Qatar at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship.
Qatar are not members of the North American football confederation CONCACAF, and were invited to the Gold Cup as guests for the first time in 2021.
Overall record
Qatar was the second team from Asia to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and were invited for the first time in 2021.
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 2021 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| Total | Semi-finals | 1/26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Final draw
The group stage draw took place in Miami, Florida on 28 September 2020, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), along with the draw for the preliminary round. This was the first ever group stage draw for the Gold Cup.[1] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of August 2020. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with Mexico in Group A, the United States in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which begins play on the latest date, as they were also slated to participate in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup before subsequently withdrawing from that tournament.
Seeding
The following was the composition of the draw pots (August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings):[2]
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Draw results and group fixtures
The draw resulted in the following groups (teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw):
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Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Qatar |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Honduras |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Panama |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Grenada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Grenada | 0–4 | Qatar |
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| Honduras | 0–2 | Qatar |
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Notes
References
- "Draw Delivers Prelims Matchups and Groups for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- "CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking". CONCACAF. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "The match between @QFA_EN and @fepafut at @BBVAStadium is under weather delay due to thunderstorms in the area. The match will not kickoff before 6:30pm local (7:30pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.
- CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "UPDATE: Match will not kickoff before 7:00pm local (8:00pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.
- CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (13 July 2021). "The match will kickoff at 7:50pm local (8:50pmET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2021 – via Twitter.