Английская Википедия:Cuba at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
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).
Cuba have participated in the continental championship twelve times, but only won five out of their 40 matches, never more than one at a single tournament. Their best position was a fourth place in 1971. They rank 14th in the tournament's all-time table, but have the worst goal difference out of all 31 teams (−91).
Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
| CONCACAF Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1963 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1965 | Withdrew | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1967 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1969 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1971 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1973 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1977 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1981 | Final Round | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1985 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1989 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1991 | Withdrew | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 1993 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1996 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 1998 | Group stage | 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2000 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2002 | Group stage | 11th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2003 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2005 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2007 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2009 | Withdrew | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2011 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2013 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2015 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2017 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2019 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Шаблон:Flagicon 2021 | Withdrew | |||||||
| Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2023 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Total | 12/27 | 14/31 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 121 |
Match overview
Record by opponent
| CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip |
| Шаблон:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Шаблон:Fb | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
Defections to the United States
The Gold Cups on US-American soil allowed the Cuban players to get visas for the duration of the tournament. The wet feet, dry feet policy established in 1995 essentially allowed Cuban refugees in the United States to qualify for permanent resident status. The policy and the dream of making a career as a professional footballer, at a much higher level than the Cuban top division made a defection to the United States an attractive option, which some of them took. Until the policy's cessation in 2017, the following Cuban internationals defected during the tournament:
- Rey Ángel Martínez and Alberto Delgado[1] in 2002.
- Maykel Galindo[2] in 2005.
- Osvaldo Alonso[3] and Lester Moré[4] in 2007.
- Yosniel Mesa in 2011.
- Keyler García,[5] Arael Argüellez,[6] Darío Suárez[7] and Ariel Martínez[8] in 2015.
See also
References
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