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2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification

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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification is a women's football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the United States.[1]

Teams

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A total of 30 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with three automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 27 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.

FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2018 in parentheses (NR=Not ranked; N/A=Not applicable as they are not a FIFA member).[2]

More information Zone, Berths ...
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
More information North American Zone (NAFU), Central American Zone (UNCAF) ...
Notes
  1. Turks and Caicos Islands was initially the fifth team drawn into Group B in the first round of the Caribbean Zone, but shortly after was not included in the group.
  2. Guatemala was suspended by FIFA in October 2016, and therefore was ineligible after missing the entry deadline of 30 March 2018.
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Format

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In each group of all rounds, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.[3]

  • Central American Zone: The top two teams of the group qualify for the final tournament.
  • Caribbean Zone: The winners of each first round group advance to the final round. The top three teams of the final round qualify for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.4 and 12.7):[3]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points in all group matches:
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.
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Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

More information Zone, Round ...

Central American Zone

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Quick Facts CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina 2018, Tournament details ...

In the Central American Zone, four UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. The four teams were placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.[5]

The qualifying competition was originally scheduled to take place in Nicaragua, but a new host was selected due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[6] In July 2018, CONCACAF announced that all games would be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States.[7]

All times local, UTC−4.[8]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
More information Panama, 4–0 ...
More information Costa Rica, 11–0 ...

More information Costa Rica, 4–1 ...
More information El Salvador, 2–6 ...

More information El Salvador, 2–2 ...
More information Costa Rica, 3–1 ...
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Caribbean Zone

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Quick Facts CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Qualifier 2018, Tournament details ...

In the Caribbean Zone, 23 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. All teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the final round, where they were placed into one group, with the top three teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 27 March 2018, 12:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[9] Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Guyana were automatically seeded in Groups A–E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 18 teams were seeded based on CONCACAF's own ranking.[10]

More information Hosts, Pot 1 ...

First round

All times local, UTC−4.[11]

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Puerto Rico, 10–0 ...
More information Dominican Republic, 1–5 ...

More information Cuba, 11–0 ...
More information Puerto Rico, 0–0 ...

More information Anguilla, 1–2 ...
More information Cuba, 2–2 ...

More information Aruba, 0–5 ...
More information Dominican Republic, 3–0 ...

More information Anguilla, 0–4 ...
More information Aruba, 0–3 ...

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Jamaica, 13–0 ...
More information Haiti, 2–0 ...

More information Martinique, 0–3 ...
More information Guadeloupe, 0–11 ...

More information Guadeloupe, 0–3 ...
More information Jamaica, 2–2 ...

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Dominica, 1–2 ...
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 10–0 ...

More information U.S. Virgin Islands, 3–0 ...
More information Dominica, 0–3 ...

More information Saint Kitts and Nevis, 10–0 ...
More information U.S. Virgin Islands, 0–3 ...

More information Grenada, 1–1 ...
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 1–1 ...

More information Saint Kitts and Nevis, 7–0 ...
More information Grenada, 0–13 ...

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Saint Lucia, 2–1 ...
More information Antigua and Barbuda, 1–0 ...

More information Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1–2 ...
More information Curaçao, 0–3 ...

More information Curaçao, 1–0 ...
More information Saint Lucia, 0–1 ...

Group E

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Barbados, 2–1 ...
More information Guyana, 2–2 ...

More information Bermuda, 3–2 ...
More information Suriname, 1–6 ...

More information Suriname, 0–1 ...
More information Barbados, 0–0 ...

Final round

CONCACAF announced on 7 June 2018 that Jamaica would host the final round.[13]

All times local, UTC−5.[14]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Cuba, 2–3 ...
More information Jamaica, 9–0 ...

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 0–7 ...
More information Bermuda, 0–4 ...

More information Trinidad and Tobago, 5–0 ...
More information Cuba, 2–0 ...

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 0–5 ...
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 1–4 ...

More information Bermuda, 0–3 ...
More information Jamaica, 6–1 ...
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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

More information Team, Qualified as ...
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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Goalscorers

There were 261 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

16 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Anguilla Shakeela Romney (against Dominican Republic)
  • Aruba Joraine Maduro (against Puerto Rico)
  • United States Virgin Islands Katelyn Wiater (against Trinidad and Tobago)
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Notes

  1. Match originally scheduled to commence at 19:30 but was delayed due to a power outage.[12]

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