The CONCACAF play-off of the 2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualification competition will decide the second

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spot for the

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in France. The play-off will be contested over two legs by the teams finishing second and third in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship,

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and

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, respectively. The matches will take place in September 2023, with Jamaica hosting the first leg and Canada hosting the second. The winner will also qualify for the

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Qualified teams

was awarded two spots in the 2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament by

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. The first spot was awarded to the winner of the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. The teams finishing second and third in the W Championship will contest the play-off for the second qualification place.

Format

The tie will be played in a two-legged home-and-away format, with the runners-up of the W Championship, Canada, playing the second leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as the

. The losers will instead enter qualification for the W Gold Cup. If the aggregate score is level, the

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will be applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs will qualify. If away goals are also equal, then 30 minutes of

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will be played, though the away goals rule will not be applied in extra time. If the score remains level after extra time, the winners will be decided by a

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Summary

The play-off matches will take place between 18 and 26 September 2023, as per the

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Matches

References

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