1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship
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The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the international women's association football tournament for North America, Central America and Caribbean nations organized by CONCACAF. The final stage of the tournament took place at Etobicoke and Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada took the sole automatic qualifying place for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing first. The runner-up, Mexico, qualified after defeating Argentina in a two-leg playoff in December 1998.
1998 Coupe d'Or CONCACAF Femmes | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Canada |
City | Toronto |
Dates | 28 August – 6 September |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mexico |
Third place | Costa Rica |
Fourth place | Guatemala |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 99 (6.19 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Silvana Burtini (14 goals) |
Best player(s) | Silvana Burtini[1] |
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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.[2] 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 United States, did not participate. This was because they directly qualified for the 1999 Women's World Cup as hosts of the event.