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2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification

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The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition, also known as the Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup, was a women's football tournament that was contested by 34 of the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The competition decided six of the twelve participating teams of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, the inaugural edition of the W Gold Cup.

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The league stage of the qualifying was played from September 20 to December 5, 2023, with the three League A group winners qualifying for the final tournament. Three additional teams qualified via the play-off round, contested on February 17, 2024, by the League A group runners-up and the League B group winners. These six teams joined the two CONCACAF teams qualified for the Olympics and four guests at the W Gold Cup, to be contested from February 20 to March 10, 2024.[1][2]

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Format

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On December 10, 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", began with the group stage, featuring 34 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league featured three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group played against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The top three teams in League A qualified directly for the W Gold Cup. The three group runners-up of League A and the three League B group winners participated in a play-off on February 17, 2024, to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The play-offs were originally planned to take place in March 2024,[2] but were moved to February to accommodate the W Gold Cup final tournament also being moved (from June to February and March 2024).[3] The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 (the United States and Canada) received a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping qualification.[2]

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.3):[4]

  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 were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were 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. lowest 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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Seeding

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Of the 41 CONCACAF member associations, 34 entered into the qualification competition, while the two CONCACAF teams that qualified for the Summer Olympics (the United States and Canada) advanced directly to the final competition.

On April 27, 2023, CONCACAF announced 33 countries had entered into the qualifying competition (including Jamaica, the loser of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off).[5] The teams were split into leagues and pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Ranking of March 2023,[6] with League A containing nine teams and Leagues B and C containing twelve teams. On May 11, the CONCACAF Council approved the late entries of Bonaire, Cuba and Saint Lucia into the competition. To preserve the integrity of the leagues, these teams were placed in League C regardless of their ranking, though the pots were updated based on the ranking of the new teams. At the same time, the British Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten (originally in League C, pot 3) were confirmed to have withdrawn from the competition, bringing the total number of qualifying entrants to 34, and the number of teams in League C to thirteen. To accommodate the newly added teams, League C was expanded from three groups of four teams to one group of four teams (Group A) and three groups of three teams (Groups B, C and D).[7]

The draw for the group stage took place on May 17, 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[5] Teams were split into three pots of three teams in League A, four pots of three teams in League B, and three pots of four teams and one pot of one team in League C. The pots were drawn from sequentially, with drawn teams assigned to groups in ascending order.

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Notes

  1. The result of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off was not known at the time of the draw.
  2. Late entry accepted, placed into League C regardless of ranking
  3. Initially entered (placed in League C, pot 3), but withdrew before the draw
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Schedule

The fixtures for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition were announced by CONCACAF on July 5, 2023.[8]

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League A

Group A

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Mexico, 2–1 ...

More information Mexico, 6–0 ...

More information Trinidad and Tobago, 1–2 ...

More information Puerto Rico, 0–0 ...
Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras)

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Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

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Group B

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Guatemala, 0–3 ...
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)[10]

More information Panama, 2–3 ...
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)[10]

More information Panama, 2–1 ...

More information Jamaica, 2–2 ...
Referee: Diana Pérez (Mexico)

More information Jamaica, 1–1 ...

More information Guatemala, 1–1 ...

Group C

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Haiti, 1–0 ...
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)[10]

More information Costa Rica, 11–0 ...

More information Saint Kitts and Nevis, 0–11 ...

More information Haiti, 13–0 ...
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

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More information Saint Kitts and Nevis, 0–19 ...
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League B

Group A

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Dominica, 0–4 ...
Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras)[10]
More information Antigua and Barbuda, 2–1 ...
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)[10]

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Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)[10]
More information Suriname, 1–0 ...

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More information Dominica, 0–0 ...
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 1–2 ...
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
More information Guyana, 1–0 ...

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 0–1 ...
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
More information Dominica, 0–9 ...
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)

More information Guyana, 3–0 ...
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
More information Suriname, 11–0 ...

Group B

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Martinique, 0–2 ...
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)[10]
More information Nicaragua, 0–3 ...

More information El Salvador, 9–1 ...
Referee: Kimberly Sánchez (Costa Rica)[10]
More information Honduras, 1–1 ...

More information Martinique, 1–0 ...
More information Honduras, 0–1 ...

More information El Salvador, 5–0 ...
More information Nicaragua, 1–1 ...
Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)

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More information Martinique, 0–2 ...

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More information El Salvador, 4–1 ...

Group C

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Source: CONCACAF
Notes:
  1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were unable to travel to Bermuda prior to their scheduled match on December 1. The matter was resolved by CONCACAF by awarding Bermuda with a 3–0 win.[11]
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More information Barbados, 5–0 ...

More information Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 0–4 ...
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)[10]
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More information Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 0–8 ...
More information Barbados, 1–1 ...
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

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Referee: Katia Itzel García (Mexico)
More information Dominican Republic, 4–0 ...
Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

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Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
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Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)
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League C

Group A

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Belize, 2–0 ...
Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)[10]
More information Bonaire, 0–0 ...

More information Turks and Caicos Islands, 0–5 ...
More information Belize, 3–0 ...
Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)[10]

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More information Bonaire, 3–1 ...
Referee: Isabelle Duclos (Canada)

More information Aruba, 5–0 ...
More information Belize, 3–0 ...
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

More information Aruba, 8–0 ...
More information Bonaire, 1–5 ...
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)

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Group B

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Saint Lucia, 1–2 ...

More information Guadeloupe, 1–5 ...
Stade municipal de Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Anne
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)[10]

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Stade municipal de Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Anne
Referee: Alex Billeter (United States)

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Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)

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Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)

Group C

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Bahamas, 1–6 ...
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)[10]

More information Grenada, 4–1 ...

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Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

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Referee: Smeedly Saint-Jean (Haiti)

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Group D

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Anguilla, 3–1 ...

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More information Cayman Islands, 0–2 ...
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

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Play-offs

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The three group runners-up of League A and the three group winners of League B advanced to the play-offs (also known as the prelims). The six teams were divided into three pairings based on the December 2023 CONCACAF Women's Ranking. The single-leg matches took place at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, United States on February 17, 2024, immediately prior to the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The three winners qualified for the final tournament's group stage.[3]

Teams

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Matches

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Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)

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Qualified teams

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The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

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Notes

  1. While the semi-finalists of the 2022 Copa América Femenina were confirmed on July 18 (Brazil), July 20 (Colombia and Paraguay) and July 21, 2022 (Argentina), their invitation to participate in the W Gold Cup was not confirmed until January 27, 2023.
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Goalscorers

There were 353 goals scored in 86 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

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7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Barbados Ashanee Thompson (against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
  • Dominica Alianne George (against Suriname)
  • Dominica Selena Lancaster (against Suriname)
  • Guadeloupe Sarane Gustarimac (against Cuba)
  • Jamaica Alika Keene (against Panama)
  • Mexico Kimberly Rodríguez (against Puerto Rico)
  • Nicaragua Vanessa Altamirano (against El Salvador)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kelisha Bowens (against Barbados)
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