CONCACAF / FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | 15–26 October |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (7th title) |
Runners-up | Costa Rica |
Third place | Mexico |
Fourth place | Trinidad and Tobago |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 65 (4.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Abby Wambach (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | Carli Lloyd |
Best goalkeeper | Hope Solo |
Fair play award | Costa Rica |
The 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship/Gold Cup/Women's World Cup qualifying tournament, was a women's soccer tournament that took place in the United States between 15 and 26 October 2014. [1] It served as CONCACAF's qualifier to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified directly. The fourth placed team advanced to a play-off against the third placed team of the 2014 Copa América Femenina.
The qualifying to the tournament was organized by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) in Central America and the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) in the Caribbean and started on 19 May 2014.
The United States and Mexico received byes into the tournament. A total of 30 teams entered qualifying, with Martinique and Guadeloupe not eligible for World Cup qualification as they are only members of CONCACAF and not FIFA. Therefore, a total of 28 teams were in contention for the three direct places plus the play-off place against CONMEBOL's Ecuador. [2] Canada did not participate as they already qualified to the World Cup as hosts.
The United States defeated Costa Rica 6–0 in the final to win their seventh title. [3]
North American Football Union members Mexico and the United States gained direct entry to the final tournament. Canada did not participate as they already qualified to the World Cup as hosts.
The qualification was played between 19 and 25 May.
The inaugural Women's Caribbean Cup served as the qualifying event. [4] Four nations advanced to the CONCACAF finals. [5] Qualifying to the Caribbean Cup took place from 23 May to 22 June. The finals were played in August 2014. [5] The group stage draw was published in April 2014. [6]
Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
However, as Martinique is not a member of FIFA – since it is an overseas department of the French Republic – it is therefore not eligible to qualify. It was announced during the Final Draw on September 5 that Martinique would not be able to advance beyond the group round, and that the next best team would take their place in the semifinals should they finish in the top two in their group. [7] [8]
The tournament was played in four venues. [9]
Washington | Bridgeview | Kansas City |
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RFK Stadium | Toyota Park | Sporting Park |
Capacity: 45,596 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 18,467 |
Chester | ||
PPL Park | ||
Capacity: 18,500 | ||
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
United States | 1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Wambach 55' | Report |
Haiti | 0–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report | Cordner 37' |
United States | 5–0 | Guatemala |
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Heath 7', 57' Lloyd 46' Engen 58' Rapinoe 66' | Report |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Guatemala |
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Cordner 74' Johnson 83' (pen.) | Report | M. Monterroso 90' |
Haiti | 0–6 | United States |
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Report | Lloyd 15' Wambach 39', 61' Klingenberg 57' Press 65' Brian 82' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | |
3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
4 | Martinique [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
Jamaica | 6–0 | Martinique |
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Murray 2', 74' Duncan 6' Henry 22', 77' Allen 71' | Report |
Costa Rica | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Venegas 8' | Report |
Costa Rica | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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Cruz Traña 76' Cedeño 86' | Report | Duncan 77' |
Martinique | 0–10 | Mexico |
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Report | Samarzich 6' Duarte 28', 49' Mayor 34' Guillou 36' (o.g.) Garciamendez 40' Garza 58' Ocampo 75', 87' Noyola 90+2' |
Martinique | 1–6 | Costa Rica |
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Carin 62' | Report | Sanchez 7' Venegas 25', 90' Acosta 32' Cedeño 81', 83' |
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. [12] The top three teams qualified directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to a play-off against the third placed team of the 2014 Copa América Femenina.
Semifinals | Final | |||||
24 October | ||||||
Costa Rica (pen.) | 1 (3) | |||||
26 October | ||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (0) | |||||
Costa Rica | 0 | |||||
24 October | ||||||
United States | 6 | |||||
United States | 3 | |||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
26 October | ||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | |||||
Mexico (a.e.t.) | 4 |
Winners qualified for the 2015 Women's World Cup.
Costa Rica | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Venegas 19' | Report | Hutchinson 73' |
Penalties | ||
Alvarado Sánchez Acosta | 3–0 | Johnson Hutchinson Shade |
Winner qualified for the 2015 Women's World Cup. Loser entered CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off.
Costa Rica | 0–6 | United States |
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Report | Wambach 4', 35', 41', 71' Lloyd 18' Leroux 73' |
2014 CONCACAF champions |
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United States Seventh title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [13]
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | Carli Lloyd |
Golden Boot | Abby Wambach |
Golden Gloves | Hope Solo |
Fair Play Award | Costa Rica |
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Diana Saenz | Kennya Cordner |
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