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CONCACAF W Championship

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CONCACAF W Championship
Organizing bodyCONCACAF
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)[1]
RegionNorth America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams8 (finals)
Current champion(s) United States (9th title)
Most successful team(s) United States (9 titles)
WebsiteCONCACAF Official
2026 CONCACAF W Championship

The CONCACAF W Championship[a] is a women's association football competition for national teams organized by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) that often serves as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup, and recently the Olympics.[2][3] In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited. CONCACAF is the governing body for football for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The most successful country has been the United States, winning their ninth title in 2022.[4][5]

History

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2000

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Six member women's national teams participated: Canada, the U.S., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as two invited teams, Brazil and China.[6] The United States hosted the tournament and were champions.

2002

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The 2002 Women's Gold Cup was an eight-team tournament hosted by Canada and the United States. The two finalists qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and the third-place team qualified for the World Cup playoff. After 16 games (played as 8 doubleheaders) the United States were tournament champions, defeating Canada in overtime in the final. Mia Hamm scored the golden goal, taking the U.S. to their second Women's Gold Cup title. The U.S. had a 9–0–1 Gold Cup record, including 48 goals for and two goals against, both scored by Charmaine Hooper of Canada.

2006

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The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was held in the United States, with games being hosted at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California and Tropical Park Stadium in Miami, Florida. This 2007 World Cup qualifying tournament featured six teams in single-elimination, with the top two teams qualifying directly for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Additionally, the third-place finisher played a two-legged home-and-away playoff against Japan (the fourth-place finisher from the Asian Confederation).[7]

2022

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The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was held from 4–18 July 2022 and featured eight teams divided into two groups of four. After single round-robin play, the top two from each group qualified for the knockout rounds, played in a single match direct elimination format. [2]

The tournament served as a CONCACAF qualifier to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.[2] The top two teams of each round-robin group qualified for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[2][3] The winner of the tournament also qualified for the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to a CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[2] The winner of that play-off will also guarantee their place at the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 W Gold Cup.[3]

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place play-off
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1991
Details
 Haiti
United States
5–0
Canada

Trinidad and Tobago
4–2
Haiti
CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament
1993[b]
Details
 United States
United States
Round-robin
New Zealand

Canada
Round-robin
Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1994
Details
 Canada
United States
Round-robin
Canada

Mexico
Round-robin
Trinidad and Tobago
1998[c]
Details
 Canada
Canada
1–0
Mexico

Costa Rica
4–0
Guatemala
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
2000[b]
Details
 United States
United States
1–0
Brazil

China
2–1
Canada
2002
Details
 Canada
 United States

United States
2–1 (gg)
Canada

Mexico
4–1
Costa Rica
2006
Details
 United States
United States
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Canada

Mexico
3–0
Jamaica
CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
2010
Details
 Mexico
Canada
1–0
Mexico

United States
3–0
Costa Rica
CONCACAF Women's Championship
2014[d]
Details
 United States
United States
6–0
Costa Rica

Mexico
4–2 (a.e.t.)
Trinidad and Tobago
2018
Details
 United States
United States
2–0
Canada

Jamaica
2–2 (a.e.t.)
4–2 (p)

Panama
CONCACAF W Championship
2022
Details
 Mexico
United States
1–0
Canada

Jamaica
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Costa Rica

Performance by country

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 United States 9 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) 1 (2010)
 Canada 2 (1998, 2010) 6 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) 1 (1993) 1 (2000)
 Mexico 2 (1998, 2010) 4 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2014)
 Costa Rica 1 (2014) 1 (1998) 3 (2002, 2010, 2022)
 Brazil[e] 1 (2000)
 New Zealand[e] 1 (1993)
 Jamaica 2 (2018, 2022) 1 (2006)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1991) 3 (1993, 1994, 2014)
 China[e] 1 (2000)
 Haiti 1 (1991)
 Guatemala 1 (1998)
 Panama 1 (2018)

Overall team records

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In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[8]

As of 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  United States 10 44 42 1 1 212 6 +206 127
2  Canada 10 44 33 1 10 191 33 +158 100
3  Mexico 10 39 18 2 19 94 85 +9 56
4  Costa Rica 8 34 15 1 18 53 80 −27 46
5  Trinidad and Tobago 11 40 13 2 25 44 138 −94 41
6  Jamaica 7 25 7 1 16 32 77 −45 22
7  Haiti 6 20 6 0 14 18 66 −48 18
8  Panama 4 12 4 1 7 13 36 −23 13
9  China[e] 1 5 4 0 1 24 6 +18 12
10  Brazil[e] 1 5 3 1 1 22 3 +19 10
11  Guatemala 4 14 2 0 12 11 68 −57 6
12  New Zealand[e] 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
13  Martinique 3 9 0 2 7 12 59 −47 2
14  Guyana 1 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
15  Cuba 1 3 0 0 3 0 29 –29 0
16  Puerto Rico 1 3 0 0 3 0 38 −38 0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
Team Haiti
1991
United States
1993
Canada
1994
Canada
1998
United States
2000
Canada
United States
2002
United States
2006
Mexico
2010
United States
2014
United States
2018
Mexico
2022
Total
 Canada 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 10
 Costa Rica GS 3rd GS 4th 4th 2nd GS 4th 8
 Cuba GS 1
 Guatemala 4th GS GS GS 4
 Guyana GS 1
 Haiti 4th GS GS GS GS GS 6
 Jamaica GS 5th GS 4th GS 3rd 3rd 7
 Martinique GS GS GS 3
 Mexico GS 3rd 2nd GS 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd GS GS 10
 Panama GS GS 4th GS 4
 Puerto Rico GS 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 3rd 4th 4th GS GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS 11
 United States 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 10
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
 Brazil 2nd 1
 China 3rd 1
 New Zealand 2nd 1
Total 8 4 5 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8

Awards

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Year Best Player Top Scorer Goals Best goalkeeper Best Young Player Fair Play Award
1991
1993
1994
1998 Canada Silvana Burtini Canada Silvana Burtini 14
2000 Brazil Kátia 8
2002 United States Tiffeny Milbrett Canada Charmaine Hooper
Canada Christine Sinclair
United States Tiffeny Milbrett
7 Mexico Jennifer Molina
2006 United States Kristine Lilly Mexico Maribel Domínguez
Mexico Mónica Ocampo
Canada Christine Sinclair
United States Abby Wambach
2 Canada Erin McLeod
2010 United States Abby Wambach 8
2014 United States Carli Lloyd United States Abby Wambach 7 United States Hope Solo  Costa Rica
2018 United States Julie Ertz United States Alex Morgan 7 Panama Yenith Bailey Jamaica Jody Brown  United States
2022 United States Alex Morgan Canada Jessie Fleming
Canada Julia Grosso[f]
Jamaica Khadija Shaw
United States Alex Morgan
3 Canada Kailen Sheridan Haiti Melchie Dumornay  Canada

Hat-tricks

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Player Year Score Details
Canada Christine Sinclair 2000 Canada 12–0 Guatemala Sinclair scored a hat-trick or more at matches in three different editions, before the competition became the CONCACAF Women's Championship.
2002 Canada 11–1 Haiti
2010 Canada 8–0 Guyana

Winning coaches

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Year Team Coach
1991  United States United States Anson Dorrance
1993  United States United States Anson Dorrance
1994  United States United States Tony DiCicco
1998  Canada Canada Neil Turnbull
2000  United States United States April Heinrichs
2002  United States United States April Heinrichs
2006  United States United States Greg Ryan
2010  Canada Italy Carolina Morace
2014  United States United States Jill Ellis
2018  United States United States Jill Ellis
2022  United States North Macedonia Vlatko Andonovski

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Previously known as the CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament, CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
  2. ^ a b Tournament was not used as FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
  3. ^ The United States did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
  4. ^ Canada did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
  5. ^ a b c d e f Guest nation (non-CONCACAF invitees)
  6. ^ Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup – Technical Report" (PDF). CONCACAF. 12 November 2007. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Carlisle, Jeff (19 August 2021). "CONCACAF revamps women's qualifying for 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Who has won the most CONCACAF Women's titles? | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ Das, Andrew (19 July 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup History". Archived from the original on 16 November 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2006.
  7. ^ "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
  8. ^ "All-Time Ranking CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 1991-2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Canadian women's soccer team falls to U.S. on late penalty in CONCACAF W Championship final". CBC Sports. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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