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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main Football competition of the men's National Football Team s governed by the CONCACAF . When it was held for the first time in 1963, it was originally called the '''CONCACAF Championship''', changing to the name CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1990. In the nineteen overall tournaments held, only seven nations have won the title. Mexico is the most successful CONCACAF team, having won the tournament seven times. The current Cup holder, United States , follows with four titles, while Costa Rica holds three. The other former champions are Canada with two titles, and Honduras , Haiti , Guatemala with one title each. The most recent CONCACAF Gold Cup was contested in the United States from June 6 to June 24, 2007 where the hosts successfully defended their title beating Mexico in the final 2-1 in Chicago ; Canada and Guadeloupe shared third-place. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Before the first CONCACAF Championship was held in 1963, there were 2 separate competitions, the CCCF Championship and the NAFC Championship , due to North America having 2 separate confederations, the CCCF (Central America and most of the Caribbean) and NAFC (United States, Mexico, Canada, and Cuba). CONCACAF was founded in its current form in 1961 after the merging of NAFC and CCCF and thus resulted in a single competition being held for the continent initially called the CONCACAF Championship. It lasted until 1971, and from 1973 until 1989 no tournament was held; the top team in World Cup qualifying was presented the trophy and considered the CONCACAF champion. In 1991, the championship was reborn as the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Since then, it has been won four times by Mexico and the United States, and once by Canada. TOURNAMENT RESULTS (invited teams in ''italics'') 1 No formal tournament was held. In qualification for the World Cup, the top team in qualifying was considered champion. 2 The final round consisted of just 3 teams. 3 Costa Rica and Jamaica tied 1-1 after extra time and shared third place. 4 No third place match was played; third place was shared.
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