| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF W Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Dates: | 4 – 18 July |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 9 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 42 |
| Top Scorer: | Jessie Fleming Julia Grosso[1] Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan (3 goals each) |
| Player: | Alex Morgan |
| Young Player: | Melchie Dumornay |
| Goalkeeper: | Kailen Sheridan |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico. The United States emerged as the winner, defeating Canada 1–0 in the final.[2]
The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. The top two teams in each of the two groups qualified for the Women's World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3] The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[4] [5] Finally, the champions and the best team from each of the three CONCACAF sub-regions qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]
The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.[7]
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification.
The qualifying competition was held in February and April 2022.[8] For six of the available eight slots, thirty teams were drawn into six groups of five, and played two home and two away matches in a single round-robin format. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF W Championship.[5] In addition, Canada and the United States, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings of August 2020, qualified automatically.
The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF W Championship.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Previous best performance | Previous World Cup appearances | FIFA ranking at start of event[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | (1998, 2010) | 7 | 6 | ||||
(title holders) | 10th | (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) | 8 | 1 | |||
| (hosts) | 10th | Runners-up (1998, 2010) | 3 | 26 | |||
| 8th | Runners-up (2014) | 1 | 37 | ||||
| 7th | Third place (2018) | 1 | 51 | ||||
| 4th | Fourth place (2018) | 0 | 57 | ||||
| 6th | Fourth place (1991) | 0 | 60 | ||||
| 11th | Third place (1991) | 0 | 76 |
On 14 February 2022, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would be held in Mexico and that matches would be played in the cities of Guadalupe and San Nicolás de los Garza, both located in the Monterrey metropolitan area within the state of Nuevo León.[10]
| San Nicolás de los Garza | Guadalupe | |
|---|---|---|
| (Monterrey Area) | ||
| Estadio Universitario | Estadio BBVA | |
| Capacity: 41,615 | Capacity: 53,500 | |
Eight teams played in the tournament, drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round-robin matches.[10] The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, and qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The two third-placed teams from the group stage advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[5] [3] The number of slots is an expansion from the previous Women's World Cup qualifying competition, which allocated only 3.5 spots to CONCACAF.[11]
The knockout stage featured the semi-finals, a third place match, and the final to determine the champions. The winners of the competition qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[5]
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):[12] If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
The group stage draw was held on 19 April 2022, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States. The eight teams were split into four pots of two teams each, based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of June 2021.[13] The highest-ranked nation, the United States, was automatically placed in position 1 of Group A, while the second highest-ranked nation, Canada, was placed in position 1 of Group B. The remaining teams were drawn into Group A and B in order, taking the position corresponding to their pot.[14]
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship squads.
Each national team had to submit a preliminary list of up to 60 players, 5 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least thirty days before the opening match of the tournament.[15] [16] Using players only from this list, each team must submit a final squad of 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent their participation in the tournament before their team's first match, or following the completion of the group stage, they could be replaced by another player from the preliminary list.[12]
On 21 June 2022, CONCACAF announced the list of match officials for the tournament.[17]
The tournament schedule, without kick-off times, was announced on 20 April 2022, the day following the draw.[18]
The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The third-placed teams in each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).[19]
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group A.
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See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group B.
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See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship knockout stage.
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) was played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
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The winner advanced to the CONCACAF play-off for both the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup as unseeded team.
See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Final.
The winner qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The runners-up advanced to the two-legged CONCACAF playoff for both tournaments as seeded team.[5]
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Alex Morgan | |
| Golden Boot | Julia Grosso (3 goals) | |
| Golden Glove | Kailen Sheridan | |
| Young Player | Melchie Dumornay | |
| Fair Play |
| +Best XI[20] | ||||||||
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | Kailen Sheridan | valign=top | valign=top | valign=top |
The following six teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[21] [22] [23]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) | |||
| 1 (2015) | |||
| 7 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) | |||
| 1 (2019) | |||
| 0 (debut) | |||
| 0 (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament in France, and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States.[5] In addition to the winner of the W Championship (United States), the winner of a CONCACAF Olympic play-off between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship also qualified.[21]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Summer Olympic Games2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) | |||
| 4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Similar to the 2018 championship, this tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games Women's football tournament in Chile. The champions and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified.[6] However, Canada declined to participate citing scheduling issues and was replaced by Mexico,[24] [25] the next NAFU best team.
| Team | Zone | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Pan American Games3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019) | ||||
| 2 (2007, 2019) | ||||
| 2 (1999, 2007) | ||||
| 6 (all) (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
3 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The official logo was unveiled on 19 August 2021.
"Lions (Champions Mix)" by Jamaican singer Skip Marley (feat. Cedella Marley) served as the official song of the tournament.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | [26] [27] | |
| United States | ||
| Mexico | ||
| Caribbean | ||
| Latin America |
| Broadcaster | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| International (unsold markets) | Concacaf GO | ||
| South America | [28] |