1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

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1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship
Coupe des nations féminine de la CONCACAF 1998
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
City Toronto
Dates28 August – 6 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Third placeFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Fourth placeFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored99 (6.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Silvana Burtini (14 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Silvana Burtini [1]
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The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the international women's association football tournament for North America, Central America and Caribbean nations organized by CONCACAF. The final stage of the tournament took place at Etobicoke and Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada took the sole automatic qualifying place for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing first. The runner-up, Mexico, qualified after defeating Argentina in a two-leg playoff in December 1998.

Contents

The tournament was originally planned to take place in Haiti, but was moved due to disputes between the Haitian government and the Haitian Football Federation. [2] This was the only edition of CONCACAF's Women's Championship or the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in which the traditional superpower of CONCACAF women's football, the United States, did not participate. This was because they directly qualified for the 1999 Women's World Cup as hosts of the event.

Qualification

UNCAF qualifying tournament

The 1998 UNCAF Qualifying Tournament took place in Guatemala City between 19 July and 25 July 1998. It was won by the hosts Guatemala after defeating Haiti 1–0 in the final match. Guatemala, Haiti and Costa Rica qualified for the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

Group A

TeamPld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 220092+76Final tournament and final match
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2101172+153Third place play-off
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala B2002124−230
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg17–0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala B
Mora Soccerball shade.svg?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Alemán Soccerball shade.svg?', ?', ?', ?'
Contreras Soccerball shade.svg?', ?', ?'
Araya Soccerball shade.svg?', ?'
Carmona Soccerball shade.svg?'
Castro Soccerball shade.svg?'
Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg?'		 Report

Group B

TeamPld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2200151+146Final tournament and final match
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 201125−31Third place play-off
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2011112−111

Third place play-off

Final

CFU Qualifying Round

The CFU Qualifying Round consisted of home-and-away ties. It is not clear whether Martinique and Puerto Rico received a bye to the finals, or whether their (unknown) intended opponents withdrew.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg15–1Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 7–0 8–1
Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg w/o 1Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas ——

1 Haiti were to play Bahamas but apparently the latter withdrew.

Costa Rica , Guatemala , Haiti , Martinique , Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the final tournament.

Participating teams

TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Automatic4thRunners-up (1991, 1994)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Automatic3rdThird Place (1994)
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying tournament
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica UNCAF Qualifying Tournament third-place2ndGroup Stage (1991)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala UNCAF Qualifying Tournament winners1st—
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying round
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Winners against Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2ndGroup Stage (1991)
Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique Unknown2ndGroup Stage (1991)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Unknown1st—
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Winners against Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 3rdThird Place (1991)

Venues

Toronto
Centennial Park Stadium
Capacity: 2,200
Tlynxstadium.jpg

Final tournament

Group A

TeamPld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300390+399
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 3201104+66
Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique 3102916−73
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3003038−380
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg21–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Burtini Soccerball shade.svg2', 7', 9', 15', 24', 26', 40', 43'
Rosenow Soccerball shade.svg12', 69', 70', 80'
Franck Soccerball shade.svg18', 62'
Hooper Soccerball shade.svg21', 38'
Morneau Soccerball shade.svg36', 44'
Blaskovic Soccerball shade.svg64', 73'
Muir Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Report
Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 2050
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg2–0Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique
Canada
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg0–8Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Canada
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg14–0Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique
Burtini Soccerball shade.svg3', 13', 26'
Hooper Soccerball shade.svg21'
Muir Soccerball shade.svg28'
Rosenow Soccerball shade.svg30', 38', 44', 55'
Morneau Soccerball shade.svg65'
Blaskovic Soccerball shade.svg72', 77'
Harvey Soccerball shade.svg81'
Smith Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report
Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 2121
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg0–9Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique
Canada
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Hooper Soccerball shade.svg2'
Burtini Soccerball shade.svg23', 26', 53'		 Report
Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 2756

Group B

TeamPld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3210125+77
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 320175+26
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 311156−14
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 3003311−80
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg2–1Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Canada
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Canada
Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg1–7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Canada
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Canada
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg2–1Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Canada
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg2–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Canada

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0
 
6 September
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0
 
4 September
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
 
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0
 
Third place
 
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0
 
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4

Semi-finals

Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg0–8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Hooper Soccerball shade.svg19', 39' Report
Attendance: 2834

Third place playoff

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg4–0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala

Final

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Smith Soccerball shade.svg42' Report
Attendance: 4971

Canada won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Mexico advanced to CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

Awards

 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
First title

Statistics

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5500420+4215
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5311206+1410
3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 5302117+49
4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 52031016−66
Eliminated in the group stage
5Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 311156−14
6Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique 3102916−73
7Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 3003311−80
8Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3003038−380

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian soccer timeline from 1997 to 2000". canadasoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Giron, Carlos (June 29, 1998). "Canada to host CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier". CONCACAF . New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2001. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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