Team Qualification Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship) Previous best performance FIFA Ranking at start of event North American zone United States Automatic 14th (16th) Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013) Runners-up (1989) 35 Mexico (Title holders) Automatic 14th (22nd) Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977) 16 Canada Automatic 13th (16th) Champions (2000) Champions (1985) 100 Central American zone qualified through the 2017 Copa Centroamericana Honduras Winners 13th (19th) Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981) 72 Panama Runners-up 8th (9th) Runners-up (2005, 2013) 52 El Salvador Third Place 10th (16th) Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013) Runners-up (1963, 1981) 103 Costa Rica Fourth Place 13th (19th) Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989) 26 Caribbean zone qualified through the 2017 Caribbean Cup Curaçao Winners 1st (5th)1 Third place (1963, 1969) 68 Jamaica Runners-up 10th (12th) Runners-up (2015) 76 French Guiana Third Place 1st (1st) None N/A2 Martinique Fourth Place 5th (5th) Quarterfinals (2002) N/A2 Play-off winners between Caribbean zone fifth place and Central American zone fifth place Nicaragua Play-off 2nd (4th) Group stage (2009) Sixth place (1967) 105