The CONCACAF W Championship is a
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...
competition for national teams organized by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...
) that often serves as the qualifying competition to the
Women's World Cup, and recently the
Olympics
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.
In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited.
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...
is the governing body for football for
North America
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,
Central America
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and
the Caribbean
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. The most successful country has been the
United States
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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
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
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
The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's association football, women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September ...
and the third-place team qualified for the World Cup playoff. After 16 games (played as 8 doubleheaders) the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
were tournament champions, defeating
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
in overtime in the final.
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm (born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player, two-time Women's Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Haile ...
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
Carson is a city in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and the Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International ...
and
Tropical Park Stadium in
Miami, Florida
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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
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
(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
qualifier to the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football, football championship contested by List of women's national association football teams, women's nat ...
in Australia and New Zealand, the
football tournament at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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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
inter-confederation play-offs.
The winner of the tournament also qualified for the
2024 Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
and the
2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to a
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.
2026
Results
Performance by country
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
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
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.
Comprehensive team results by tournament
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
* GS – Group stage
* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* — Hosts
Awards
Hat-tricks
Winning coaches
See also
*
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
*
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...
*
CONCACAF Championship
Notes
References
External links
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CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup at RSSSF
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Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
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