2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup explained

Tourney Name:	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Year:	2006
Dates:	19–26 November
Country:	United States
Num Teams:	6
Confederations:	1
Count:	6
Matches:	6
Goals:	17
Top Scorer:	Maribel Domínguez Mónica Ocampo Christine Sinclair Abby Wambach (2 goals)
Player:	Kristine Lilly
Goalkeeper:	Erin McLeod^[1]
Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2010

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final tournament took place in the United States between 19 and 27 November 2006.^[2] The United States and Canada received byes into the semi-finals of the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.

The United States won the competition with Canada, as the runner-up. Both teams automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a play-off for a spot.

Qualification

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

width=200	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	GP	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	17	0	6
	2	1	0	1	2	10	3
	2	0	0	2	1	10	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

width=200	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	GP	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	5	0	6
	2	1	0	1	2	4	3
	2	0	0	2	1	4	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup,^[3] there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round

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Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.

Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.----Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.----US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.----

First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.

Group A^[4]
Country	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	11	2	+11
	6	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
	3	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
	0	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11

Group B^[5]
Country	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners
	6	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
	3	2	1	0	1	3	8	−5
	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4

Group C^[6]
Country	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	27	0	+27
	6	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3
	3	3	1	0	2	5	16	−11
	0	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13

Group D^[7]
Country	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19
	6	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
	1	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8
	1	3	0	1	2	2	17	−15

----Group A----------------------------Group B----------------Playoff

----Group C----------------------------Group D----------------------------

Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September.^[5] The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

width=200	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11
	3	2	1	0	1	2	7	−5
	0	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6

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Group B

width=200	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
	3	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12

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Final tournament

Semifinals

Winners qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Third place play-off

Winner advanced to AFC–CONCACAF play-off.

Final

External links

Regulations

Notes and References

Web site: CONCACAF Women's Championship award. canadasoccer.com.
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-gold06.html Women's Gold Cup
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/car-women05.html Women's Caribbean Cup 2006
http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/SPORT/105090090&SearchID=7324604235312 Bermuda girls go down in extra time
http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.asp?id=165 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / Copa Oro Femenina – Caribbean Qualification
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20060513t000000-0500_104496_obs_girlz_rout_st_kitts___nevis______.asp Girlz rout St Kitts & Nevis 11–0
http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-05-25/sports2.html Soca Princesses slam Dominica 6–0