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2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesLeague stage:
20 September – 5 December 2023
Play-offs:
17 February 2024
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored112 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Grenada Nia Thompson
(5 goals)
2028 →
All statistics correct as of 26 September 2023.

The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition, also known as the Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup, is a women's football tournament that is being currently contested by 34 of the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The competition will decide six of the twelve participating teams of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, the inaugural edition of the W Gold Cup.

The league stage of the qualifying is being currently played from 20 September to 5 December 2023, with the three League A group winners qualifying for the final tournament. Three additional teams will qualify via the play-off round, contested on 17 February 2024 by the League A group runners-up and the League B group winners. These six teams will join the two CONCACAF teams qualified for the Olympics and four guests at the W Gold Cup, to be contested from 20 February to 10 March 2024.[1][2]

Format

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 34 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league will feature three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The three group runners-up of League A and the three League B group winners will participate in a play-off on 17 February 2024 to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The play-offs were originally planned to take place in March 2024,[2] but were moved to February to accommodate the W Gold Cup final tournament also being moved (from June to February and March 2024).[3] The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping qualification.[2]

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.3):[4]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. lowest fair play points in all group matches:
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Seeding

Of the 41 CONCACAF member associations, 34 entered into the qualification competition, while the two CONCACAF teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics (the United States and the winner of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off) advanced directly to the final competition.

On 27 April 2023, CONCACAF announced 33 countries had entered into the qualifying competition (including the loser of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off).[5] The teams were split into leagues and pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Ranking of March 2023,[6] with League A containing nine teams and Leagues B and C containing twelve teams. On 11 May, the CONCACAF Council approved the late entries of Bonaire, Cuba and Saint Lucia into the competition. To preserve the integrity of the leagues, these teams were placed in League C regardless of their ranking, though the pots were updated based on the ranking of the new teams. At the same time, the British Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten (originally in League C, pot 3) were confirmed to have withdrawn from the competition, bringing the total number of qualifying entrants to 34, and the number of teams in League C to thirteen. To accommodate the newly added teams, League C was expanded from three groups of four teams to one group of four teams (Group A) and three groups of three teams (Groups B, C and D).[7]

The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[5] Teams were split into three pots of three teams in League A, four pots of three teams in League B, and three pots of four teams and one pot of one team in League C. The pots were drawn from sequentially, with drawn teams assigned to groups in ascending order.

Qualified to final tournament
Team Pts Rank
 United States 7,699 1
 Canada[a] 5,231 2
League A
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Costa Rica 3,831 3
 Jamaica[a] 3,496 4
 Mexico 3,085 5
2  Panama 2,381 6
 Haiti 2,235 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 2,231 8
3  Guatemala 1,121 9
 Puerto Rico 958 11
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 943 12
League B
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  El Salvador 846 13
 Guyana 844 14
 Dominican Republic 823 15
2  Bermuda 820 16
 Nicaragua 777 17
 Antigua and Barbuda 722 18
3  Honduras 556 19
 Suriname 499 20
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 21
4  Martinique 409 22
 Barbados 405 23
 Dominica 365 24
League C
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Cuba[b] 1,080 10
 U.S. Virgin Islands 332 25
 Belize 324 26
 Curaçao 318 27
2  Cayman Islands 305 28
 Saint Lucia[b] 301 29
 Aruba 274 30
 Grenada 165 31
3  Anguilla 133 32
 Turks and Caicos Islands 122 33
 Guadeloupe 23 35
 Bahamas 0 36
4  Bonaire[b] 0 37
Did not enter
Team Pts Rank
 British Virgin Islands[c] 62 34
 French Guiana 0 38
 Montserrat 0 39
 Sint Maarten[c] 0 40
 Saint Martin 0 41

Notes

  1. ^ a b The result of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off was not known at the time of the draw.
  2. ^ a b c Late entry accepted, placed into League C regardless of ranking
  3. ^ a b Initially entered (placed in League C, pot 3), but withdrew before the draw

Schedule

The fixtures for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition were announced by CONCACAF on 5 July 2023.[8]

Stage Round FIFA match window[9]
League stage Matchday 1 20–26 September 2023
Matchday 2
Matchday 3 25–31 October 2023
Matchday 4
Matchday 5 29 November – 5 December 2023
Matchday 6
Play-offs Play-off 17 February 2024

League A

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
1  Mexico 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 2–1 6–0
2  Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 Advance to play-offs 31 Oct — 1 Dec
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0 27 Oct 5 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Mexico 2–1 Puerto Rico
 Report
Attendance: 13,882
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)[10]
Mexico 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Referee: Natalie Simon (USA)[10]
Trinidad and Tobago v Mexico
Puerto Rico v Mexico
Puerto Rico v Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago v Puerto Rico

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Guatemala Jamaica
1  Panama 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 2–3 25 Oct
2  Guatemala 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 Advance to play-offs 0–3 — 3 Dec
3  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Oct 29 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Guatemala 0–3 Panama
Report
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)[10]
Panama 2–3 Guatemala
 Report
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)[10]
Panama v Jamaica
Jamaica v Guatemala
Jamaica v Panama
Guatemala v Jamaica

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis
1  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 11 1 +10 3 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 30 Nov 11–0
2  Haiti 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Advance to play-offs 1–0 — 30 Oct
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 0 0 1 0 11 −11 0 4 Dec 26 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Haiti 1–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)[10]
Costa Rica 11–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)[10]
Saint Kitts and Nevis v Haiti
Haiti v Saint Kitts and Nevis
Costa Rica v Haiti
Saint Kitts and Nevis v Costa Rica

League B

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Suriname Guyana Antigua and Barbuda Dominica
1  Suriname 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to play-offs — 25 Oct 1–0 3 Dec
2  Guyana 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3 29 Oct — 3 Dec 5–0
3  Antigua and Barbuda 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 29 Nov 2–1 — 29 Oct
4  Dominica 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0 0–4 29 Nov 25 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Dominica 0–4 Suriname
Report
Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras)[10]
Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Guyana
 Report
Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)[10]
Guyana 5–0 Dominica
 Report
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)[10]
Suriname 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benitez (El Salvador)[10]
Suriname v Guyana
Dominica v Antigua and Barbuda
Guyana v Suriname
Antigua and Barbuda v Dominica
Dominica v Guyana
Antigua and Barbuda v Suriname
Suriname v Dominica
Guyana v Antigua and Barbuda

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Martinique
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6 Advance to play-offs — 29 Oct 3 Dec 9–1
2  Honduras 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 25 Oct — 1–1 3 Dec
3  Nicaragua 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1 0–3 29 Nov — 29 Oct
4  Martinique 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0 29 Nov 0–2 25 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Martinique 0–2 Honduras
Report
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)[10]
Nicaragua 0–3 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad And Tobago)[10]
El Salvador 9–1 Martinique
 Report
Referee: Kimberly Sánchez (Costa Rica)[10]
Honduras 1–1 Nicaragua
 Report
Referee: Diana Pérez (Mexico)[10]
Martinique v Nicaragua
Honduras v El Salvador
Nicaragua v Martinique
El Salvador v Honduras
Nicaragua v Honduras
Martinique v El Salvador
El Salvador v Nicaragua
Honduras v Martinique

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bermuda Barbados Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1  Bermuda 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to play-offs — 31 Oct 2–0 1 Dec
2  Barbados 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 27 Oct — 1 Dec 5–0
3  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 5 Dec 3–0 — 31 Oct
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0 0–4 5 Dec 27 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Bermuda 2–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)[10]
Barbados 5–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Report
Referee: Alyssa Nichols (USA)[10]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–4 Bermuda
Report
Referee: Priscila Perez (Mexico)[10]
Dominican Republic 3–0 Barbados
 Report
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)[10]
Barbados v Bermuda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Dominican Republic
Bermuda v Barbados
Dominican Republic v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bermuda v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Barbados v Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic v Bermuda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Barbados

League C

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Belize Aruba Bonaire Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Belize 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 — 2–0 3–0 TBD
2  Aruba 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Bonaire 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1 TBD TBD — 0–0
4  Turks and Caicos Islands 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5 1 TBD 0–5 TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Belize 2–0 Aruba
 Report
Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)[10]
Bonaire 0–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Report
Referee: Alex Billeter (USA)[10]
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–5 Aruba
Report
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)[10]
Belize 3–0 Bonaire
 Report
Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)[10]
Turks and Caicos Islands v Belize
Report
TCIFA National Academy Grass Pitch, Providenciales
Bonaire v Aruba
Report
Stadion Antonio Trenidat, Rincon
Aruba v Bonaire
Report
Compleho Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad, Oranjestad
Belize v Turks and Caicos Islands
Report
FFB Field, Belmopan
v
v
v
v

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Saint Lucia Cuba Guadeloupe
1  Saint Lucia 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3 — 1–2 TBD
2  Cuba 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 TBD — TBD
3  Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0 1–5 TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Saint Lucia 1–2 Cuba
 Report
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (Saint Kitts and Nevis)[10]
Guadeloupe 1–5 Saint Lucia
 Report
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)[10]
Guadeloupe v Cuba
Report
Stade de Valette, Sainte-Anne
Cuba v Guadeloupe
Report
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
v
v

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Grenada United States Virgin Islands The Bahamas
1  Grenada 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8 6 — TBD 4–1
2  U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD
3  Bahamas 2 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0 1–6 TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Bahamas 1–6 Grenada
 Report
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)[10]
Grenada 4–1 Bahamas
 Report
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)[10]
Grenada v U.S. Virgin Islands
Report
Kirani James Athletics Stadium, St. George's
U.S. Virgin Islands v Bahamas
Report
Bethlehem Soccer Complex, Northcentral, St. Croix
v
v

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Anguilla Cayman Islands Curaçao
1  Anguilla 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 — 3–1 TBD
2  Cayman Islands 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 2–2 — TBD
3  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Anguilla 3–1 Cayman Islands
 Report
Referee: Belkis Flores (Honduras)[10]
Cayman Islands 2–2 Anguilla
 Report
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)[10]
Cayman Islands v Curaçao
Report
Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town
Curaçao v Anguilla
Report
Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Brievengat
v
v

Play-offs

The three group runners-up of League A and the three group winners of League B will advance to the play-offs (also known as the prelims). The six teams will be divided into three pairings based on the December 2023 CONCACAF Women's Ranking. The single-leg matches will take place in the United States on 17 February 2024, immediately prior to the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The three winners will qualify for the group stage.[3]

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Highest-ranked team 17 Feb Lowest-ranked team
Second-ranked team 17 Feb Fifth-ranked team
Third-ranked team 17 Feb Fourth-ranked team

Matches

Highest-ranked teamvLowest-ranked team
United States
Second-ranked teamvFifth-ranked team
United States
Third-ranked teamvFourth-ranked team
United States

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 United States 2022 CONCACAF W Championship winner 18 July 2022
 Canada CONCACAF Olympic play-off winner 26 September 2023
Qualification Group A1 winner November 2023
Qualification Group A2 winner November 2023
Qualification Group A3 winner November 2023
Qualification play-off winner 17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner 17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner 17 February 2024
 Brazil 2022 Copa América Femenina winners 27 January 2023
 Colombia 2022 Copa América Femenina runners-up 27 January 2023
 Argentina 2022 Copa América Femenina third place 27 January 2023
 Paraguay 2022 Copa América Femenina fourth place 27 January 2023

Goalscorers

There have been 112 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 26 September 2023).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "CONCACAF announces dates and format for inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup – Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Rankings: Women's National Team". CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Update on 2023 Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Concacaf announces schedule for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup" (Press release). CONCACAF. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "2023 Road to W Gold Cup Referee Appointments: September Matches". Concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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