2019 Burundi landslides, Disaster
An anonymous local Cibitoke provincial government official, reported to Reuters that victims were living on a hillside which gave way after the heavy rains of the day before. "They are still digging up dead bodies," the official said.


2019 Burundi landslides, Disaster
In an official Twitter post, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed that much property was damaged in the disaster, at least 26 people died and 10 were missing. According to another ministry spokesperson, Pierre Nkurikiye, other provisional police reports indicated the deaths of at least some 38 people (three in Gikomero, 13 in Rukombe and 22 died in Nyempundu), though these reports were still provisional, and as of then, excavation and search-and-rescue (SAR) operations were still ongoing.


2019 Burundi landslides, Disaster
Destruction and damage of key infrastructure – including homes, roads, and bridges – was reported. Over 80 houses, 6 bridges and roads, and 9 water access points were destroyed, and crops continued to be destroyed in the immediate aftermath.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
On December 5, the provincial Cibitoke Governor Joseph Iteriteka addressed victims of the disaster, thanking everyone involved in the management of the disaster.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
UNOCHA led an intersectoral team to gain access to these hard-to-reach affected areas to evaluate the destruction. The international community's willingness to help the affected people was  communicated in a December 6 meeting with the Government's Provincial Platform, led by the Governor's Counsellor in charge of social affairs. The Government of Burundi's Civil Protection and Disaster Management Unit, the public provincial and communal administration, the BRCS, the police, the army, the surrounding population, and the Cibitoke and Mugina Health Districts, all deployed local emergency relief services. BRCS teams, coordinated by 3 staff members deployed 15 volunteers many of which were trained in first aid, and Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in emergencies.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
The UNOCHA intersectoral team concluded that the most pressing necessities in order of priority were food and water, shelter and other non-food items (NFIs such as household kits, WASH kits, female dignity kits, school kits and monetary funds for such have been provided by IOM, World Vision, BRCS, UNICEF, UNFPA, the USAID OFDA, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and NGOs Help a Child, War Child Holland, Concern Worldwide & ), psychosocial support, and access between hills and villages.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
Landslides washed away fields that were exploited by these populations, as well as their crops and food reserves, notably those by the Mubarazi river in Muramvya, and similarly much livestock. Water access points and sanitary facilities were washed away and what remained of them was under considerable strain due to high demand. There was also an elevated risk of waterborne diseases. The mission noted that physical access to schools in the Nyempundu area was hampered by landslides that have cut off some roads, and that many schoolchildren in general lost their school materials.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
On December 7, the National Platform for Disaster Management set up an ad hoc crisis management committee to manage the emergency headed by the Director of Humanitarian Action of the Ministry of Human Rights, Social Affairs and Gender. On the same day, 1,900 affected households received 28.5 tonnes of rice granted by the Ministry-led committee. This aid was deposited in the commune of Mugina, over 25 kilometres from the disaster site and to which the beneficiaries will have to travel to access. No provisions were made yet for people with special needs, and a relocation site identified in the village of Rusagara, not far from the shopping centre of the municipality of Mugina, was rejected for the second time by the BRCS.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
On December 8, the ad hoc committee, noting that the response to needs would continue as sectors refine their data for a more consistent assistance, requested that the World Food Programme (WFP) carry out the food assistance, which began to distribute 15-day rations of beans, corn, oil and salt on December 16, that the visit to the relocation site be conducted quickly and that support be provided to all victims of the rainy season. UNOCHA concluded its December 8 "Flash Update No. 2" saying "The humanitarian community will continue to work with the Government's National Platform to reinforce this emergency response, as well as with local municipalities that are willing to support these relief efforts."


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
A week after the landslide, the burial of the recovered bodies, arranged by the BRCS in cooperation with the various Partner National Societies (PNSs) of the ICRC (Finnish Red Cross, Belgian Red Cross and ), took place on December 12 in the Nyamakarabo area, but issues were still faced in the lack of assistance to the efforts of the authorities in conducting SAR operations, the extraction of corpses, and the evacuation of the wounded to nearby hospitals. In addition, access to the area remained hampered by landslides that damaged the roads and wooden bridges crossing the area that remained not allowing heavy machinery to pass through.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
On December 16, the IOM began requesting support from the BRCS to both arrange the procurement and distribution of half of the household kits each and other NFIs to accommodate for the displaced households who, in the meantime, were temporarily relocated to various communal spaces (i.e churches and schools) or hosted by community members. In addition Burundi and the UNOCHA intersectoral team announced their intention to begin the rehabilitation of a collapsed dam and reorienting the river to its initial direction.


2019 Burundi landslides, Response
The IFRC concluded their operation 4 months following its beginning (December 23, 2019 - April 23, 2020), having allocated 82,628 Swiss Francs (~90,000 USD) to the disaster relief emergency fund (DREF).


2019 Burundi landslides, Aftermath
As of December 31, the UNHCR estimated there to be 209,179 Burundian people of concern in Tanzania. The rate of return of 2000 refugees per week planned by the Tanzanian and Burundian governments appear to have been strongly affected by the environmental situation. In November 2019 only one of the three transit centres was functioning, allowing only 409 Burundian refugees to return, the lowest rate since January that year.


2019 Burundi landslides, Aftermath
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have both stated that the phenomenally heavy rains have contributed to a "serious and widespread desert locust outbreak". The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (the DLCO-EA which Burundi is not member to) noted the necessity for urgent and decisive action from all partners, as well as the resources to support large-scale ground surveys, aerial spraying services,  provision of chemicals, information dissemination, and further capacity building for control operations.


2019 Burundi landslides, Aftermath
Forecasted heavy rains accompanied by flash flooding continued into approximately January 9. Beyond that only moderately light rainfall was predicted and observed.


2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Candidates seeking re-election were last elected in 2015 and are denoted with an asterisk. Changes are compared to the 2018 results in that ward.


2019 Busan Open
The 2019 Busan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Busan, South Korea between 6 and 12 May 2019.


2019 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Busan Open – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Toshihide Matsui and Vishnu Vardhan 7–6(9–7), 6–1 in the final.


2019 Busan Open – Singles
Matthew Ebden was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Busan Open – Singles
Ričardas Berankis won the title after defeating Andrew Harris 7–6(7–5), 6–2 in the final.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash
On 24 November 2019, a Dornier 228 twin turboprop aircraft operated by local carrier Busy Bee Congo crashed shortly after takeoff from Goma International Airport in a densely populated section of the city, killing 20 of the 21 on board and 6 on the ground. It is the deadliest accident involving the Dornier 228.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Background
The airline operating the plane, Busy Bee Congo, was founded in 2007 and uses Goma as the base for its fleet of Dornier 228s. Due to lack of funds, poverty, lack of oversight, and corruption in government, airline safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially among local low-price carriers, is infamously lax with all the local carriers banned from operating in the European Union.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Background, Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a Dornier 228 twin turboprop built in 1984. It had been owned by three previous operators. The aircraft did not carry a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder. While in service with Olympic Aviation (during which its registration was SX-BHC) on 9 January 1994, the aircraft was involved in an accident at when it struck power lines on approach to runway 15L at Ellinikon International Airport and its left engine failed, but landed safely with no fatalities and was repaired.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Background, Aircraft and crew
The unnamed 52-year-old captain had 14,124 flight hours, including 3,048 hours on the Dornier 228. The unnamed 29-year-old first officer had 2,273 flight hours, with 1,635 of them on the Dornier 228.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Accident
According to reports the aircraft took off from the airport but suffered engine failure and crashed less than a minute after take off from runway 17. Witnesses describe the plane spinning three times as it crashed with thick black smoke coming from the engines. The aircraft violently burst in flames after impact in one of the densely populated areas of the city, the fire preventing locals from helping victims caught in the blaze.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Accident
19 people on board were killed on impact. One source reports that 2 passengers managed to be pulled from the blaze. The BBC reports that 9 casualties on the ground all came from one family.


2019 Busy Bee Congo crash, Investigation
The accident is being investigated by the Permanent Office of Investigations of Aviation Accidents/Incidents (French: Bureau Permanent d'Enquêtes d'Accidents et Incidents d'Aviation) (BPEA), part of the DRC's Ministry of Transport and Channels of Communication. A preliminary report on the accident was released on 10 January 2020. The report stated that the aircraft take-off roll was unusually long, with a lower climb-out. The flight crew then requested to land on runway 35 without specifying why, after which the aircraft entered a rapid descent and crashed.


2019 Butler Bulldogs football team
The 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team represents Butler University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 14th-year head coach Jeff Voris and play their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.


2019 Butler Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.


2019 Butler Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in seventh place.


2019 Butler Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-PFL teams
The Bulldogs had five different players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.


2019 Butler Bulldogs men's soccer team
The 2019 Butler Bulldogs men's soccer team represented Butler University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 6. It was the program's 31st season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the Big East Conference. The 2019 season was Paul Snape's ninth year as head coach for the program.


2019 Butler Bulldogs men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 C-League
2019 Metfone C-League  is the 35th season of the C-League. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League.


2019 C-League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2019 C-League, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2019 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for  the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2019 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. Northeastern defeated Hofstra 82–74 in the championship game and received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the second title for Northeastern in the CAA, the last coming in 2015.


2019 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2019 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 37th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began November 8 and concluded on November 16.


2019 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
James Madison, the defending champions, repeated as champions, defeating UNCW in the final.


2019 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards, All Tournament XI
The All Tournament XI was announced following the CAA Championship Game.


2019 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament is the upcoming postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will be held March 13–16, 2019 at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware. The champion will receive the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Towson won the conference tournament championship game over Drexel, 53–49 to send Towson to their first ever NCAA tournament.


2019 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals. JMU Drexel and Towson have secured first round byes


2019 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from November 1 through November 9, 2019. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride, who successfully defended their title, beating the James Madison Dukes 5–1 in the final. The conference tournament title was the sixth overall for the Hofstra women's soccer program and the fifth overall for head coach Simon Riddiough. Both Hofstra and Riddiough have won three straight CAA Tournaments.


2019 CAF Champions League Final
The 2019 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League, the 55th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 23rd edition under the current CAF Champions League title.


2019 CAF Champions League Final
The final was originally contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Wydad Casablanca from Morocco and defending champions Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia. The first leg was hosted by Wydad Casablanca at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on 24 May 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès on 31 May 2019.


2019 CAF Champions League Final
Espérance de Tunis were initially declared winners following a refusal by Wydad Casablanca to resume play following an issue with VAR, though CAF later ruled the second leg must be replayed in a neutral venue to decide the champions. However, the decision to order a replay was thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), who told the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to refer the case to its proper disciplinary structures for a decision, and on 7 August 2019, Espérance de Tunis were declared winners for a second time. As winners, they earned the right to play in the 2020 CAF Super Cup and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.


2019 CAF Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2019 CAF Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs determined by the knockout stage draw, which was held on 20 March 2019, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.


2019 CAF Champions League Final, Format
If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still tied, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner.


2019 CAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Joshua Bondo (Botswana)


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup, the 28th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th edition under the current CAF Confederation Cup title.


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between RS Berkane from Morocco and Zamalek from Egypt. The first leg was hosted by RS Berkane at the Stade Municipal de Berkane in Berkane on 19 May 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Zamalek at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria on 26 May 2019.


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The final finished 1–1 on aggregate, with Zamalek winning 5–3 on penalties for their first CAF Confederation Cup title. The winner will earn the right to play in the 2020 CAF Super Cup.


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Format
The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs determined by the knockout stage draw, which was held on 20 March 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Format
If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time won't be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner.


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)Fourth official:Bernard Camille (Seychelles)


2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)El Hadji Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)


2019 CAF Super Cup
The 2019 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2019 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.


2019 CAF Super Cup
The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018 CAF Champions League winners, and Raja Casablanca from Morocco, the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on 29 March 2019.


2019 CAF Super Cup
Raja Casablanca won the match 2–1 for their second CAF Super Cup title.


2019 CAF Super Cup
The match was originally to be hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès, Tunisia on 29 December 2018, but CAF announced on 12 December 2018 that the match would be played in Qatar on 20 February 2019. However, the date was later changed to 29 March 2019 after both clubs requested a new date for the match. This was the first CAF Super Cup to be played outside of Africa.


2019 CAF Super Cup
The Super Cup of this season followed a transitional calendar which allows the CAF club competitions to switch from a February-to-November schedule to an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017. The Super Cup of next season will then be played in August after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (which has been switched from January/February to June/July) following the new calendar.


2019 CAF Super Cup, Format
The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match at a neutral venue, with the CAF Champions League winners designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).


2019 CAF Super Cup, Ticketing
A total of 20,560 tickets are available in three categories: category 1 for 100 QR, category 2 for 50 QR, and category 3 for 20 QR.


2019 CAF Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)Fourth official:Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)


2019 CAF Super Cup, Prize money
Prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup are as following :


2019 CAFA U-16 Championship
The 2019 CAFA U16 Championship is the 2nd edition of the CAFA Youth Championship, for men's under-16 national teams; This international football competition is organized by Central Asian Football Association (CAFA). The tournament is hosted by Tajikistan from July 26 to August 1, 2019.


2019 CAFA U-16 Championship
It is played on a Round-robin tournament format among the 6 participating teams


2019 CAFA U-16 Championship
Uzbekistan was the defending champions. On August 1, 2019, Tajikistan U16 team won its 1st title


2019 CAFL season
The 2019 CAFL season was the second season of the China Arena Football League (CAFL).


2019 CAFL season, Background
After the 2016 season, the Dalian Dragon Kings and Shenzhen Naja relocated to become the Shenyang Black Rhinos and Wuhan Gators, respectively. In June 2017, it was announced that the 2017 season was being moved to the spring of 2018. In January 2018, the league postponed the start of their second season to continue to establish business partnerships in China. The league has targeted a return to play in the autumn of 2019.


2019 CAFL season, Background
In September 2019, the CAFL released an abbreviated schedule, with a two-game regular season and a playoff tournament featuring all four teams, with games played November 6, 9, 20 and 23. Uniquely among professional football leagues, the CAFL playoff seeds were set as part of the schedule, with the semifinal round (December 6) consisting of the two matchups that did not play in the regular season. The winners of the semifinal round will play for the championship two days after the semifinals, and the losers for a consolation game the same day.


2019 CAFL season, Background
On November 8, the CAFL announced that the first game had been postponed to November 13. Two days later, the league announced that the regular season was canceled and that two of the four games scheduled would be played as exhibition games. In lieu of a regular season or semi-final playoffs, the CAFL instead held a single round-robin tournament with each team playing the other for 12 minutes, with no overtime in the event of a tie.


2019 CAFL season, Background
The standings following those contests will then be used to seed the championship: the two lowest-ranked teams played a consolation round, and the two highest-ranked played for the CAFL championship. Both games were 24 minutes long, separated into two 12-minute halves, with overtime if necessary (which it was for the championship). The entirety of the CAFL tournament took place in Suzhou over the course of three days.


2019 CAFL season, Standings
+ = Shenyang secured third place by way of defeating Shanghai in the consolation game.


2019 CAFL season, Draft
The 2017 CAFL Draft was held on July 10, 2017. 36 players were drafted with 18 of them being Americans and 18 players from China or who are of Chinese descent.


2019 CAFL season, Draft, Round six
Note: CN indicates Chinese national or of Chinese descent while IN indicates international players


2019 CARIFTA Games
The 2019 CARIFTA Games took place between 20 and 22 April 2019. The event was held at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands.


2019 CBA Playoffs
The 2019 CBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2018–19 season. It began on 16 March 2019. In this season, the playoffs was expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams.


2019 CBR Brave season
The 2019 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 6th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 20 April 2019 to 31 August 2019 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time in franchise history. However, the Brave lost their semi-final match to the Sydney Bears during the Goodall Cup Finals series in Newcastle. The team set a number of new league records including: most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 matches), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season (67) and least losses in a 28 match season (2).


2019 CCC Team season
The 2019 season for the CCC Pro Team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2019 CEBL Entry Draft
The 2019 CEBL Entry Draft was the inaugural CEBL Entry Draft, held on March 23, 2019 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario. Six Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams selected 78 athletes in total.


2019 CEBL Entry Draft, Format
A blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was drawn as follows:


2019 CEBL Entry Draft, Format
The first four rounds were regional rounds, in which teams selected players from their region. The three eastern teams had to choose players from Eastern Canada and the western teams from Western Canada. The next seven rounds were open rounds, with teams able to select players from any region of the world. The final two rounds were U Sports rounds, in which teams selected players playing in U Sports, Canada's university basketball program.


2019 CEBL season
The 2019 CEBL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. It included six teams: Saskatchewan, Fraser Valley, Edmonton, Hamilton, Niagara, and Guelph. The regular season ran from May 9, 2019 to August 15, 2019, and the Championship Weekend took place on August 24 and 25, 2019, hosted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. On August 25, the Saskatchewan Rattlers won the CEBL's first ever Championship after beating the Hamilton Honey Badgers.


2019 CECAFA Cup
The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Uganda in December 2019.


2019 CECAFA Cup, Participants
The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. The national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced to participate in place of Rwanda. Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan all withdrew from the tournament in December 2019. The reason was the financial shortages of each respective federation which prevented them from meeting the $20,000 entry requirement.


2019 CECAFA U-15 Championship
The 2019 CECAFA U15 Championship was the first CECAFA U-15 Championship organized by CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association). It was held in Eritrea (it is the first time in recent times that an official international football tournament is being staged in Eritrea.)


2019 CECAFA U-20 Championship
The 2019 CECEFA U-20 Challenge Cup will take place from 21 September - 5 October 2019  in Uganda. It was originally expected to take place in January 2019.


2019 CECAFA Women's Championship
The 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship was the fourth edition of the association football tournament for women's national teams in the East African region.


2019 CECAFA Women's Championship
It was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between 16 and 25 November 2019. Kenya won the tournament with a 2–0 win over Tanzania in the final.


2019 CECAFA Women's Championship, Awards
Jentrix Shikangwa from Kenya won the top scorer award with 10 goals. The Golden Glove Award went to Kenyan goalkeeper Annedy Kundu who did not concede a single goal in the whole tournament. Tanzania's Omary Mwanahamisi was voted Most Valuable Player and her team also bagged the Fair Play Award.


2019 CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the United States on NCAA or NAIA teams.


2019 CFL Draft
The draft was broadcast live on TSN and RDS for two hours and then switched to digital platforms on TSN.ca and TSN GO. Randy Ambrosie, the CFL commissioner, was at the TSN studios in Toronto to announce the first twenty picks.


2019 CFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.


2019 CFL Draft, Territorial exemptions
Beginning in 2019, the CFL announced the two teams with the highest waiver priority will each get to make one Territorial Draft Pick (to be used to select a player born within their territorial limits at the end of the second round). The two teams that qualified for the 2019 Draft were Montreal and Toronto and these picks were made with the 17th and 18th overall picks.


2019 CFL Draft, Territorial exemptions
This was the first time since 1984 that the league’s draft will feature territorial selections. From 1972 to 1982, each club had the right to pre-select two players from its region who would be exempted from the draft. That limit was reduced to one Draft exemption selection in 1983 and 1984, and then the practice was terminated altogether prior to the 1985 Canadian Draft.


2019 CFL European Draft
The 2019 CFL European Draft took place on April 11, 2019. Nine players were chosen from a pool of 18 European players who attended the 2019 CFL Combine.


2019 CFL European Draft, Background
In October 2018, Canadian Football League (CFL) commissioner Randy Ambrosie outlined a plan to grow the CFL's presence, which he dubbed CFL 2.0, including growth internationally. As part of this expansion the CFL held a special draft in January 2019 with the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top-level pro American football league in Mexico. Players selected there were not signed to teams but rather had their rights held by their selecting teams.


2019 CFL European Draft, Background
In March 2019, 18 players from teams in Italy, Germany, France, Finland, and Denmark attended the 2019 CFL Combine alongside Canadian players eligible for the normal CFL Draft; all players came from top club leagues in Europe, with the exception of two French players coming from Canadian university football and one Italian player from coming American junior college football. Only those that attended the combine were be eligible to be drafted in the CFL European Draft.


2019 CFL European Draft, Background
Players selected in these drafts filled a new classification of CFL players called "global players" (in contrast to "National" Canadian players and "International" players which mostly consist of Americans); Ambrosie was initially seeking for each CFL team to have two roster spots for these new global players but, after negotiations with the CFLPA, it formally decided on one roster spot and two practice roster spots.


2019 CFL European Draft, Selection order
Unlike the normal CFL Draft, which sets selection order based on a team's record the previous season (similar to the NFL Draft), the preceding CFL–LFA draft instead used a weighted lottery system where teams received an increased chance at a higher draft priority (similar to the NBA Draft) but not a guarantee. Unlike either the 3-round CFL–LFA draft or the 8-round CFL draft, this draft will only consist of a single round. Similarly, the European draft also used a lottery system, with a draft order set on April 4.


2019 CFL season
The 2019 Canadian Football League season was the 66th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 62nd season of the league. The regular season began on June 13 and concluded with the playing of the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary on November 24 —where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–12 to win their first Grey Cup since 1990.


2019 CFL season, League business, International partnerships
In October 2018, the CFL began work on an initiative known as "CFL 2.0" to grow its revenues and broaden its international reach outside of Canada and the United States. This included establishing partnerships with other gridiron football leagues (including using them as a potential farm system for Canadian player development post-university), international combines, scouting international prospects to join Canadian university football programs, expansion of the international media presence of the league, as well as increased investments in amateur football programs in Canada.


2019 CFL season, League business, International partnerships
On November 23, 2018 the CFL and the Professional American Football League of Mexico (LFA) signed a non-binding letter of intent on various partnerships, which included projects such as the possibility of hosting a regular season game in Mexico. On January 9, 2019, it was announced that the CFL and its franchises had committed to investing $4 million in supporting amateur football programs in Canada in 2019.


2019 CFL season, League business, International partnerships
On January 31 the CFL and German Football League (GFL) signed an agreement to form a long-term strategic partnership. The partnership included the participation of German athletes at the 2019 CFL Combine. In February 2019, the CFL reached similar agreements with the Ligue Élite de Football Américain (France), the Austrian American Football Federation, the Federazione Italiana di American Football (Italy), and with football officials in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In July, the league also partnered with the British American Football Association.


2019 CFL season, League business, New collective bargaining agreement
The five-year agreement that was ratified between the CFL and CFL Players' Association in 2013 was set to expire just prior to the start of this season, on the first day of scheduled training camp, May 19. On May 15 the CFL and CFL Players' Association announced they had reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, which was ratified by players and approved by the league's Board of Governors a week later on May 22; four days before the first preseason game. The length of the agreement aligns with Bell Media's media rights to the league.


2019 CFL season, League business, Football operations cap
On June 5, 2018, it was reported that the CFL had approved a limit on football operations staff salaries and number of coaches and operations staff employed by each team. In this report, the number of coaches on each team would not exceed 11 and the number of other football operations staff may not exceed 17. The total compensation of those 28 staff members would be capped at $2,738,000. As of the 2018 CFL season, four teams had more than 11 coaches employed and would be directly impacted by these changes. Consequently, there was talk of a potential coaches union being formed to combat the unilateral decision.


2019 CFL season, League business, Football operations cap
On December 6, 2018, the league formally announced the cap regulations, with the total compensation of the combined 11 coaches and 14 other football operations staff being set at $2,588,000 for 2019 and 2020. Similar to the player salary cap, violations in excess of $100,000 would result in monetary fines and loss of draft picks. However, as teams adjust to the new rules for 2019, they may self-report violations to avoid personal fines and loss of draft picks.


2019 CFL season, League business, Montreal Alouettes ownership
On May 31 Robert Wetenhall surrendered his ownership of the Montreal Alouettes back to the league, after having pursued a sale of the franchise for several months. The CFL intended to continue this process, but would operate the team on its behalf.


2019 CFL season, League business, New outfitter
On September 12, 2018, it was announced that New Era would be the official outfitter of all CFL teams beginning in the 2019 season. This came as a result of the previous supplier, Adidas, not renewing their contract following the 2018 expiry of their previous deal. New Era Cap had been a licensee of the CFL for headwear and apparel since January 2011, and it was the first time that the company provided football uniforms and sideline apparel.


2019 CFL season, League business, New outfitter
While most teams maintained relatively similar uniforms, the Montreal Alouettes unveiled a revamped identity with new logos and uniforms on February 1, while the B.C. Lions returned to using their normal logo on their helmets rather than a stylized version.


2019 CFL season, Player movement, International drafts
The CFL and LFA hosted a combine in Mexico City on January 13 attended by 51 top Mexican players. The following day, 27 players were selected in a CFL–LFA Draft; the Edmonton Eskimos held the first overall pick, and selected Diego Viamontes of Mayas CDMX.


2019 CFL season, Player movement, International drafts
On April 11, the CFL held its first European draft in which nine players were drafted, one to each CFL team: four of the players were from France, three from Germany, and one each from Italy and Finland.


2019 CFL season, Player movement, Free agency
The free agency period began on February 12 at noon EST. All players eligible for free agency are unrestricted free agents, as is customary in the league. Notable signings in the period included:


2019 CFL season, Player movement, Trade deadline
The in-season trade deadline was on October 9 at 3:59 pm EDT.


2019 CFL season, Player movement, Johnny Manziel
On February 27, Johnny Manziel, a quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes in 2018, was permanently banned from playing on any CFL team as a result of what the Alouettes called an unspecified "(contravention of) the agreement which made him eligible to play." Manziel has denied any wrongdoing but accepted the banishment, stating he would consider playing options in the United States; he then signed on with the Alliance of American Football who were partly through their inaugural season.


2019 CFL season, Rule changes
In March the CFL's Rules Committee submitted a variety of rule changes to the Board of Governors, to be implemented for the 2019 season. As had been the case in previous years the proposed changes once again focused on improving game flow and increasing player safety. The proposals were reviewed and accepted by the CFL's Board of Governors on April 10.


2019 CFL season, Regular season, Schedule
The regular season schedule was announced on December 20, 2018, and was played over 21 weeks from June 13 to November 12. 2019. There was an increase in Saturday primetime games with 7:00 p.m. ET kickoffs, appearing in all but one week of the season. Only three games were played on Sundays, and three were played on Mondays.


2019 CFL season, Regular season, Schedule
For the first time in league history, no games were played on Thanksgiving.


2019 CFL season, Regular season, Schedule
In the late evening of August 9 at 9:06 pm EDT, a weather delay was declared at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal due to an approaching thunderstorm with intense lightning; the Saskatchewan Roughriders were leading the Alouettes 17–10 with 2:41 left in the 3rd quarter. Because the game had not restarted by 10:06 pm EDT and over 7:30 had been played in the 3rd at that point, the 17–10 score was declared final.


2019 CFL season, CFL Playoffs
The Grey Cup was played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, on November 24. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their first Grey Cup championship in 29 years, ending the longest current championship drought in the Canadian Football League. Winnipeg native, Andrew Harris was named both the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player and Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian. This was the first time that a player won both awards in the Grey Cup championship.


2019 CFL season, Broadcasting
The 2019 season marked the 11th of the CFL's exclusive Canadian media rights with Bell Media, covering TSN (English) and RDS (French).


2019 CFL season, Broadcasting
On January 14, the league renewed its U.S. broadcast deal with TSN's minority partner ESPN, which expired after the 2018 season; it includes 20 games on ESPN's linear networks, and all remaining games carried on ESPN+. Prior to renewing with ESPN, it had been speculated that the league was courting NFL Network, which carried the league's games in 2010 and 2011; that network requested a significant change in the schedule that would have moved the season opener to an earlier date in order to secure carriage, which the league indicated could not happen without a new CBA.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft
The 2019 CFL–LFA Draft took place on January 14, 2019. 27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors from Mexican university teams.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft, Background
In October 2018, Canadian Football League commissioner Randy Ambrosie outlined a plan to grow the CFL's presence, which he dubbed CFL 2.0, including growth internationally. In November 2018, the LFA signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with the CFL to share resources and to allow for at least one CFL game to be played in Mexico, as wells as lay the ground work for special Mexican-specific editions of the CFL Combine and CFL Draft.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft, Background
On January 11, 2019, 51 players from the LFA and Mexican college ranks were announced as participants in a combine to beheld on January 13 and a 27-player draft to be held on January 14, 2019. Each CFL team sent scouts and were reported to likely receive four picks. Consensus after the combine was that 6-18 players were of (or could be made into) CFL camp caliber, but that a majority of players had no professional potential.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft, Background
This led to criticism of commissioner Ambrosie for spending time and resources on this additional draft, when a collective bargaining agreement with the CFLPA still had not been reached. Originally, there were plans for a 4-round 36-player draft but, after the combine and interviews, was scaled back to a 3-round, 27-player draft. BC Lions General Manager Ed Hervey was reported to have, "settled for athletic and the ability to speak English" in player evaluations. It was not reported if drafted players would count towards a team's National or International slots.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft, Background
On January 12, 2019, the LFA held their own domestic 66-player draft in advance of the CFL's draft.


2019 CFL–LFA Draft, Selection order
Unlike the normal CFL Draft, which sets selection order based on a team's record the previous season (similar to the NFL Draft), the CFL–LFA draft instead used a weighted lottery system where teams receive more balls in a selection bin depending on their record, with more balls increasing the chance at a higher draft priority (similar to the NBA Draft). The draft order was set the night before the draft: The Edmonton Eskimos received the first pick, despite Edmonton's general manager and head coach both skipping the combine and draft process, sending a subordinate instead. Edmonton GM Brock Sunderland in particular was largely dismissive of the entire process.


2019 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2019 College Hockey America Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th tournament in league history played between March 6 and March 8, 2019, at the LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York. Syracuse won their first tournament and earned College Hockey America's automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament


2019 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
All six CHA Teams participated in the Tournament. On the first day of the Tournament, the top two seeds received a bye, while the #3 seed played the #6 seed, and the #4 seed played the #5 seed in the Quarterfinal round. On the second day, the Semifinal games featured the #1 seed against the lowest remaining seed, while the #2 seed played the highest remaining seed. On the third and final day, the CHA Championship was played between the two Semifinal winners. There was a total of five games.


2019 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Standings
All five members of the All-Tournament team were from Syracuse. Forward Aonda Hoppner was named the Tournament MVP, while Lauren Bellefontaine and Abby Moloughney rounded out the corps of forwards. Defenders included Lindsey Eastwood, who scored a hat trick in the Semifinal against Mercyhurst, and Jessica DiGirolamo. Ady Cohen was the All-Tournament Goalie with two wins and a .917 Save Percentage.


2019 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Standings
During the Championship Game, Jaycee Gephard became the Single Season Points Leader (19-32-51) in the Robert Morris Colonials history.


2019 CHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Standings
The Tournament Champion earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament to determine the national champion. The Syracuse Orange was the number 8 seed out of 8 in the tournament, and lost to #1 seed Wisconsin 4–0 on March 16, in Madison, Wisconsin


2019 CIBACOPA season
The 2019 CIBACOPA was the 19th season of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA), one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on March 27, 2019, and ended on July 17, 2019. The league title was won by Rayos de Hermosillo, who defeated first-year expansion team Mantarrayas de La Paz in the championship series, 4–3. It was the Rayos' third CIBACOPA title.


2019 CIBACOPA season
There was a total attendance of more than 220,000 on the season.


2019 CIBACOPA season, Overview, Format
Nine teams participate, playing in one single group. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are three rounds in a best-of-7 format.


2019 CIBACOPA season, Draft
The 2019 CIBACOPA draft was held in February. Each team got three picks across three rounds.


2019 CIBACOPA season, All-Star Game
The 2019 CIBACOPA All-Star Game was played in Guadalajara, Jalisco, at the Domo del Code on May 11, 2019. The game was played between Zona Norte (teams from Baja California, Sonora, and northern Sinaloa) and Zona Sur (teams from Baja California Sur, Jalisco and southern Sinaloa). Zona Norte won the game after three quarters 106–88, but a new format was established this year to reset the score for a fourth-quarter period that included a cash bonus for the winning team. Zona Sur won this final period 29–21. Hameed Ali and Tyrone White led all scorers with 26 points each, but Jordan Williams was named All-Star Game MVP with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.


2019 CIBACOPA season, All-Star Game
Cezar Guerrero won the three-point shootout while Jordan Williams won the dunk contest.


2019 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship
The 2019 CIK-FIA European Championship was the 48th edition of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship, with championships in the KZ, KZ2, OK, OKJ and Superkart classes.


2019 CME Group Tour Championship
The 2019 CME Group Tour Championship was the ninth CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The CME Group Tour Championship marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2019. The event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 3-hour delay, and NBC Sunday live.


2019 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification
Since 2014, the field has determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points, with 500 points going to the winner. The five major championships had a higher points distribution, with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers. Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. From 2014 to 2018, the top 72 players on the points list and any tournament winners, whether or not a member, earned entry into the championship. The points were reset for the championship and the points leader after the championship won a $1 million bonus. Only the top-12 players entering the tournament has a mathematical chance of winning the bonus.


2019 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Qualification
For 2019, the top 60 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gained entry into the championship. Tournament winners were no longer given automatic entry into the championship. The bonus is now rolled into the purse so that the winner of the tournament wins $1.5 million. All 60 players compete for the top prize.


2019 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
Top 60 LPGA members and those tied for 60th on the "Race to the CME Globe" Points Standings


2019 CME Group Tour Championship, Format, Field
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Céline Boutier, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Chella Choi, Carlota Ciganda, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Shanshan Feng, Kristen Gillman, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall, Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Ji Eun-hee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Megan Khang, Kim Hyo-joo, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Cheyenne Knight, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz, Anna Nordqvist, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Annie Park, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun, Morgan Pressel, Ryu So-yeon, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Jasmine Suwannapura, Lexi Thompson, Jing Yan, Amy Yang, Angel Yin


2019 CMT Music Awards
The 2019 CMT Music Awards were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on June 5, 2019. Little Big Town was the host for the show. The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
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2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
The 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by North American men's national teams and organised by CONCACAF (seventh official edition, tenth edition if qualifying tournaments held jointly with CONMEBOL are also counted). The tournament took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico between 13–19 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for CONCACAF teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the top two teams qualify.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Panama were the defending champions, but lost in the third-place match.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 8 April 2019 at the Calle Independencia in Puerto Vallarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
The 2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship is an international football tournament, the third edition of the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
The competition was initially set to feature up to 39 teams from the CONCACAF region as well as three invited teams from UEFA; however, the withdrawal of Jamaica led to a total of 41 teams.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Teams
The 41 teams were divided in three divisions according to the Concacaf Men's Under-17 Ranking as of 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Venues
The competition took place at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States, the same venue as the previous edition.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Format
Each match shall last 70 minutes, comprising two periods of 35 minutes with an interval of 10 minutes in between. In the championship game, if the score is tied at the end of regulation time, two 10 minute overtime periods will be played. If the score is still tied at the end of overtime, kicks from the penalty mark shall be taken to determine the winner.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Format
In Division 1, the 16 teams are divided into four groups (A to D) of four. After the group stage, the top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals, where the winners advance to the semi-finals and final. The remaining teams play in a final round classification match depending on their position.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Format
In Division 2, the 16 teams are also divided into four groups (E to H) of four. After the group stage, each team play in a final round classification match depending on their position.


2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, Format
In Division 3, the 9 teams are divided into two groups (I and J), one of four and one of five. After the group stage, each team play in a final round classification match depending on their position.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League) was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League
Monterrey defeated UANL 2–1 on aggregate in the final to win their fourth title. As the winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Guadalajara were the title holders, but did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification
A total of 16 teams participated in the CONCACAF Champions League:


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification
Therefore, teams from either 9 or 10 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations could participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America
The nine berths for the North American Football Union (NAFU) were allocated to the three NAFU member associations as follows: four berths each for Mexico and the United States, and one berth for Canada.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America
For Mexico, the champions and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura Liguilla (playoff) tournaments qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. If there was any team which were finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth was reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensured that two teams qualified via each tournament.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America
For the United States, because of the restructuring of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from 2018, two teams each from the 2017 and 2018 seasons qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League:


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America
This meant that the Supporters' Shield champions in 2017 and 2018, and the Eastern Conference or Western Conference regular season champions which were not Supporters' Shield champions in 2017 and 2018, which would have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League in the usual setup, were not guaranteed a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. If there was any team which qualified through multiple berths, or if there was any Canada-based MLS team which were champions of the 2017 or 2018 MLS Cup, the vacated berth was reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, North America
For Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams competed in MLS, they could not qualify through either the MLS regular season or playoffs.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Central America
The five berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) were allocated to five of the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: one berth for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. As all of the leagues of Central America employed a split season with two tournaments in one season, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which were champions of both tournaments) in the leagues of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. Another 13 teams from Central America, which qualified through their domestic leagues, entered the CONCACAF League.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Central America
If teams from any Central American associations were excluded, they were replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF Champions League tournaments.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Caribbean
The sole berth for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consisted of 31 member associations, was allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, the first-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournament. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship was open to teams from professional leagues. To qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, teams had to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, Caribbean
The champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. Another three teams from the Caribbean, which qualified through the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship or CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield (via a playoff), entered the CONCACAF League.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Qualification, CONCACAF League
Besides the 15 direct entrants of the CONCACAF Champions League, another 16 teams (13 from Central America and 3 from the Caribbean) entered the CONCACAF League, a tournament held from August to October prior to the CONCACAF Champions League. The champions of the CONCACAF League qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Teams
The following 16 teams (from nine associations) qualified for the tournament.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw
The draw for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 3 December 2018, 19:00 EST (UTC−5), at the Univision Studios in Miami.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw
The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw
The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw
The seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index. Each team qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by the respective associations (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., MEX1, MEX2) for each team. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that have occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Draw
The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Format
In the CONCACAF Champions League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Schedule
Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Round of 16, Summary
The first legs were played from 19–21 February, and the second legs were played from 26–28 February 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Quarter-finals
The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Quarter-finals, Summary
The first legs were played from 5–6 March, and the second legs were played from 12–14 March 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals, Summary
The first legs were played from 3–4 April, and the second legs were played from 10–11 April 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Final
In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds hosted the second leg.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Final, Summary
The first leg was played on 23 April, and the second leg was played on 1 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final
The 2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final was the final round of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 54th edition of the premier football club competition organised by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican teams UANL and Monterrey in a Clásico Regiomontano. The first leg was hosted by UANL at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 23 April 2019, while the second leg was hosted by Monterrey at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Guadalupe on 1 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final
Monterrey won the final 2–1 on aggregate for their fourth CONCACAF Champions League title.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, final until 2008 were in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup era, since 2009 were in the CONCACAF Champions League era.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Teams
This was the eighth all-Mexican final in the eleven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, and guaranteed that for the fourteenth season in a row the CONCACAF club champions were from Mexico.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was played in a home-and-away two-legged series, with the team with the better performance in previous rounds (Monterrey) hosting the second leg.


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Format
If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G).


2019 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Corey Rockwell (United States)Frank Anderson (United States)Fourth official:Malcolm Villarreal (Saint Kitts and Nevis)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament. With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the CONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Mexico won their eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in the final.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Qualified teams
The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Venues
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States. This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Venues, United States
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches. Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on 27 September 2018 as the venue of the final.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Venues, Costa Rica
On 26 November 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on 16 June 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Venues, Jamaica
On 2 April 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on 17 June 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Seeding and schedule
On 31 August 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Seeding and schedule
The groups and full match schedule were revealed on 10 April 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT), in Los Angeles, California, United States.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Squads
Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group stage
The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on 9 October 2018. The quarter-final pairings were later amended on 12 October 2018. The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group stage
All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group stage, Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Awards, Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Goalscorers
There were 96 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match which determined the winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on July 7, 2019, and was contested by Mexico and the United States.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
It was the sixth Gold Cup final to be contested by Mexico and the United States, and the first since 2011. Mexico had won the modern Gold Cup seven times, while the United States had won it six times. Mexico won the final 1–0, the lone goal scored by Jonathan dos Santos in the second half, for their eighth Gold Cup title.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, Mexico
Mexico, nicknamed El Tri, were the most successful team in the history of the Gold Cup, having won the tournament seven times since 1993, most recently in 2015. The team qualified automatically for the 2019 Gold Cup because of their participation in the final round of regional qualification for the 2018 World Cup. The tournament would be the first for the team under Gerardo "Tata" Martino, who took over as head coach in January 2019 after leaving Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). Martino named his preliminary roster in May, leaving out regular starters like Carlos Vela, Javier Hernández, Giovani dos Santos, Hirving Lozano, Jesus Manuel Corona, and Héctor Herrera due to requests for personal or recovery time from the players.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, Mexico
El Tri were drawn into Group A alongside Canada, Cuba, and Martinique—all of whom qualified through the Nations League preliminary rounds. In their opening match against Cuba at the Rose Bowl, Mexico won 7–0 with a hat-trick for Uriel Antuna of the local LA Galaxy, who was a late addition to the roster to replace the injured Jorge Sánchez, and two goals by Raúl Jiménez.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, Mexico
The team then secured its quarter-final berth by defeating Canada 3–1 in Denver, with a first-half goal from midfielder Roberto Alvarado and a pair of second-half goals by substitute Andrés Guardado; Lucas Cavallini scored a consolation goal for the Canadians in the 75th minute, cutting the lead to 2–1 before Guardado's second goal. Martino opted to rest several starting players in the final group stage match against Martinique, which saw El Tri take the lead in the first half through a goal by Antuna but concede an equalizer to Martiniquais forward Kévin Parsemain's free kick in the 56th minute. Jiménez and defender Fernando Navarro added a pair of goals to win the match 3–2 for Mexico after Jordy Delem was able to score a consolation goal in the 84th minute for Martinique.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, Mexico
In the quarter-finals, Mexico played Group B runners-up Costa Rica in Houston. They took the lead before halftime with a goal by Jiménez, but conceded a penalty in the 52nd minute after a controversial foul on Joel Campbell; Costa Rican captain Bryan Ruiz scored from the penalty spot to level the match. Both teams had chances to score in regulation and extra time, including a shot by Jonathan McDonald that was saved by Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, but the score remained 1–1 and triggered a penalty shoot-out. Jiménez, the first kick-taker, had his shot stopped by Leonel Moreira, but a miss by Randall Leal kept the shootout even through five rounds; in the sixth round, Keysher Fuller's penalty was saved by Ochoa to give Mexico a 5–4 shoot-out victory.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, Mexico
Mexico advanced to the semi-finals to play Group B winners Haiti, who had upset Canada with a 3–2 comeback victory in the quarter-finals. Martino was suspended from the match due to yellow card accumulation. The match was scoreless at the end of regulation time despite several chances for Mexico, including two saves for goalkeeper Johny Placide. Jiménez was fouled in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick for Mexico, which he took and scored in the 93rd minute; Haiti were unable to equalize, missing a chance in the 119th minute that hit the crossbar, and Mexico advanced to the final with a 1–0 victory.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The United States, the primary host of the tournament, were the defending champions of the Gold Cup and the second most successful, with six titles in ten appearances in the final. They have a major rivalry with Mexico, who they met in five previous Gold Cup finals, winning only once. The U.S. qualified as another participant in the final round of World Cup qualification, where they missed the World Cup for the first time since 1986.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
Following a year with an interim manager, Gregg Berhalter of the Columbus Crew was hired as the team's head coach in December 2018; in his first four matches as head coach, the U.S. were unbeaten while playing against opponents from Central and South America with experimental lineups.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
Berhalter's preliminary Gold Cup roster excluded several holdover veterans, including defenders DeAndre Yedlin and John Brooks, and goalkeeper Bill Hamid; in the final roster, released after two exhibition losses, he opted to exclude young striker Josh Sargent in favor of Tyler Boyd, who had not played for the U.S. after switching allegiances from New Zealand.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The Americans were placed in Group D, playing against Gold Cup debutants Guyana, Panama, who qualified for the World Cup ahead of the U.S., and Trinidad and Tobago, who had defeated the U.S. in the final game of qualification and prevented them from participating in the World Cup. The United States opened against Guyana at Allianz Field in Minnesota, winning 4–0 with a first-half goal by Paul Arriola, two from Tyler Boyd in his second match for the team, and another by Gyasi Zardes that was scored with a deflection off his eye.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The Americans won 6–0 in their match against Trinidad and Tobago in Cleveland, clinching them a place in the quarter-finals with two goals each from Zardes and Aaron Long, and one each from Christian Pulisic and Paul Arriola. A fully rotated U.S. squad closed out the group by defeating Panama 1–0 in Kansas City to finish at the top of the standings; Jozy Altidore scored the lone goal of the match in the 66th minute with a bicycle kick after Panama failed to clear a corner.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
The U.S. faced Caribbean side Curaçao in the quarter-finals after the team had unexpectedly finished second in Group C on goal differential. The Americans took the lead in the 25th minute, with a header by Weston McKennie from 4 yards (3.7 m), and were held to a 1–0 win in Philadelphia. The semi-final fixture against Jamaica in Nashville, a rematch of the previous final, began with a goal for McKennie in the ninth minute to finish a long passing sequence, but the match was suspended in the 16th minute because of a lightning delay.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Route to the final, United States
It was resumed 90 minutes later and Jamaica were initially dominant, but conceded a goal to the U.S. in the 52nd minute, with Christian Pulisic finishing a rebound from goalkeeper Andre Blake, who had parried away a shot from Jordan Morris. Shamar Nicholson scored with a header in the 69th minute to cut the lead down to a one-goal margin, but Pulisic got his second goal in the 87th minute from another rebound off Blake. The U.S. won 3–1 and advanced to their second consecutive final, having conceded only one goal.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Venue
The final was played at Soldier Field, an American football venue in Chicago, Illinois. The venue seats 61,500 spectators and is primarily used by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, but had hosted the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer in the past. Soldier Field hosted two previous Gold Cup finals in 2007 and 2013, the former featuring the United States and Mexico, as well as several matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the Copa América Centenario in 2016. CONCACAF announced its selection of Soldier Field as the venue for the final on September 27, 2018. The tickets for the match were sold out prior to the semi-finals and CONCACAF held special fan events at Union Station in the run-up to the final.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Pre-match, Scheduling
The Gold Cup Final was staged on the same day as the FIFA Women's World Cup Final, which was played earlier in the day and involved the United States women's national team, and the Copa América final. The scheduling of the three events was criticized as an example of women's soccer being deprioritized by FIFA, who called it a "rare and exciting occurrence". CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani said that the scheduling of the Gold Cup final had been the result of a "clerical error" and that the conflict was not realized until it was too late to change. The timing of finals for both U.S. teams resulted in comparisons of their accolades, framed by an ongoing debate over a pay gap for the women's team.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Match, Summary
The match began at 21:15 Central Time in front of a sold-out, pro-Mexican crowd of 62,493 at Soldier Field. Mexican midfielder Jonathan dos Santos made an attempt on goal in the first minute that was saved by Zack Steffen, but the majority of early chances fell to the United States. A run four minutes later into the six-yard box by Christian Pulisic resulted in a shot that was saved by goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, while an attempt by Jozy Altidore in the eighth minute was sent wide of the goal.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Match, Summary
Mexico gained control of midfield possession and produced another chance of its own in the 16th minute, with Rodolfo Pizarro sending a pass towards Mexico captain Andrés Guardado in the penalty area that was cleared away by Paul Arriola. Arriola had his own chance to score in the 31st minute, beating several defenders to an overhead ball in the penalty area and shooting across from a tight angle that rolled wide past the goal. Just before the conclusion of the first half, a foul caused on Rodolfo Pizarro caused him to fall on his elbow in an apparent injury but returned for the second half, with his elbow wrapped.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Match, Summary
Early in the second half, Altidore was pushed and kneed in the back by Hector Moreno, resulting in a confrontation with U.S. captain Weston McKennie, who was grabbed by the neck by Andres Guardado; no cards were shown by referee Mario Escobar, who was in front of McKennie during the incident. Five minutes later, a header by Jordan Morris on a U.S. corner kick was saved off the goal line by Guardado, which sparked a change in momentum in Mexico's favor.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Match, Summary
U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter brought on Cristian Roldan and Gyasi Zardes to regain control and stymie the Mexican attack, but to no avail. Dos Santos scored the lone goal of the match in the 73rd minute, receiving a short backheel pass from Raúl Jiménez and shooting from 16 yards (15 m) to beat Steffen. The U.S. missed several chances to equalize, including a sequence in the 88th minute in which Roldan shot off a rebound from Ochoa that was saved off the line by Guardado with his face.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:William Arrieta (Costa Rica)Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala)Fourth official:Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Post-match
Mexico won its eighth Gold Cup championship, including four of the past six editions. The match marked the end of a ten-match Gold Cup winning streak for the United States that began in 2017.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Group A of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 15 to 23 June 2019. The group consisted of Canada, Cuba, Martinique, and Mexico. The top two teams, Mexico and Canada, advanced to the knockout stage.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Canada vs Martinique
Assistant referees:Walter López (Honduras)Helpys Feliz (Dominican Republic)Fourth official:Jose Kellys (Panama)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Mexico vs Cuba
Assistant referees:Christian Ramirez (Honduras)Henri Pupiro (Nicaragua)Fourth official:Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Cuba vs Martinique
Assistant referees:Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)Saoud Al Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Ismail Elfath (United States)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Mexico vs Canada
Assistant referees:William Arrieta (Costa Rica)Helpys Feliz (Dominican Republic)Fourth official:Randy Encarnacion (Dominican Republic)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Canada vs Cuba
Assistant referees:Frank Anderson (United States)Ian Anderson (United States)Fourth official:Jair Marrufo (United States)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Matches, Martinique vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Juan Francisco Zumba (El Salvador)David Morán (El Salvador)Fourth official:Jose Kellys (Panama)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A, Discipline
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B
Group B of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 16 to 24 June 2019. The group consisted of Bermuda, co-hosts Costa Rica, Haiti, and Nicaragua. The top two teams, Haiti and Costa Rica, advanced to the knockout stage.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Haiti vs Bermuda
Assistant referees:Kedlee Powell (Cayman Islands)Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname)Fourth official:Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Costa Rica vs Nicaragua
Assistant referees:Miguel Hernández (Mexico)Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)Fourth official:Diego Montano (Mexico)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Nicaragua vs Haiti
Assistant referees:Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala)Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname)Fourth official:Armando Villareal (United States)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Costa Rica vs Bermuda
Assistant referees:Christian Ramírez (Honduras)Kyle Atkins (United States)Fourth official:Oliver Vergara (Panama)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Bermuda vs Nicaragua
Assistant referees:Micheal Barwegen (Canada)Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname)Fourth official:Jose Torres (Puerto Rico)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Matches, Haiti vs Costa Rica
Assistant referees:Corey Parker (United States)Kyle Atkins (United States)Fourth official:Oshane Nation (Jamaica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B, Discipline
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C
Group C of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 17 to 25 June 2019. The group consisted of Curaçao, El Salvador, Honduras, and co-hosts Jamaica. The top two teams, Jamaica and Curaçao, advanced to the knockout stage.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Matches, Curaçao vs El Salvador
Assistant referees:Gerson López (Guatemala)Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Reon Radix (Grenada)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Matches, Jamaica vs Honduras
Assistant referees:Frank Anderson (United States)Ian Anderson (United States)Fourth official:José Torres (Puerto Rico)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Matches, Honduras vs Curaçao
Assistant referees:Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)Corey Parker (United States)Fourth official:Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Matches, Jamaica vs Curaçao
Assistant referees:Juan Mora (Costa Rica)Corey Parker (United States)Fourth official:Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C, Discipline
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D
Group D of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 18 to 26 June 2019. The group consisted of Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and was co-hosted by the United States, the defending champions of the competition. The top two teams, the United States and Panama, advanced to the knockout stage.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Matches, United States vs Guyana
Assistant referees:Juan Francisco Zumba (El Salvador)David Morán (El Salvador)Fourth official:Oshane Nation (Jamaica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Matches, Guyana vs Panama
Assistant referees:Nicholas Anderson (Jamaica)Kedlee Powell (Cayman Islands)Fourth official:Marco Ortíz (Mexico)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Matches, United States vs Trinidad and Tobago
Assistant referees:Walter López (Honduras)Helpys Feliz (Dominican Republic)Fourth official:Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Matches, Trinidad and Tobago vs Guyana
Assistant referees:Juan Mora (Costa Rica)William Arrieta (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Walter Lopez (Guatemala)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Matches, Panama vs United States
Assistant referees:Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)Saoud Al Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Reon Radix (Grenada)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D, Discipline
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup began on 29 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 7 July 2019 with the final at Soldier Field in Chicago.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage
All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Haiti vs Canada
Assistant referees:Frank Anderson (United States)Corey Parker (United States)Fourth official:Ismail Elfath (United States)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Jamaica vs Panama
Assistant referees:Gerson López (Guatemala)Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala)Fourth official:Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Haiti vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)Saoud Al Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Jamaica vs United States
At 19:56 Central Time, in the 16th minute, the match was interrupted due to severe weather. The match resumed 88 minutes later at 22:24.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Jamaica vs United States
Assistant referees:Juan Francisco Zumba (El Salvador)David Morán (El Salvador)Fourth official:Said Martínez (Honduras)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage, Final
Assistant referees:William Arrieta (Costa Rica)Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala)Fourth official:Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads
The sixteen national teams involved in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. CONCACAF published all provisional lists on 20 May. The final list of 23 players per national team was submitted to CONCACAF by June 2019. Three players per national team had to be goalkeepers.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads
The statistics in the tables below represent player profiles as of the beginning of the tournament. See individual player articles for current statistics. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group A, Mexico
The 29-man provisional squad was announced on 14 May 2019. On 26 May and 27 May, defender Miguel Layún and forward Hirving Lozano were ruled out for medical reasons, therefore, provisional squad was reduced to 27 players. The 23-man final squad was announced on 5 June 2019. On 14 June 2019, Uriel Antuna replaced the injured Jorge Sánchez.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group A, Canada
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 30 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group A, Martinique
The preliminary squad was announced on 28 May 2019, Gregory Eneleda replaced to Wesley Jobello. The final squad was announced on 7 June 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group A, Cuba
The final squad was announced on 7 June 2019. Yordan Santa Cruz did not travel, but remained in the official list. Yasmany López defected following Cuba's opening match. Daniel Luis, Reynaldo Perez, Luismel Morris defected after second game.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group B, Costa Rica
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 5 June 2019. The squad was reduced to 22 players after Jimmy Marín left the team without permission in order to sign with Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but remained in the official list.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group B, Haiti
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 16 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 23 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group B, Nicaragua
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 3 June 2019. Marlon Lopez, Carlos Montenegro, Carlos Chavarria expelled from the team after first mach.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group C, Honduras
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 6 June 2019. On 10 June, defender Andy Najar withdrew injured and was replaced by José Reyes.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group C, El Salvador
The 39-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 28 May 2019.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group C, Curaçao
The final squad was announced on 7 June 2019. Kenji Gorré replaced Gervane Kastaneer.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group D, United States
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The final 23-man squad was announced on 5 June. On 11 June, the injured Tyler Adams was replaced by Reggie Cannon. On 15 June, the injured Duane Holmes was replaced by Djordje Mihailovic.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group D, Panama
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 4 June 2019. Ernesto Walker later replaced Aníbal Godoy.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group D, Trinidad and Tobago
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The 23-man final squad was announced on 5 June 2019. Aubrey David remplaced to Leland Archer.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Group D, Guyana
The 40-man provisional squad was announced on 20 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 30 May 2019. On 13 June, the injured Warren Creavalle was replaced by Brandon Beresford.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Statistics, Age
All ages are set to 15 June 2019, the opening day of the tournament.


2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads, Statistics, Player representation, By club
Clubs are ordered alphabetically: first by country, then by club name.


2019 CONCACAF League
The 2019 CONCACAF League (officially the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the third edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.


2019 CONCACAF League
The tournament was expanded from 16 to 22 teams for the 2019 edition, with the addition of a preliminary round. The six new entrants were five teams from Central America, which had previously directly qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, and a team from Canada playing in the Canadian Premier League, bringing the total number of teams playing in the CONCACAF League/Champions League from 31 to 32. Moreover, a total of six teams now qualified from the CONCACAF League to the CONCACAF Champions League, meaning that the winners of the 2019 CONCACAF League and the next best five teams qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.


2019 CONCACAF League
Saprissa defeated Motagua in the final to win their first CONCACAF League. Herediano were the title holders, but were eliminated by Waterhouse in the Round of 16.


2019 CONCACAF League, Qualification
A total of 22 teams participated in the CONCACAF League:


2019 CONCACAF League, Qualification
Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations could participate in the CONCACAF League.


2019 CONCACAF League, Qualification, North America
The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) was allocated to the Canadian Soccer Association through the Canadian Premier League. As the inaugural 2019 Canadian Premier League season was not scheduled to finish by the start of the 2019 CONCACAF League, the Canadian CONCACAF League berth for this season was decided by the winners of the home and away matches in the Canadian Premier League spring season between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC, the three "inaugural teams" of the Canadian Premier League. They were the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the Canadian Championship champions which qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. In future seasons, the previous year's Canadian Premier League champions would qualify for the CONCACAF League.


2019 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Central America
The 18 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), which consisted of seven member associations, were allocated as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, two berths for Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.


2019 CONCACAF League, Qualification, Central America
All of the leagues of Central America employed a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualified for the CONCACAF League: