CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Championship
Organising body	CONCACAF
Founded	1991; 33 years ago
Region	North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams	8
Current champions	United States (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	United States (8 titles)
Website	www.concacaf.com/category/gold-cup
	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

The CONCACAF Women's Championship, in some years called the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying, is a football competition organized by CONCACAF that often serves as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup. In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited. CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) 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 eighth title in 2018.^[2]

History

2000 Gold Cup

The first Women's Gold Cup Qualifying Tournament (qualifying for the Women's World Cup) was hosted by the U.S. in 2000. Six member women's national teams participated: Canada, the U.S., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, as well as two invited teams, Brazil and China.^[3] The U.S. won. The 2002 Women's Gold Cup, held in Canada, was restricted to qualifying CONCACAF teams.

2002

Played in four venues and two countries over 14 days by eight teams, the 2002 Women's Gold Cup guaranteed two World Cup slots and one playoff spot to winners. After 16 games, played as 8 doubleheaders, the U.S.A. beat Canada in overtime. 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

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).^[4]

Tournaments

CONCACAF Women's Championships

Tournaments not used as Women's World Cup Qualifying highlighted in pink.

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1991 Details	Haiti	United States	5–0	Canada	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2	Haiti
1993 Details	United States	United States	Round-robin	New Zealand	Canada	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
1994 Details	Canada	United States	Round-robin	Canada	Mexico	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
1998* Details	Canada	Canada	1–0	Mexico	Costa Rica	4–0	Guatemala
2000 Details	United States	United States	1–0	Brazil	China	2–1	Canada
2002 Details	United States Canada	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
2010 Details	Mexico	Canada	1–0	Mexico	United States	3–0	Costa Rica
2014* 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 pen.)	Panama

* United States did not participate, as it qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host.

* Canada did not participate, as it qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host.

Performance by country

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
United States	8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018)	–	1 (2010)	–
Canada	2 (1998, 2010)	5 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018)	1 (1993)	1 (2000)
Mexico	–	2 (1998, 2010)	4 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2014)	–
Costa Rica	–	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	2 (2002, 2010)
Brazil	–	1 (2000)	–	–
New Zealand	–	1 (1993)	–	–
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	1 (1991)	3 (1993, 1994, 2014)
Jamaica	–	–	1 (2018)	1 (2006)
China	–	–	1 (2000)	–
Haiti	–	–	–	1 (1991)
Guatemala	–	–	–	1 (1998)
Panama	–	–		1 (2018)

Teams in Italics are Guest Nations.

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified to World Cup
— Hosts

Team	1991	1993	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Total
Canada	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	—	2nd	9
Costa Rica	GS	—	—	3rd	GS	4th	—	4th	2nd	GS	7
Cuba	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	1
Guatemala	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	GS	GS	—	4
Guyana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	1
Haiti	4th	—	—	GS	—	GS	—	GS	GS	—	5
Jamaica	GS	—	5th	—	—	GS	4th	—	GS	3rd	6
Martinique	GS	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	GS	—	3
Mexico	GS	—	3rd	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS	9
Panama	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4th	3
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	10
United States	1st	1st	1st	—	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	9
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
Brazil	—	—	—	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	1
China	—	—	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	—	—	1
New Zealand	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Total	8	4	5	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	–

General statistics

As of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. Teams in bold are participating in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. Teams in italics are non-CONCACAF invitees.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	United States	9	39	37	1	1	199	6	+193	112
2	Canada	9	39	29	1	9	179	32	+147	88
3	Mexico	9	36	18	2	16	94	80	+14	56
4	Trinidad and Tobago	10	37	13	2	22	44	127	−83	41
5	Costa Rica	7	29	13	1	15	46	74	−28	40
6	Haiti	5	17	5	0	12	15	59	−44	15
7	China	1	5	4	0	1	24	6	+18	12
8	Brazil	1	5	3	1	1	22	3	+19	10
9	Jamaica	6	20	4	1	14	26	69	−43	13
10	Guatemala	4	14	2	0	12	11	68	−57	6
11	New Zealand	1	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
12	Panama	3	9	3	1	5	12	32	−20	10
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

References

^ "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.
^ "Wambach fires for four, U.S. claims CWC title". concacaf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-16. Retrieved 2006-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2006-10-05.

External links

[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] "Wambach fires for four, U.S. claims CWC title". concacaf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-16. Retrieved 2006-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2006-10-05.

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v t e CONCACAF W Championship
Tournaments	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
Final	2022
Qualification	1991 1993 1994 1998 2000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Squads	1991 1993 1994 1998 2000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

v t e International women's association football
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Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup W Nations League Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League
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