Qatar gear up for CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 debut

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 will kick off with Mexico taking on Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match while debutants Qatar have two more days before the...

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 will kick off with Mexico taking on Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match while debutants Qatar have two more days before they play Paname in their opening match in Houston, Texas. Meanwhile, the Al Annabi under the watchful eyes of coach of Felix Sanchez training hard at their Holloway field base. The draw has placed Qatar, participating as a guest team for the first time in the competition’s history, in Group D alongside Panama, Grenada and Honduras. Al Annabi will kick things off against Panama on July 13 and then face Grenada on the 17th before concluding the group stage against Honduras on the 20th. Mexico, the defending champions, are in Group A, along with El Salvador and Curacao and one of the teams from the preliminary round. At the same time, the US will play in Group B, with Canada, Martinique and a preliminary winner. As for Group C, it consists of Costa Rica, Jamaica and Suriname, in addition to a preliminary round qualifier as well.Qatar – the 2019 AFC Asian Cup champion – is the seventh non-CONCACAF nation to compete in the Gold Cup, the first from the Arab world, and the second to represent the Asian Football Confederation in the competition after South Korea.