Matches played 25 Dates 3 Jul 2009 – 26 Jul 2009 Attendance 860,046 | Venue(s) 13 (in 13 host cities) Goals scored 66 (2.64 per match) Teams 12 | |
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Similar 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||
The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested from 3 July to 26 July 2009 in the United States. This competition was the fourth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final. It was the second consecutive Gold Cup final and fourth overall to feature Mexico and the United States and the third won by Mexico.
Contents
Participating nations
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Venues
The set of thirteen venues–the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup–was announced on March 9.
First round
The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced on 2 April 2009. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.
2009 All-Tournament Team
The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Goalscorers
Media coverage
In Australia, the tournament was broadcast by Setanta Sports
In Brazil, the tournament was broadcast by Multisports
In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by Rogers Sportsnet and GolTV Canada
In Costa Rica, the tournament was broadcast by Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV 33 and Repretel
In Mexico and Central America, the tournament was broadcast by Televisa and TV Azteca (Mexico and United States Matches) and SKY México
In Honduras, Televicentro was broadcasting in three of their channels, MegaTV, Tele Sistema, Canal 7y4.
In Panama, the tournament was broadcast by RPC TV Canal 4 and TV Max.
In Malaysia, the tournament was broadcast by Astro Supersports.
In the United States, English language coverage of games involving the USA, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA was not involved, was on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games received Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura, Univision.
Worldwide, except in the Americas, the tournament was streamed by Omnisport.TV the legal online rights holder working in partnership with CONCACAF, with English commentary and in HDTV quality.