Organising body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 10 December 2020 |
Region | North America, Central America, and the Caribbean |
Number of teams | 12 (final tournament) 33 (qualification) |
Current champions | United States (1st title) (2024) |
Most successful team(s) | United States (1 title) |
2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
Tournaments |
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The CONCACAF W Gold Cup is an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It was announced in December 2020, initially unnamed though referred to as a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League". [1] The branding was announced in August 2021, with CONCACAF describing the tournament as their "flagship women's international competition". [2]
On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League". However, the naming and branding of the tournament had yet to be determined. The competition is intended to provide more national team matches for all CONCACAF member associations. [1] On 19 August 2021, it was announced that the competition would be known as the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, with the branding also revealed. [2]
The qualification competition, known as the "Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 33 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 round-robin format. The three group winners in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The group runners-up of League A and the League B group winners will participate in a play-in to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping the group stage. [2]
The W Gold Cup will feature twelve teams, including the two teams that qualified for the Summer Olympics, the six teams that qualified from the group stage and play-in, and four guest national teams from other confederations. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion. [1]
Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Semi-finalists | Teams | |||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | ||||||
1 | 2024 | United States | United States | 1–0 | Brazil | Canada | Mexico | 12 |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Semi-finalists |
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United States | 1 (2024) | – | – |
Brazil | – | 1 (2024) | – |
Canada | – | – | 1 (2024) |
Mexico | – | – | 1 (2024) |
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team (12) | 2024 (12) | Total | ||||||||||
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Canada | SF | 1 | ||||||||||
Costa Rica | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
El Salvador | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
Mexico | SF | 1 | ||||||||||
Panama | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
Puerto Rico | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
United States | 1st | 1 | ||||||||||
Non-CONCACAF Invitees | ||||||||||||
Argentina | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2nd | 1 | ||||||||||
Colombia | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
Paraguay | QF | 1 |
Tournament | Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Goals | Golden Glove | Young Player Award | CONCACAF Fair Play Trophy |
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United States 2024 | Jaedyn Shaw | Adriana Leon | 6 | Alyssa Naeher | Olivia Smith | United States |
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