The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the

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championship of

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and the

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(

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), and the 15th overall

tournament. It was held in

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, and

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in the

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. The format of the tournament changed from

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; it was expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals.

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and

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were invited from

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, and the Republic of Korea was invited from AFC. With all three games in Group D ending in ties and

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tied with the Republic of Korea on every tiebreaker, a coin toss was used.

won and advanced to the quarter-finals. They went on to win their first and to date only Gold Cup title. In the quarter-finals, Canada upset defending champions

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2–1. They defeated

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in the semi-finals 1–0 after Craig Forrest saved a first-half penalty. Already assured as

champions, Canada topped invitees

2–0 in the final. The tournament marks the only time a CONCACAF Gold Cup has been won by a country other than the United States or Mexico, and the only time in the tournament's history that neither the United States nor Mexico made to the semifinal.

Venues

Squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Qualified teams

Qualification play-off

A qualification competition was held in the

in October 1999. The following four teams competed in the playoff: *, as the lowest ranking member of the

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*, as third place team in the 1998 Caribbean Cup *, as runner-up in the 1999 Caribbean Cup *, as fourth place team in the

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals * Carlo Corazzin 3 goals * Carlos Pavón 2 goals * Paulo Wanchope * Roberto Palacios * Arnold Dwarika * Cobi Jones 1 goal * Jason De Vos * Richard Hastings * Mark Watson * Faustino Asprilla * Gerardo Bedoya * Víctor Bonilla * Gonzalo Martínez * Hernán Medford * Jafet Soto * Harold Wallace * Erick Miranda * Juan Carlos Plata * Guillermo Ramírez * Sébastien Vorbe * Samuel Caballero * Reynaldo Clavasquín * Milton Núñez * José Luis Pineda * Luis Hernández * Rafael Márquez * Emilio Mora * Francisco Palencia * Ramón Ramírez * José del Solar * Roberto Holsen * Waldir Sáenz * Jorge Soto * Ysrael Zúñiga * Lee Dong-gook * Lee Min-sung * Russell Latapy * David Nakhid *

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* Dwight Yorke *

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* Jovan Kirovski *

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Own goals * Marcial Salazar for Colombia * Shurland David for Mexico

Awards

Team of the Tournament

Source:

Broadcasting

References

External links

Award Winners
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