2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification

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

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesLeague stage:
20 September – 5 December 2023
Play-offs:
17 February 2024
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored145 (3.82 per match)
Top scorer(s)Grenada Nia Thompson
(6 goals)

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

Format

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 34 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league will feature three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The three group runners-up of League A and the three League B group winners will participate in a play-off on 17 February 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 will receive 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 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. 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.

Seeding

Of the 41 CONCACAF member associations, 34 entered into the qualification competition, while the two CONCACAF teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics (the United States and the winner of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off) advanced directly to the final competition.

On 27 April 2023, CONCACAF announced 33 countries had entered into the qualifying competition (including 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 11 May, 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 17 May 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.

Qualified to final tournament
Team Pts Rank
 United States 7,699 1
 Canada[lower-alpha 1] 5,231 2
League A
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Costa Rica 3,831 3
 Jamaica[lower-alpha 1] 3,496 4
 Mexico 3,085 5
2  Panama 2,381 6
 Haiti 2,235 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 2,231 8
3  Guatemala 1,121 9
 Puerto Rico 958 11
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 943 12
League B
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  El Salvador 846 13
 Guyana 844 14
 Dominican Republic 823 15
2  Bermuda 820 16
 Nicaragua 777 17
 Antigua and Barbuda 722 18
3  Honduras 556 19
 Suriname 499 20
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 21
4  Martinique 409 22
 Barbados 405 23
 Dominica 365 24
League C
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Cuba[lower-alpha 2] 1,080 10
 U.S. Virgin Islands 332 25
 Belize 324 26
 Curaçao 318 27
2  Cayman Islands 305 28
 Saint Lucia[lower-alpha 2] 301 29
 Aruba 274 30
 Grenada 165 31
3  Anguilla 133 32
 Turks and Caicos Islands 122 33
 Guadeloupe 23 35
 Bahamas 0 36
4  Bonaire[lower-alpha 2] 0 37
Did not enter
Team Pts Rank
 British Virgin Islands[lower-alpha 3] 62 34
 French Guiana 0 38
 Montserrat 0 39
 Sint Maarten[lower-alpha 3] 0 40
 Saint Martin 0 41

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

Schedule

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

Stage Round FIFA match window[9]
League stage Matchday 1 20–26 September 2023
Matchday 2
Matchday 3 25–31 October 2023
Matchday 4
Matchday 5 29 November – 5 December 2023
Matchday 6
Play-offs Play-off 17 February 2024

League A

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
1  Mexico 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 2–1 6–0
2  Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 Advance to play-offs 31 Oct — 1 Dec
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0 27 Oct 5 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Mexico 2–1 Puerto Rico
  • Sánchez 45+1'
  • Camberos 59'
 Report
Attendance: 13,882
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)[10]
Mexico 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)[10]
Trinidad and Tobago v Mexico
Puerto Rico v Mexico
Puerto Rico v Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago v Puerto Rico

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Guatemala Jamaica
1  Panama 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 2–3 2–1
2  Guatemala 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 Advance to play-offs 0–3 — 3 Dec
3  Jamaica 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 29 Oct 29 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Guatemala 0–3 Panama
Report
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)[10]
Panama 2–3 Guatemala
 Report
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)[10]
Panama 2–1 Jamaica
 Report
  • Walker 21'
Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)
Jamaica v Guatemala
Jamaica v Panama
Guatemala v Jamaica

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Haiti Costa Rica Saint Kitts and Nevis
1  Haiti 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — 1–0 30 Oct
2  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 11 1 +10 3 Advance to play-offs 30 Nov — 11–0
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 2 0 22 −22 0 0–11 4 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Haiti 1–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)[10]
Costa Rica 11–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)[10]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–11 Haiti
Report
Haiti v Saint Kitts and Nevis
Costa Rica v Haiti
Saint Kitts and Nevis v Costa Rica

League B

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guyana Suriname Antigua and Barbuda Dominica
1  Guyana 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6 Advance to play-offs — 29 Oct 3 Dec 5–0
2  Suriname 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 0–1 — 1–0 3 Dec
3  Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 2–1 29 Nov — 29 Oct
4  Dominica 3 0 1 2 0 9 −9 1 29 Nov 0–4 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Dominica 0–4 Suriname
Report
  • Stekkinger 7'
  • Lantveld 50'
  • Patra 56'
  • Riley 73'
Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras)[10]
Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Guyana
  • De Suza 13', 51'
 Report
ABFA Technical Center, Piggotts
Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)[10]
Guyana 5–0 Dominica
 Report
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)[10]
Suriname 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
  • Lantveld 16' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benitez (El Salvador)[10]
Suriname 0–1 Guyana
Report
  • Alferd 41'
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
Dominica 0–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Guyana v Suriname
Antigua and Barbuda v Dominica
Dominica v Guyana
Antigua and Barbuda v Suriname
Suriname v Dominica
Guyana v Antigua and Barbuda

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification El Salvador Honduras Martinique Nicaragua
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to play-offs — 29 Oct 9–1 3 Dec
2  Honduras 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 0–1 — 3 Dec 1–1
3  Martinique 3 1 0 2 2 11 −9 3 29 Nov 0–2 — 1–0
4  Nicaragua 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 0–3 29 Nov 29 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Martinique 0–2 Honduras
Report
  • Puerto 7', 52'
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)[10]
Nicaragua 0–3 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad And Tobago)[10]
El Salvador 9–1 Martinique
 Report
Referee: Kimberly Sánchez (Costa Rica)[10]
Honduras 1–1 Nicaragua
 Report
Referee: Diana Pérez (Mexico)[10]
Martinique 1–0 Nicaragua
  • Gaydu 43'
 Report
Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)
Honduras 0–1 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Nicaragua v Martinique
El Salvador v Honduras
Nicaragua v Honduras
Martinique v El Salvador
El Salvador v Nicaragua
Honduras v Martinique

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bermuda Barbados Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1  Bermuda 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to play-offs — 31 Oct 2–0 1 Dec
2  Barbados 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 27 Oct — 1 Dec 5–0
3  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 5 Dec 3–0 — 31 Oct
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0 0–4 5 Dec 27 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Bermuda 2–0 Dominican Republic
  • Masters 10', 45+1'
 Report
Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)[10]
Barbados 5–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Report
Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)[10]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–4 Bermuda
Report
Referee: Priscila Perez (Mexico)[10]
Dominican Republic 3–0 Barbados
 Report
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)[10]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Dominican Republic
Barbados v Bermuda
Bermuda v Barbados
Dominican Republic v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Bermuda v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Barbados v Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic v Bermuda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Barbados

League C

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Belize Bonaire Aruba Turks and Caicos Islands
1  Belize 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 — 3–0 2–0 30 Oct
2  Bonaire 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 30 Nov — 3–1 0–0
3  Aruba 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3 4 Dec 30 Oct — 30 Nov
4  Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 1 2 0 11 −11 1 0–6 4 Dec 0–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Belize 2–0 Aruba
 Report
Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)[10]
Bonaire 0–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Report
Referee: Alex Billeter (United States)[10]
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–5 Aruba
Report
  • Lammers 1'
  • Gumbs 10', 86'
  • Henao 21'
  • Susanna 75'
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)[10]
Belize 3–0 Bonaire
 Report
Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)[10]
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–6 Belize
Report
  • Bowden 11', 67'
  • Velasquez 36'
  • Lambey 49'
  • Eiley 54'
  • Rodríguez 77'
Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)
Bonaire 3–1 Aruba
  • Wijnschenk 36' (pen.), 42' (pen.)
  • Rier 90+3'
 Report
Referee: Isabelle Duclos (Canada)
Aruba v Bonaire
Report
Compleho Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad, Oranjestad
Belize v Turks and Caicos Islands
Report
FFB Field, Belmopan
Bonaire v Belize
Aruba v Turks and Caicos Islands
Aruba v Belize
Turks and Caicos Islands v Bonaire

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Saint Lucia Cuba Guadeloupe
1  Saint Lucia 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3 — 1–2 1 Dec
2  Cuba 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 5 Dec — 31 Oct
3  Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0 1–5 27 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Saint Lucia 1–2 Cuba
  • Joseph 15'
 Report
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (Saint Kitts and Nevis)[10]
Guadeloupe 1–5 Saint Lucia
  • Lepante 37'
 Report
  • Louis 2', 45+2', 47', 80'
  • Marquis 87'
Stade municipal de Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Anne
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)[10]
Guadeloupe v Cuba
Report
Stade de Valette, Sainte-Anne
Cuba v Guadeloupe
Report
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Saint Lucia v Guadeloupe
Cuba v Saint Lucia

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Grenada United States Virgin Islands The Bahamas
1  Grenada 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 — 4–0 4–1
2  U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0 3 Dec — 29 Dec
3  Bahamas 2 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0 1–6 29 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Bahamas 1–6 Grenada
  • D. McClure 44'
 Report
  • Thompson 12', 74'
  • Frank 36'
  • Ramdhanny 79'
  • R. Bubb 83'
  • Williams 90+2'
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)[10]
Grenada 4–1 Bahamas
  • Thompson 11', 55', 72'
  • Fullerton 47'
 Report
  • Edey 42'
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)[10]
Grenada 4–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Sylvester 5'
  • Thompson 15'
  • Ramdhanny 17'
  • Williams 82'
 Report
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
U.S. Virgin Islands v Bahamas
Report
Bethlehem Soccer Complex, Northcentral, St. Croix
Bahamas v U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands v Grenada

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Anguilla Curaçao Cayman Islands
1  Anguilla 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 — 30 Nov 3–1
2  Curaçao 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 30 Oct — 4 Dec
3  Cayman Islands 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1 2–2 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: CONCACAF
Anguilla 3–1 Cayman Islands
  • Ca. Johnson 12', 45+2', 70'
 Report
  • Stewart 89'
Referee: Belkis Flores (Honduras)[10]
Cayman Islands 2–2 Anguilla
  • Windsor 33'
  • Kehoe 74'
 Report
  • Minette 45+3'
  • Kei. Vanterpool 70'
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)[10]
Cayman Islands 0–2 Curaçao
Report
  • J. Rosa 49'
  • S. Rosa 53'
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)
Curaçao v Anguilla
Report
Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca, Brievengat
Anguilla v Curaçao
Curaçao v Cayman Islands

Play-offs

The three group runners-up of League A and the three group winners of League B will advance to the play-offs (also known as the prelims). The six teams will be divided into three pairings based on the December 2023 CONCACAF Women's Ranking. The single-leg matches will take place in the United States on 17 February 2024, immediately prior to the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The three winners will qualify for the group stage.[3]

Summary
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Highest-ranked team 17 Feb Lowest-ranked team
Second-ranked team 17 Feb Fifth-ranked team
Third-ranked team 17 Feb Fourth-ranked team

Matches
Highest-ranked teamvLowest-ranked team
United States
Second-ranked teamvFifth-ranked team
United States
Third-ranked teamvFourth-ranked team
United States

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 United States2022 CONCACAF W Championship winner18 July 2022
 CanadaCONCACAF Olympic play-off winner26 September 2023
Qualification League A Group A winnerNovember 2023
Qualification League A Group B winnerNovember 2023
Qualification League A Group C winnerNovember 2023
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
 Brazil2022 Copa América Femenina winners27 January 2023
 Colombia2022 Copa América Femenina runners-up27 January 2023
 Argentina2022 Copa América Femenina third place27 January 2023
 Paraguay2022 Copa América Femenina fourth place27 January 2023

Goalscorers

There have been 145 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match (as of 26 October 2023).

6 goals

  • Grenada Nia Thompson

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. "CONCACAF announces dates and format for inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. "2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup – Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. "Rankings: Women's National Team". CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. "Update on 2023 Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. "Concacaf announces schedule for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup" (Press release). CONCACAF. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. "2023 Road to W Gold Cup Referee Appointments: September Matches". Concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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