a
2–0 victory for Qatar.
Haiti vs Mexico
The two teams had met ten times previously, including twice in the Gold Cup with both matches ending in victories for Mexico;
4–0 in the quarter-finals in
2009
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and
1–0 in the semi-finals (after extra time) in
2019
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.
Honduras vs Haiti
The two teams had faced each other 17 times previously, including three Gold Cup group stage matches: Honduras' 1–0 and
2–0 wins in
2009
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and
2013
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, respectively, and a
1–0 victory for Haiti in
2015
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, which was also the most recent meeting between both sides.
Mexico vs Qatar
The two teams had never met before.
It was the first time since 2005 in which Mexico was defeated by a guest nation. Mexico had previously recorded losses to
South Korea in
2002
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and to both
South Africa and
Colombia
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in
2005
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.
References
{{2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group B