The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

It took Belize fourteen years from their independence in 1981 to their debut in international football in 1995. Since then, they have entered the tournament continuously, but only qualified once in 2003. Losing all three matches, they placed last in the tournament and are ranked 29th out of 31 nations in the all-time table.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of  United Kingdom										Part of  United Kingdom
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1977
1981
1985	Not a CONCACAF member										Not a CONCACAF member
1989	Did not enter										Did not enter
1991
1993
1996	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	1	5
1998											2	0	1	1	1	2
2000											2	0	0	2	1	12
2002											2	0	1	1	3	7
2003	Did not enter										Did not enter
2005	Did not qualify										3	0	0	3	0	7
2007											3	0	0	3	3	7
2009											3	0	1	2	3	7
2011											3	0	1	2	3	8
2013	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	11	Squad		5	1	1	3	2	4
2015	Did not qualify										3	0	0	3	1	6
2017											5	0	1	4	2	10
2019											4	2	0	2	6	3
2021											6	2	0	4	6	12
2023											6	0	1	5	2	10
Total	Group stage	1/27	3	0	0	3	1	11	—		49	5	5	39	34	100

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Belize	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source:

9 July 2013

Belize	1–6	United States
Gaynair 40'	Report	Wondolowski 12', 37', 41' Holden 58' Orozco 72' Donovan 76' (pen.)

Jeld-Wen Field, Portland

Attendance: 18,724

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

13 July 2013

Costa Rica	1–0	Belize
Eiley 49' (o.g.)	Report

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy

Attendance: 17,597

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

16 July 2013

Cuba	4–0	Belize
Martínez 38', 62', 84' Márquez 90+3'	Report

Rentschler Field, East Hartford

Attendance: 25,432

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Record players

Nine players have been fielded in all three matches at Belize's only Gold Cup appearance.

Top goalscorers

During their 1–6 defeat against the United States, Ian Gaynair scored the only Belizean goal in Gold Cup history.

References