1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

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 CONCACAF Women's Championship

Coupe des nations féminine de la CONCACAF 1998
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.

Qualification

UNCAF qualifying tournament

The 1998 UNCAF Qualifying Tournament took place in Guatemala City between 19 July and 25 July 1998. It was won by the hosts Guatemala after defeating Haiti 1–0 in the final match. Guatemala, Haiti and Costa Rica qualified for the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Haiti	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Final tournament and final match
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	17	2	+15	3	Third place play-off
Guatemala B	2	0	0	2	1	24	−23	0

19 July 1998

Costa Rica	17–0	Guatemala B
Mora ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Alemán ?', ?', ?', ?' Contreras ?', ?', ?' Araya ?', ?' Carmona ?' Castro ?' Álvarez ?'	Report

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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21 July 1998

Haiti	2–0	Costa Rica

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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23 July 1998

Haiti	7–1	Guatemala B

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Guatemala	2	2	0	0	15	1	+14	6	Final tournament and final match
El Salvador	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1	Third place play-off
Honduras	2	0	1	1	1	12	−11	1

19 July 1998

Guatemala	11–0	Honduras

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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21 July 1998

El Salvador	1–1	Honduras

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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23 July 1998

Guatemala	4–1	El Salvador

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Third place play-off

25 July 1998

Costa Rica	5–1	El Salvador

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Final

25 July 1998

Guatemala	1–0	Haiti

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

CFU Qualifying Round

The CFU Qualifying Round consisted of home-and-away ties. It is not clear whether Martinique and Puerto Rico received a bye to the finals, or whether their (unknown) intended opponents withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago	15–1	Guyana	7–0	8–1
Haiti	w/o1	Bahamas	—	—

¹ Haiti were to play Bahamas but apparently the latter withdrew.

7 August 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	7–0	Guyana

Centre of Excellence Ground, Macoya

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9 August 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	8–1	Guyana

Centre of Excellence Ground, Macoya

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the final tournament.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	4th	Runners-up (1991, 1994)
Mexico	Automatic	3rd	Third Place (1994)
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying tournament
Costa Rica	UNCAF Qualifying Tournament third-place	2nd	Group Stage (1991)
Guatemala	UNCAF Qualifying Tournament winners	1st	—
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying round
Haiti	Winners against  Bahamas	2nd	Group Stage (1991)
Martinique	Unknown	2nd	Group Stage (1991)
Puerto Rico	Unknown	1st	—
Trinidad and Tobago	Winners against  Guyana	3rd	Third Place (1991)

Venues

Toronto
	Toronto
	Centennial Park Stadium
	Capacity: 2,200

Final tournament

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	39	0	+39	9
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Martinique	3	1	0	2	9	16	−7	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0

28 August 1998

Canada	21–0	Puerto Rico
Burtini 2', 7', 9', 15', 24', 26', 40', 43' Rosenow 12', 69', 70', 80' Franck 18', 62' Hooper 21', 38' Morneau 36', 44' Blaskovic 64', 73' Muir 75'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 2050

28 August 1998

Guatemala	2–0	Martinique

Canada

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30 August 1998

Puerto Rico	0–8	Guatemala

Canada

30 August 1998

Canada	14–0	Martinique
Burtini 3', 13', 26' Hooper 21' Muir 28' Rosenow 30', 38', 44', 55' Morneau 65' Blaskovic 72', 77' Harvey 81' Smith 85'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 2121

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1 September 1998

Puerto Rico	0–9	Martinique

Canada

1 September 1998

Canada	4–0	Guatemala
Hooper 2' Burtini 23', 26', 53'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 2756

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	7
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Haiti	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

29 August 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Haiti

Canada

29 August 1998

Mexico	3–2	Costa Rica

Canada

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31 August 1998

Haiti	1–7	Mexico

Canada

31 August 1998

Costa Rica	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago

Canada

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2 September 1998

Costa Rica	2–1	Haiti

Canada

2 September 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Mexico

Canada

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 September
	Guatemala	0
					6 September
	Mexico	8
					Mexico	0
	4 September
					Canada	1
	Canada	2
	Costa Rica	0
					Third place
					6 September
					Guatemala	0
					Costa Rica	4

Semi-finals

4 September 1998

Guatemala	0–8	Mexico

Canada

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4 September 1998

Canada	2–0	Costa Rica
Hooper 19', 39'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 2834

Third place playoff

6 September 1998

Costa Rica	4–0	Guatemala

Canada

Final

6 September 1998

Canada	1–0	Mexico
Smith 42'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 4971

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

Awards

1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winners
Canada First title

Statistics

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	5	5	0	0	42	0	+42	15
2	Mexico	5	3	1	1	20	6	+14	10
3	Costa Rica	5	3	0	2	11	7	+4	9
4	Guatemala	5	2	0	3	10	16	−6	6
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
6	Martinique	3	1	0	2	9	16	−7	3
7	Haiti	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0
8	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0