An exciting 2025 awaits in Concacaf with several tournaments highlighting the upcoming year, from the Concacaf Champions Cup and Beach Soccer Championship to another edition of the CNL Finals and Gold Cup.
This year will also include the first edition of the W Champions Cup Finals and the start of annual qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup and FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Here is a look at all the competitions ahead for the 2025 campaign which include Bermuda:
Gold Cup
The 18th edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup will be played between June 14 and July 6, featuring 16 men’s national teams.
Eight teams have booked their spots in the tournament through their placement in the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League. Guests Saudi Arabia add the number of qualified teams to nine, leaving seven spots to be filled in the Gold Cup Prelims.
The Prelims will be played in March and consist of seven home-and-away matchups. The seven group winners will advance to the Gold Cup group stage, completing the field of 16 teams.
U-17 Women’s Qualifiers
The 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers will be played under a new two-round format, beginning on January 27 and concluding on April 6.
Round One will be contested between 22 teams across four venues from January 27 to February 1. The six group winners and the two best second-place Round One finishers will join the top-ranked teams - USA, Mexico, Canada, and Haiti - to play the Final Round.
The Final Round will be played in a group format from March 31 to April 6, with the three group winners and the best second-place finisher moving on to the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in October.
U-17 Men’s Qualifiers
The 2025 Concacaf U-17 Men’s Qualifiers will take place from February 7 to 16 to determine the eight participants from the region at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in November.
The new format consists of a single-round qualification between 35 Concacaf Member Associations across six venues in which the participating nations are split into eight groups. After round-robin play, where each team met each other once, the eight group winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Women’s U-20 Qualifiers and Championship
The 2025 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Qualifiers will take place from February 20 to 25 to determine teams that will advance to the 2025 Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship
The Qualifiers will see 24 nations play across four venues in Central America and the Caribbean in round-robin play, with the first-place team from each group (six teams) advancing to the 2025 Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship, joining the two pre-seeded top-ranked nations, the United States and Mexico.
The Championship Stage will be played in May. After round-robin play, the group winners and runners-up will advance to the Semifinals and qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland.
World Cup 2026 Qualification
The Road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Concacaf nations Canada, USA, and Mexico, continues with the non-host countries continuing their qualification path. Qualification kicked off last summer and will continue during the June, September, October, and December FIFA international match windows.
Concacaf W Qualifiers
The Road to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics begins with the start of the 2025-26 Concacaf W Qualifiers, which begin during the FIFA Women’s International Match Windows of October and November 2025 and conclude in February and April 2026.
The participating Concacaf Member Associations will be split into six groups. The six group winners will advance to the 2026 Concacaf W Championship, which will determine the participating teams from Concacaf at the next FIFA Women’s World Cup and Summer Olympics.
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