2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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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
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored77 (5.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordyn Huitema (7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of the United States.svg Christen Press
Best goalkeeper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephanie Labbé
Fair play awardFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2016
2024

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]

Contents

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

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.

TeamQualification zoneAppearancePrevious best performancePrevious women's Olympic appearances
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada North America (automatic)5thRunner-up (2008, 2012, 2016)3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico North America (automatic)5thRunner-up (2004)1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (title holders)North America (automatic)5thWinner (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)6
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Central America Group A5thSemi-finals (2012)0
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Central America Group B2ndGroup stage (2004)0
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean Group A1stN/A0
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Caribbean Group B2ndGroup stage (2008)0
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Caribbean Group C2ndGroup 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: 22,039Capacity: 9,735Capacity: 30,510
PNC Stadium Skyline View.jpg
LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo- Western Conference Finals panorama.jpg

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)3300180+189Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 320187+16
3Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 31026603
4Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 3003120190
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg6–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Report
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–0Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Report
BBVA Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 4,363 [10]
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg0–2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–8Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report
BBVA Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 14,121 [11]
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–6Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Report
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report
BBVA Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 7,082 [12]
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300220+229Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 320172+56
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 310271033
4Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3003024240
Source: CONCACAF
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg11–0Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Report

Saint Kitts and Nevis  Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg0–6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg0–9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Attendance: 2,010 [14]
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg7–0Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report

Knockout stage

All times are local, PST (UTC−8). [8]

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
7 February – Carson
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
 
9 February – Carson
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
7 February – Carson
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0
 

Semi-finals

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

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report

United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report

Final

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report

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]

AwardWinner
Golden Ball Flag of the United States.svg Christen Press
Golden Boot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordyn Huitema
Golden Glove Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephanie Labbé
Fair Play AwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States

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

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephanie Labbé Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kadeisha Buchanan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ashley Lawrence
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Stephannie Blanco
Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Dunn
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Raquel Rodríguez
Flag of Haiti.svg Nérilia Mondésir
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Horan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordyn Huitema
Flag of Mexico.svg Renae Cuéllar
Flag of the United States.svg Christen Press

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7 February 2020 [20] 3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7 February 2020 [20] 6 ( 1996 , 2000, 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Controversy

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