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]
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| Organizing body | CONCACAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991[1] |
| Region | North America, Central America and the Caribbean |
| Number of teams | 8 (finals) |
| Current champion(s) |  United States (9th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | United States (9 titles) |
| Website | CONCACAF Official |
 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | |
History
edit2000
editSix 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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]
2026
editResults
edit| 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
edit| 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
editIn 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]
| 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
edit- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
| Team | 1991 |
1993 |
1994 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
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
edit| Year | Best Player | Top Scorer | Goals | Best goalkeeper | Best Young Player | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1998 | Silvana Burtini
|
Silvana Burtini
|
14 | |||
| 2000 | Kátia
|
8 | ||||
| 2002 | Tiffeny Milbrett
|
Charmaine Hooper Christine Sinclair Tiffeny Milbrett
|
7 | Jennifer Molina
|
||
| 2006 | Kristine Lilly
|
Maribel Domínguez Mónica Ocampo Christine Sinclair Abby Wambach
|
2 | Erin McLeod
|
||
| 2010 | Abby Wambach
|
8 | ||||
| 2014 | Carli Lloyd
|
Abby Wambach
|
7 | Hope Solo
|
Costa Rica
| |
| 2018 | Julie Ertz
|
Alex Morgan
|
7 | Yenith Bailey
|
Jody Brown
|
United States
|
| 2022 | Alex Morgan
|
Jessie Fleming Julia Grosso[f] Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan
|
3 | Kailen Sheridan
|
Melchie Dumornay
|
Canada
|
Hat-tricks
edit| Player | Year | Score | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Year | Team | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | United States |
Anson Dorrance
|
| 1993 | United States |
Anson Dorrance
|
| 1994 | United States |
Tony DiCicco
|
| 1998 | Canada |
Neil Turnbull
|
| 2000 | United States |
April Heinrichs
|
| 2002 | United States |
April Heinrichs
|
| 2006 | United States |
Greg Ryan
|
| 2010 | Canada |
 Carolina Morace
|
| 2014 | United States |
Jill Ellis
|
| 2018 | United States |
Jill Ellis
|
| 2022 | United States |
 Vlatko Andonovski
|
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
- ^ a b Tournament was not used as FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
- ^ The United States did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
- ^ Canada did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
- ^ a b c d e f Guest nation (non-CONCACAF invitees)
- ^ Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.[9]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Who has won the most CONCACAF Women's titles? | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Das, Andrew (19 July 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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- ^ "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
- ^ "All-Time Ranking CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 1991-2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "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.