The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage was played July 7–12, 2009.

Contents 1 Format 2 Group A 3 Group B 4 Group C 5 Ranking of third-place teams 6 References

[edit] Format

The draw for the Group Stage was announced April 2, 2009.^[1] The twelve qualified teams were divided into three groups of four. 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.

If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:^[2]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams (if applicable)
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. If teams are still tied, CONCACAF will hold a drawing of lots

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

3 July 2009 17:00 UTC-7	Canada	1 – 0	Jamaica	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
	Gerba  75'	Report

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3 July 2009 19:00 UTC-7	Costa Rica	1 – 2	El Salvador	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Granados  64'	Report	Romero  19', 87'

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7 July 2009 19:00 UTC-4	Jamaica	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 7,059 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
		Report	Borges  64'

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7 July 2009 21:00 UTC-4	El Salvador	0 – 1	Canada	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Attendance: 7,059 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
		Report	Gerba  32'

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10 July 2009 19:00 UTC-4	Costa Rica	2 – 2	Canada	FIU Stadium, Miami Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
	Herrón  23' Centeno  35'	Report	Bernier  25' de Jong  28'

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10 July 2009 21:00 UTC-4	El Salvador	0 – 1	Jamaica	FIU Stadium, Miami Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
		Report	Cummings  70'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Grenada	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

4 July 2009 16:00 UTC-7	Honduras	1 – 0	Haiti	Qwest Field, Seattle Attendance: 15,387 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Costly  76'	Report

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4 July 2009 18:00 UTC-7	Grenada	0 – 4	United States	Qwest Field, Seattle Attendance: 15,387 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
		Report	Adu  7' Holden  31' Rogers  60' Davies  69'

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8 July 2009 19:00 UTC-4	Haiti	2 – 0	Grenada	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington Attendance: 26,079 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Noel  14' Marcelin  79'	Report

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8 July 2009 21:00 UTC-4	United States	2 – 0	Honduras	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington Attendance: 26,079 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Quaranta  74' Ching  79'	Report

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11 July 2009 19:00 UTC-4	United States	2 – 2	Haiti	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 24,137 Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
	Arnaud  6' Holden  90+2'	Report	Sirin  46' Chéry  49'

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11 July 2009 21:00 UTC-4	Honduras	4 – 0	Grenada	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 24,137 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Martínez  2' Espinoza  25' Valladares  56' Costly  67'	Report

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

5 July 2009 14:00 UTC-7	Panama	1 – 2	Guadeloupe	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Barahona  68'	Report	Loval  33' Fleurival  43'

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5 July 2009 16:00 UTC-7	Nicaragua	0 – 2	Mexico	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
		Report	Noriega  45' (pen.) Barrera  86'

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9 July 2009 19:00 UTC-5	Guadeloupe	2 – 0	Nicaragua	Reliant Stadium, Houston Attendance: 47,713 Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)
	Auvray  57' Gotin  59'	Report

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9 July 2009 21:00 UTC-5	Mexico	1 – 1	Panama	Reliant Stadium, Houston Attendance: 47,713 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Sabah  10'	Report	Pérez  29'

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12 July 2009 14:00 UTC-7	Panama	4 – 0	Nicaragua	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Attendance: 23,876 Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
	Pérez  35' Gómez  56' Tejada  76'  88'	Report

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12 July 2009 16:00 UTC-7	Mexico	2 – 0	Guadeloupe	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Attendance: 23,876 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Torrado  42' Sabah  85'	Report

[edit] Ranking of third-place teams

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
B	Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
A	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3

[edit] References

v • d • e 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Stages Group stage · Knockout stage · Final General information Qualification (Caribbean · Central America) · Squads

v • d • e 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup finalists Champions Mexico Runner-up United States Eliminated in semifinals Costa Rica · Honduras Eliminated in quarterfinals Canada · Guadeloupe · Haiti · Panama Eliminated in group stage El Salvador · Grenada · Jamaica · Nicaragua