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The 2021 CONCACAF Soccer Federation Gold Cup first round draw was held in Miami, Florida, in the United States of America, and resulted in mixed groups.
The Asian champion, Qatar, was drawn as a guest for the first time in the history of the Gold Cup of the Confederation of North America and Central America and the Caribbean Football (CONCACAF), in the fourth group tournament together with the teams of Honduras, Panama and Granada.
Meanwhile, defending champion Mexico, in Group A, was tied with El Salvador and Curaçao and one of the teams rising from the playoffs.
While America will play in Group Two, along with Canada, Martinique and one of the teams rising from the playoffs.
Leading the third group, he included teams from Costa Rica, Jamaica and Suriname, as well as one of the teams rising from the playoffs.
Qatar is the seventh country selected to compete in the Gold Cup and the first in the Arab world, and the second country represented by the Asian Football Confederation to appear in the Gold Cup.
Before that, Brazil (1996, 1998, 2003), Colombia (2000, 2003, 2005), Peru (2000), Ecuador (2002), South Africa (2005) and South Korea (2000, 2002) participated in the tournament. .
The matches of the next edition of the Gold Cup will be played from July 10 to August 1, 2021, with the participation of 16 teams, as Annabi will start the competition from the group stage.
Source: Agencies
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