During the afternoon of last Sunday, June 7, the Selection of Guatemala suffered his fourth defeat consecutive as far as the 2026after falling 3-0 against the combined Ecuadorwho played his last friendly match before making his debut in the 2026 World Cupwhere they will share Group E with Germany, Ivory Coast and Curacao.
Since those led by the Mexican coach Luis Fernando Tena they defeated 3-1 Surinam On the last day of the World Cup qualifiers, in November 2025, the Bicolor lost its first four games of the year: 1-0 against Canada7-0 against Algeria3-1 against Czech Republic and, now, 3-0 against the Ecuadorians of the tri.
The future of Blue and White is worrying, mainly because it is just over a month away from knowing its rivals in the group stage of the League A of the 2026-27 Nations League, a tournament in which the 41 national teams affiliated with the Confederation of North American, Central American and Caribbean Soccer compete (Concacaf).
In the previous edition of the Concacaf Nations League, corresponding to the 2024-25 period, Guatemala finished in third place in Group A, behind Costa Rica and Suriname, so they advanced to the preliminary phase of the 2025 Gold Cup. There they beat Guyana and qualified for the most important tournament in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Concacaf Nations League 2026-27
The Concacaf Nations League 2026-27 will bring together the 41 teams of the confederation and will serve as a direct qualifier for the Gold Cup 2027so it will be held between September 2026 and March 2027. However, the lottery official of the group stage will take place on Thursday July 23after the World Cup.
The teams that finished in fifth and sixth place in League A and the last in League B of the 2024-25 edition they descended to the next lower category, while the group leaders of leagues B and C ascended. Therefore, the other teams remained in their respective leagues, as happened with the Guatemalan team.
Against this backdrop, the draw for the group stage, which will take place next Thursday, July 23 in Miami, Floridawill use drums for each of the leagues, formed based on the ranking of Concacaf national teams and the first 4 places will directly classify the quarter finals of the competition.
Based on the current ranking, Mexico, United States, Canada and Panama They could advance directly to the quarterfinals. For its part, League A of the 26-27 Nations League would be made up of 12 teams, later distributed into two groups of six teams, of which the best two would advance to the next phase.
Possible hype, unconfirmed:
- Drum 1: Costa Rica and Honduras.
- Drum 2: Jamaica and Curacao.
- Drum 3: Haiti and Guatemala.
- Drum 4: El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago.
- Bass Drum 5: Suriname and Nicaragua.
- Bass Drum 6: Dominican Republic and Martinique.
Gold Cup 2027
The 2026-27 Nations League will serve as a qualifier for the Gold Cup 2027and Concacaf will announce the exact qualification criteria at a later date. However, it is expected that they will be similar to those of the previous edition, in which the 4 semi-finalists from League A of the Nations League 24-25 advanced to the 2025 Gold Cup.
Additionally, the preliminary of the 2025 Gold Cup included the losers of the quarterfinals of the Nations League 24-25, to the teams that finished in the third and fourth positions in League A, the best second places in League B and the four winners of the Play-Inmade up of the last in League A and the first in League C.
⏱️FINAL MATCH • International Friendly
🇪🇨Ecuador (3) 🆚 (0) Guatemala🇬🇹
🏟️ Scotts Miracle-Gro Field
📺TvGT#SelectionMode #VamosGuate (JA Masters Events) pic.twitter.com/iycAxpGgvu— FFG🇬🇹 (@fedefut_oficial) June 7, 2026
