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

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competition organized by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (

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) that often serves as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup, and recently the

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. In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited.

is the governing body for football for

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and

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. The most successful country has been the

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, winning their ninth title in 2022.

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. The

hosted the tournament and were champions.

2002

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and the third-place team qualified for the World Cup playoff. After 16 games (played as 8 doubleheaders) the

were tournament champions, defeating

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in overtime in the final.

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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

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of Canada.

2006

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was held in the United States, with games being hosted at

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and

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. 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 women's national football team, Japan (the fourth-place finisher from the Asian Confederation).

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. The tournament served as a CONCACAF 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, qualifier to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 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 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs), inter-confederation play-offs. The winner of the tournament also qualified for the Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2024 Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to a Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (CONCACAF play-off), 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

Performance by country

Overall team records

In this ranking Three points for a win, 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 (association football), extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shootout (association football), penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. ¹ non-CONCACAF invitees

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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

Awards

Winning coaches

Notes

References

External links

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CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup at RSSSF
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