The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the international

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tournament for

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and

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nations organized by

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. The final stage of the tournament took place at

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and

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, Canada.

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took the sole automatic qualifying place for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing first. The runner-up,

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, qualified after defeating

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in a two-leg playoff in December 1998. The tournament was originally planned to take place in Haiti, but was moved due to disputes between the Haitian government and the Haitian Football Federation. This was the only edition of CONCACAF's Women's Championship or the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in which the traditional superpower of CONCACAF women's football, the

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, did not participate. This was because they directly qualified for the 1999 Women's World Cup as hosts of the event.

Qualification

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qualifying tournament

The 1998 UNCAF Qualifying Tournament took place in

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between 19 July and 25 July 1998. It was won by the hosts

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after defeating

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1–0 in the final match.

and

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qualified for the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

Group A

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Group B

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Third place play-off

Final

CFU Qualifying Round

The CFU Qualifying Round consisted of home-and-away ties. It is not clear whether

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and

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received a bye to the finals, or whether their (unknown) intended opponents withdrew. ¹ Haiti were to play Bahamas but apparently the latter withdrew. ----

and

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qualified for the final tournament.

Participating teams

Venues

Final tournament

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

Canada won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Mexico advanced to CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

Awards

Statistics

Final ranking

References

External links

Tables & results
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Qualification

UNCAF The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football (soccer), football teams of Central America: Belize national football team, Belize, Costa Rica na ... qualifying tournament

Group A

Group B

Third place play-off

Final

CFU Qualifying Round

Participating teams

Venues

Final tournament

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

Awards

Statistics

Final ranking

References

External links

UNCAF The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football (soccer), football teams of Central America: Belize national football team, Belize, Costa Rica na ...
qualifying tournament