2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 5 November 2019 that the United States would host the tournament between 28 January to 9 February 2020.[1]

2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates28 January – 9 February 2020
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored77 (5.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Jordyn Huitema (7 goals)
Best player(s)United States Christen Press
Best goalkeeperCanada Stephanie Labbé
Fair play award United States

The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives.[2] The United States were the defending champions.

Qualification
Further information: 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[3][4]

Regional qualification tournaments were held in Central America and Caribbean to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification zone Appearance Previous best performance Previous women's Olympic appearances
 Canada North America (automatic) 5th Runner-up (2008, 2012, 2016) 3
 Mexico North America (automatic) 5th Runner-up (2004) 1
 United States (title holders) North America (automatic) 5th Winner (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) 6
 Costa Rica Central America Group A 5th Semi-finals (2012) 0
 Panama Central America Group B 2nd Group stage (2004) 0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean Group A 1st N/A 0
 Jamaica Caribbean Group B 2nd Group stage (2008) 0
 Haiti Caribbean Group C 2nd Group stage (2012) 0

Venues

The three venues were announced during the draw ceremony on 7 November 2019.[1][5]

Houston Edinburg, Texas Carson, California
BBVA Stadium H-E-B Park Dignity Health Sports Park
Capacity: 22,039 Capacity: 9,735 Capacity: 30,510

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 7 November 2019, 14:30 EST (UTC−5), at the Mediapro Studio in Miami, Florida, United States.[1]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.[5] The teams were seeded into four pots for the draw. Pot 1 contained the United States, seeded in Group A as the host nation. The remaining teams were allocated to the pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 27 September 2019 (shown in parentheses below).[6][7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads
Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[8]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[9]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica 6–1 Panama
 Report
United States 4–0 Haiti
 Report
Attendance: 4,363[10]
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Haiti 0–2 Costa Rica
Report
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Panama 0–8 United States
Report
Attendance: 14,121[11]
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Panama 0–6 Haiti
Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
United States 6–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Attendance: 7,082[12]
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 0 24 −24 0
Source: CONCACAF
Canada 11–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Attendance: 820[13]
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico 1–0 Jamaica
 Report
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–6 Mexico
Report
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Jamaica 0–9 Canada
Report
Attendance: 2,010[14]
Canada 2–0 Mexico
 Report
Jamaica 7–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Knockout stage

All times are local, PST (UTC−8).[8]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 February – Carson
 
 
 Canada1
 
9 February – Carson
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Canada0
 
7 February – Carson
 
 United States3
 
 United States4
 
 
 Mexico0
 

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Canada 1–0 Costa Rica
 Report
United States 4–0 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 11,292[15]

Final
Canada 0–3 United States
Report
Attendance: 17,489[16]
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.13 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[17]

Award Winner
Golden Ball United States Christen Press
Golden Boot Canada Jordyn Huitema
Golden Glove Canada Stephanie Labbé
Fair Play Award  United States

CONCACAF also released a "Best XI" of the tournament.[18][19]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Canada Stephanie Labbé Canada Kadeisha Buchanan
Canada Ashley Lawrence
Costa Rica Stephannie Blanco
United States Crystal Dunn		 Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez
Haiti Nérilia Mondésir
United States Lindsey Horan		 Canada Jordyn Huitema
Mexico Renae Cuéllar
United States Christen Press

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Canada7 February 2020[20]3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
 United States7 February 2020[20]6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Controversy
  • In the 19th minute of the group stage match between the United States and Haiti, Haiti's Roseline Éloissaint scored a header from a corner kick. However, the assistant referee signalled that Éloissaint was at an offside position, and Éloissaint's goal was subsequently disallowed.[21] According to the Laws of the Game, there was no offside offense since Éloissaint received the ball directly from a corner kick.[21][22]

References
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  2. "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  3. "Draw results revealed for Concacaf Women's Olympic Caribbean Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 29 July 2019.
  4. "Draw results revealed for Concacaf Women's Central American Olympic Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 30 July 2019.
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  7. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking – 27 September 2019". FIFA. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. "2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  9. "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2020.
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  11. "USWNT Defeats Panama 8–0 to Advance to Semifinal Round of 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  12. "U.S. Women's National Team Defeats Costa Rica 6–0 to Win Group A at 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  13. "Canada vs St. Kitts and Nevis". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  14. "Canada vs Jamaica". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  15. "U.S. Women's National Team Qualifies for 2020 Olympic Games with 4–0 Victory Over Mexico". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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  17. "CONCACAF announces the 2020 CWOQ individual awards". CONCACAF. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  18. CONCACAF [@Concacaf] (11 February 2020). "Best of the Best: Here is the Best XI of CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Twitter.
  19. "Four Canadians named to CONCACAF Best 11 at Olympic qualifying". Sportsnet. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  20. "Canada and USA book Concacaf's tickets to Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 8 February 2020.
  21. Avi Creditor (28 January 2020). "USWNT Pulls Away From Haiti in Olympic Qualifying Opener". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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