CONCACAF W Championship explained

Organiser:	CONCACAF
Founded:	^[1]
Region:	North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number Of Teams:	8 (finals)
Website:	CONCACAF Official
Current:	2022 CONCACAF W Championship
American:	yes

The CONCACAF W Championship is an association football competition 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]

History

2000

See main article: 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. 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.^[5] The United States hosted the tournament and were champions.

2002

See main article: 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

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

See main article: 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

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).^[6]

2022

See main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.

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.

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. 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. 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. The winner of that play-off will also guarantee their place at the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 W Gold Cup.

Results

Year	Host		Final
Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd place	Score	4th place
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1991 Details				5–0			4–2
CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament
1993 Details				Round-robin			Round-robin
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1994 Details				Round-robin			Round-robin
1998 Details			1–0			4–0
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
2000 Details				1–0			2–1
2002 Details			2–1 (gg)			4–1
2006 Details			2–1			3–0
CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
2010 Details				1–0			3–0
CONCACAF Women's Championship
2014 Details				6–0			4–2
2018 Details			2–0			2–2 4–2
CONCACAF W Championship
2022 Details				1–0			1–0

Performance by country

width=16%	Team	width=22%	Winners	width=22%	Runners-up	width=22%	Third place	width=22%	Fourth place
	9 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022)	–	1 (2010)	–
	2 (1998, 2010)	6 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022)	1 (1993)	1 (2000)
	–	2 (1998, 2010)	4 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2014)	–
	–	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	3 (2002, 2010, 2022)
	–	1 (2000)	–	–
	–	1 (1993)	–	–
	–	–	2 (2018, 2022)	1 (2006)
	–	–	1 (1991)	3 (1993, 1994, 2014)
	–	–	1 (2000)	–
	–	–	–	1 (1991)
	–	–	–	1 (1998)
	–	–		1 (2018)

Overall team records

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.^[7]

width=20	Rank	width=150	Team	width=30	Part	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	Dif	width=30	Pts
1		10	44	42	1	1	212	6	+206	127
2		10	44	33	1	10	191	33	+158	100
3		10	39	18	2	19	94	85	+9	56
4		8	34	15	1	18	53	80	−27	46
5		11	40	13	2	25	44	138	−94	41
6		7	25	7	1	16	32	77	−45	22
7		6	20	6	0	14	18	66	−48	18
8		4	12	4	1	7	13	36	−23	13
9		1	5	4	0	1	24	6	+18	12
10		1	5	3	1	1	22	3	+19	10
11		4	14	2	0	12	11	68	−57	6
12		1	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
13		3	9	0	2	7	12	59	−47	2
14		1	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0
15		1	3	0	0	3	0	29	–29	0
16		1	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

Non-CONCACAF Invitees
width=150	Team	1991	1993	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	Total
	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	—	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	10
	GS	—	—	3rd	GS	4th	—	4th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	GS	4th	8
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	1
	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	1
	4th	—	—	GS	—	GS	—	GS	GS	—	GS	6
	GS	—	5th	—	—	GS	4th	—	GS	3rd	3rd	7
	GS	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	3
	GS	—	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	10
	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4th	GS	4
	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
	3rd	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	11
	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	—	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	10
	—	—	—	—	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
	—	—	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
	—	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Total	8	4	5	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	–

Awards

Year	Best Player	Top Scorer	Goals	Best goalkeeper	Best Young Player
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
2018	Julie Ertz	Alex Morgan	7	Yenith Bailey	Jody Brown
2022	Alex Morgan	Jessie Fleming Julia Grosso Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan	3	Kailen Sheridan	Melchie Dumornay

Winning coaches

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

External links

- CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup at RSSSF

Notes and References

Web site: 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup – Technical Report. CONCACAF. 28 November 2016. 4. 12 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129144215/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20Gold%20Cup%202007.pdf. 29 November 2016. dead.
News: Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup . . 19 August 2021 . 19 August 2021.
Web site: Carlisle . Jeff . CONCACAF revamps women's qualifying for 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics . ESPN . 28 October 2021 . 19 August 2021.
Web site: U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics . . Andrew . Das . July 19, 2022 . July 19, 2022.
Web site: CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup History . 21 February 2006 . https://archive.today/20041116082056/http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/resource_center/womens_soccer/446128.html . 16 November 2004 . dead .
Web site: The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team . 5 October 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061113124307/http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281402.html . 13 November 2006 . dead .
Web site: All-Time Ranking CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 1991-2014. RSSSF. 10 September 2021.