The 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the first staging of the
CONCACAF Women's Championship
The CONCACAF W Championship (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) is a football competition organized by the Confede ...
, the international
women's association football
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tournament for
North America
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n,
Central America
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n and
Caribbean
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nations organized by
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
. The tournament took place in
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
,
Haiti
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, between 18 and 27 April 1991 and consisted of eight national teams. The matches were 80 minutes long.
The
United States
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won the tournament after defeating
Canada
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5–0 in the final match. They became CONCACAF's single qualifier for the
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international gove ...
, which was hosted by
China
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in November and ended with a U.S. victory.
Participating teams
*From the
North American Zone:
;:
;:
;:
*From the
Central American Zone:
;:
*From the
Caribbean Zone:
;: (''hosts'')
;:
;:
;:
Venues
Results
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Third place playoff
Final
United States won the tournament and qualified for
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international gove ...
.
Awards
Statistics
Goalscorers
;11 goals
*
Michelle Akers
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;8 goals
*
April Heinrichs
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;7 goals
*
Charmaine Hooper
Charmaine Elizabeth Hooper (born January 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired soccer player. A four-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year award and member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, Hooper played on the Canada women's national socc ...
*
Brandi Chastain
Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 ...
;5 goals
*
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra (; born March 17, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the U ...
*
Carin Jennings
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;4 goals
*
Annie Caron
Annie Caron (born 6 May 1964) is a Canadian soccer player who played both as a forward and midfielder for the Canada women's national soccer team. She was part of the team at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
International career
Caron was one ...
*
Fabienne Gareau
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* Fabienne André (born 1996), British athlete
* Fabienne Dufour (born 1981), Belgian swimmer
* Fabienne Feraez (born 1976), Beninese sprinter
* Fabie ...
*
Lydia Vamos
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish prov ...
;3 goals
*
Tracey Bates
*
Joy Biefeld-Fawcett
*
Wendy Gebauer
Wendy Gebauer Palladino (born Wendy Sue Gebauer; December 25, 1966) is an American retired soccer forward and former member of the United States women's national soccer team. Considered a pioneer of women's soccer in the United States, Gebauer p ...
;2 goals
*
Julie Foudy
Julie Maurine Foudy ( ; born January 23, 1971) is an American retired soccer midfielder, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988 to 2004 ...
*
Kristine Lilly
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (; born July 22, 1971) is an American retired soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport (men's or wome ...
;1 goal
*
Connie Cant
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* Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
* Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
* Connie Booth ...
*
Joan McEachern
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In 1999, McEachern was inducted into the Canad ...
*
Karla Alemán Karla may refer to:
People
* Karla (name), a feminine given name
* Petras Karla (1937–1969), Soviet Olympic rower
Places
* Karla, Kose Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia
* Karla, Rae Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia
* Kärl ...
*
Maritza Álvarez
;Own goals
*
Bernadette Mairs (playing against )
Final ranking
References
External links
Tables & resultsat RSSSF.com
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Women's Championship
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WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...
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