CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Championship
Organizing body	CONCACAF
Founded	1991; 33 years ago
Region	North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams	8 (finals)
Current champion(s)	United States (9th title)
Most successful team(s)	United States (9 titles)
Website	CONCACAF Official
	2026 CONCACAF W Championship

The CONCACAF W Championship^[a] is a women's association football competition for national teams 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]^[5]

History

2000

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.^[6] The United States hosted the tournament and were champions.

2002

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

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).^[7]

2022

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. ^[2]

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.^[2] 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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[2] The winner of that play-off will also guarantee their place at the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 W Gold Cup.^[3]

2026

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third place play-off
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd place	Score	4th place
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1991 Details	Haiti	United States	5–0	Canada	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2	Haiti
CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament
1993^[b] Details	United States	United States	Round-robin	New Zealand	Canada	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF Women's Championship
1994 Details	Canada	United States	Round-robin	Canada	Mexico	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
1998^[c] Details	Canada	Canada	1–0	Mexico	Costa Rica	4–0	Guatemala
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
2000^[b] Details	United States	United States	1–0	Brazil	China	2–1	Canada
2002 Details	Canada United States	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
CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
2010 Details	Mexico	Canada	1–0	Mexico	United States	3–0	Costa Rica
CONCACAF Women's Championship
2014^[d] 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 (p)	Panama
CONCACAF W Championship
2022 Details	Mexico	United States	1–0	Canada	Jamaica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica

Performance by country

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
United States	9 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022)	–	1 (2010)	–
Canada	2 (1998, 2010)	6 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022)	1 (1993)	1 (2000)
Mexico	–	2 (1998, 2010)	4 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2014)	–
Costa Rica	–	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	3 (2002, 2010, 2022)
Brazil^[e]	–	1 (2000)	–	–
New Zealand^[e]	–	1 (1993)	–	–
Jamaica	–	–	2 (2018, 2022)	1 (2006)
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	1 (1991)	3 (1993, 1994, 2014)
China^[e]	–	–	1 (2000)	–
Haiti	–	–	–	1 (1991)
Guatemala	–	–	–	1 (1998)
Panama	–	–		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.^[8]

As of 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	United States	10	44	42	1	1	212	6	+206	127
2	Canada	10	44	33	1	10	191	33	+158	100
3	Mexico	10	39	18	2	19	94	85	+9	56
4	Costa Rica	8	34	15	1	18	53	80	−27	46
5	Trinidad and Tobago	11	40	13	2	25	44	138	−94	41
6	Jamaica	7	25	7	1	16	32	77	−45	22
7	Haiti	6	20	6	0	14	18	66	−48	18
8	Panama	4	12	4	1	7	13	36	−23	13
9	China^[e]	1	5	4	0	1	24	6	+18	12
10	Brazil^[e]	1	5	3	1	1	22	3	+19	10
11	Guatemala	4	14	2	0	12	11	68	−57	6
12	New Zealand^[e]	1	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
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

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

Team	1991	1993	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	Total
Canada	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	—	2nd	2nd	10
Costa Rica	GS	—	—	3rd	GS	4th	—	4th	2nd	GS	4th	8
Cuba	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	1
Guatemala	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4
Guyana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	1
Haiti	4th	—	—	GS	—	GS	—	GS	GS	—	GS	6
Jamaica	GS	—	5th	—	—	GS	4th	—	GS	3rd	3rd	7
Martinique	GS	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—	3
Mexico	GS	—	3rd	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	10
Panama	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4th	GS	4
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	11
United States	1st	1st	1st	—	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	10
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
Brazil	—	—	—	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
China	—	—	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
New Zealand	—	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	Fair Play Award
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		Costa Rica
2018	Julie Ertz	Alex Morgan	7	Yenith Bailey	Jody Brown	United States
2022	Alex Morgan	Jessie Fleming Julia Grosso^[f] Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan	3	Kailen Sheridan	Melchie Dumornay	Canada

Hat-tricks

Player	Year	Score	Details
Christine Sinclair	2000	Canada 12–0 Guatemala	Sinclair scored a hat-trick or more at matches in three different editions, before the competition became the CONCACAF Women's Championship.
	2002	Canada 11–1 Haiti
	2010	Canada 8–0 Guyana

Winning coaches

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

Notes

^ Previously known as the CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament, CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
^ ^a ^b Tournament was not used as FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
^ The United States did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
^ Canada did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Guest nation (non-CONCACAF invitees)
^ Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.^[9]

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Carlisle, Jeff (19 August 2021). "CONCACAF revamps women's qualifying for 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Who has won the most CONCACAF Women's titles? | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ Das, Andrew (19 July 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup History". Archived from the original on 16 November 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2006.
^ "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
^ "All-Time Ranking CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 1991-2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Canadian women's soccer team falls to U.S. on late penalty in CONCACAF W Championship final". CBC Sports. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links

[2] Previously known as the CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament, CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying

[Not_FWWCQ-9] Tournament was not used as FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

[10] The United States did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host

[11] Canada did not participate, as they qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host

[gn-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Guest nation (non-CONCACAF invitees)

[15] Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.^[9]

[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.

[2023-4_Qualifying-3] "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[2023-4_Qualifying_ESPN-4] Carlisle, Jeff (19 August 2021). "CONCACAF revamps women's qualifying for 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

[5] "Who has won the most CONCACAF Women's titles? | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[6] Das, Andrew (19 July 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[7] "CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup History". Archived from the original on 16 November 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2006.

[8] "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2006.

[13] "All-Time Ranking CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 1991-2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[14] "Canadian women's soccer team falls to U.S. on late penalty in CONCACAF W Championship final". CBC Sports. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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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
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
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
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
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