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Brazil at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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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. 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.[1]

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).

In select editions, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Brazil participated three times: in 1996, 1998 and 2003. They reached the tournament final twice, but lost to Mexico on both occasions. Thanks to their good results they rank 13th out of 31 nations in the tournament's all-time table, in spite of only three participations - right ahead of Cuba, who participated twelve times.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

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CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
United States 1996 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 10 3
United States 1998 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 6 2
Mexico United States 2003 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 6 4
Total 3/26 12/27 14 8 2 4 22 9

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6
 Canada 2 1 0 1 4 5 –1 3
 Honduras 2 0 0 2 1 8 –7 0
Brazil 4–1 Canada
André Luis 3'
Caio 7'
Sávio 14'
Leandro Machado 86'
Report Radzinski 66'
Attendance: 8,234
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

Brazil 5–0 Honduras
Caio 9', 81'
Jamelli 31', 61'
Sávio 80'
Report
Attendance: 20,708

Semi-final

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United States 0–1 Brazil
Report Balboa 79' (o.g.)

Final

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Brazil 0–2 Mexico
Report L. García 54'
Blanco 75'
Attendance: 88,155

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
 Guatemala 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 El Salvador 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Brazil 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 43,754
Brazil 1–1 Guatemala
Romário 79' Report Plata 90'
El Salvador 0–4 Brazil
Report Edmundo 7'
Romário 19'
Élber 87', 90'

Semi-final

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Third-place match

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Brazil 1–0 Jamaica
Romário 77' Report

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
 Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Honduras 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
Mexico 1–0 Brazil
Borgetti 70' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Brazil 2–1 Honduras
Maicon 16'
Diego 84'
Report De León 90' (pen.)

Quarter-final

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Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Report Kaká 42', 66'
Attendance: 23,425
Referee: Ken Stott (United States)

Semi-final

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United States 1–2 (ASDET) Brazil
Bocanegra 62' Report Kaká 89'
Diego gold-colored soccer ball 100' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Final

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Mexico 1–0 (ASDET) Brazil
Osorno gold-colored soccer ball 97' Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Record players

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Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1 Flávio Conceição 9 1996 and 1998
Zé Maria 9 1996 and 1998
3 Edmundo 5 1998
Gonçalves 5 1998
Júnior 5 1998
Romário 5 1998
Taffarel 5 1998
Zinho 5 1998
Adriano 5 2003
Alex 5 2003
Diego 5 2003
Heurelho Gomes 5 2003
Júlio Baptista 5 2003
Kaká 5 2003
Luisão 5 2003
Maicon 5 2003
Paulo Almeida 5 2003
Robinho 5 2003

Top goalscorers

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At each of Brazil's three Gold Cup participations, one player scored three goals during the tournament.

Kaká scored three goals at Brazil's last Gold Cup participation in 2003 and was voted into that year's team of the tournament.
Rank Player Goals Gold Cups
1 Caio 3 1996
Romário 3 1998
Kaká 3 2003
4 Jamelli 2 1996
Sávio 2 1996
Élber 2 1998
Diego 2 2003
8 André Luiz 1 1996
Leandro 1 1996
Edmundo 1 1998
Maicon 1 2003

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.