Host country United States Champions Mexico (9th title) Third place Honduras Dates 5 Jun 2011 – 25 Jun 2011 Attendance 1,140,602 Teams 12 | Venue(s) 13 (in 13 host cities) Runners-up United States Fourth place Panama Top scorer Javier Hernández Best player Javier Hernández | |
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Champion Mexico national football team Similar 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||
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The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
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- Venues
- Squads
- Suspension of Mexican players
- Draw
- Group stage
- Knockout stage
- Goalscorers
- Tournament ranking
- Individual awards
- References
The competition started on June 5, 2011 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, and ended with the final on June 25, 2011 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, with Mexico beating the United States 4-2.
This competition was the fifth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their sixth Gold Cup, and ninth CONCACAF Championship overall. It was the third consecutive Gold Cup final and second consecutive win also.
As winner of the tournament, Mexico qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CONCACAF.
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Venues
The set of thirteen venues – the same number as the 2009 Gold Cup – was announced on December 16, 2010. Each stadium hosted a doubleheader, except the Rose Bowl which hosted the final.
Squads
Each team can register a squad of 23 players.
Suspension of Mexican players
On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Antônio Naelson Sinha, Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Guillermo Ochoa, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the start of the 2011 Gold Cup. They were withdrawn from the squad a few days after their June 5 Gold Cup starting match and 5-0 win against El Salvador. Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug. CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered. The Mexican Football Federation said on June 14 that the "B" samples of those five involving players were negative. The CONCACAF Gold Cup Organizing Committee announced on June 19 that Mexico would be allowed to replace the suspended players.
Draw
The teams learned their path to the regional title when CONCACAF announced the groups and match schedule for the 2011 Gold Cup on concacaf.com Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm ET. The confederation championship ran from June 5 to 25 in 13 different stadiums across the United States, culminating at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the championship final.
Group stage
All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)
Knockout stage
All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local times in parentheses)
Goalscorers
Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Individual awards
The Fair Play Award was awarded to Mexico because they accumulated the least amount of cards.