2022 CONCACAF W Championship

2022 CONCACAF W Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	4–18 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Jamaica
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	42 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	94,028 (5,877 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jessie Fleming Julia Grosso [note 1] Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Alex Morgan
Best young player	Melchie Dumornay
Best goalkeeper	Kailen Sheridan
Fair play award	Canada
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The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship 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. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico. ^[1] The United States emerged as the winner, defeating Canada 1–0 in the final. ^[2]

The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. The top two teams in each of the two groups qualified for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. ^[3] The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off. ^{[4] [5]} Finally, the champions and the best team from each of the three CONCACAF sub-regions qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games. ^[6]

The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014 and 2018 tournaments. ^[7]

Qualification

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification

The qualifying competition was held in February and April 2022. ^[8] For six of the available eight slots, thirty teams were drawn into six groups of five, and played two home and two away matches in a single round-robin format. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF W final tournament. ^[5] In addition, Canada and the United States, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings of August 2020, qualified automatically. ^[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF W final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous best performance	Previous World Cup appearances	FIFA ranking at start of event [9]
Canada	Automatic	10 December 2020	10th	Champions (1998, 2010)	7	6
United States (title holders)	Automatic	10 December 2020	10th	Champions (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018)	8	1
Mexico (hosts)	Qualification Group A winner	12 April 2022	10th	Runners-up (1998, 2010)	3	26
Costa Rica	Qualification Group B winner	12 April 2022	8th	Runners-up (2014)	1	37
Jamaica	Qualification Group C winner	12 April 2022	7th	Third place (2018)	1	51
Panama	Qualification Group D winner	12 April 2022	4th	Fourth place (2018)	0	57
Haiti	Qualification Group E winner	12 April 2022	6th	Fourth place (1991)	0	60
Trinidad and Tobago	Qualification Group F winner	12 April 2022	11th	Third place (1991)	0	76

Venues

On 14 February 2022, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would be held in Mexico and that matches would be played in the cities of Guadalupe and San Nicolás de los Garza, both located in the Monterrey metropolitan area. ^[1]

Guadalupe	San Nicolás de los Garza	Guadalupe San Nicolás de los Garza
(Monterrey Area)
Estadio BBVA (Monterrey Football Club Stadium)	Estadio Universitario
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 41,615

Format

Eight teams played in the tournament, drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round-robin matches. ^[1] The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, and qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The two third-placed teams from the group stage advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. ^{[5] [3]} The number of slots is an expansion from the previous Women's World Cup qualifying competition, which allocated only 3.5 spots to CONCACAF. ^[10]

The knockout stage featured the semi-finals, a third place match, and the final to determine the champions. The winners of the competition qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off. ^[5]

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): ^[11]

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:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. 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;
8. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Draw

The group stage draw was held on 19 April 2022, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami. The eight teams were split into four pots of two teams each, based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of June 2021. ^[12] The highest-ranked nation, the United States, was automatically placed in position 1 of Group A, while the second highest-ranked nation, Canada, was placed in position 1 of Group B. The remaining teams were drawn into Group A and B in order, taking the position corresponding to their pot. ^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (1) (position A1)   Canada (8) (position B1)	Mexico (28)   Costa Rica (36)	Jamaica (51)   Panama (60)	Haiti (62)   Trinidad and Tobago (70)

Squads

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a preliminary list of up to 60 players, 5 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least thirty days before the opening match of the tournament. ^{[14] [15]} Using players only from this list, each team must submit a final squad of 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent their participation in the tournament before their team's first match, or following the completion of the group stage, they could be replaced by another player from the preliminary list. ^[11]

Match officials

On 21 June 2022, CONCACAF announced the list of match officials for the tournament. ^[16]

Referees

• Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
• Myriam Marcotte
• Marianela Araya
• Astrid Gramajo
• Melissa Borjas
• Odette Hamilton
• Katia García
• Francia González
• Tatiana Guzmán
• Ekaterina Koroleva
• Tori Penso

Assistant referees

• Chantal Boudreau
• Ivett Santiago
• Lidia Ayala
• Iris Vail
• Lourdes Noriega
• Shirley Perelló
• Jassett Kerr
• Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
• Enedina Caudillo
• Mayte Chávez
• Karen Díaz
• Sandra Ramírez
• Mijensa Rensch
• Felisha Mariscal
• Brooke Mayo
• Kathryn Nesbitt

Video assistant referees

• Chantal Boudreau
• Carol Anne Chenard
• Marianela Araya
• Melissa Borjas
• Shirley Perelló
• Odette Hamilton
• Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
• Enedina Caudillo
• Mayte Chávez
• Karen Díaz
• Francia González
• Sandra Ramírez
• Tatiana Guzmán
• Ekaterina Koroleva
• Felisha Mariscal
• Brooke Mayo
• Kathryn Nesbitt
• Tori Penso

Group stage

The tournament schedule, without kick-off times, was announced on 20 April 2022, the day following the draw. ^[17]

The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The third-placed teams in each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5). ^[18]

Group A

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualification for Women's World Cup and advance to knockout stage
2	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Haiti	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4	Mexico (H)	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)

18:00

United States	3–0	Haiti
Morgan 16', 23' Purce 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 5,345

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

4 July 2022 (2022-07-04)

21:00

Mexico	0–1	Jamaica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Shaw 8'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 5,291

Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

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7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

18:00

Jamaica	0–5	United States
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Smith 5', 8' Lavelle 59' Mewis 83' (pen.) Rodman 86'

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 3,150

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

21:00

Haiti	3–0	Mexico
Borgella 14' (pen.) Mondésir 67' (pen.) Jeudy 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 3,375

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

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11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)

21:00

Jamaica	4–0	Haiti
Carter 26' Shaw 58', 70' (pen.) Spence 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 4,356

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)

21:00

United States	1–0	Mexico
Mewis 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 20,522

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Group B

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualification for Women's World Cup and advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Panama	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

18:00

Costa Rica	3–0	Panama
R. Rodríguez 6' Salas 24' Alvarado 60' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 4,327

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)

21:00

Canada	6−0	Trinidad and Tobago
Sinclair 27' Grosso 67', 79' Fleming 84' Beckie 86' Huitema 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 3,872

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

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8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0–4	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Granados 18', 44' Hutchinson 33' (o.g.) Alvarado 48'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 3,025

Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

21:00

Panama	0–1	Canada
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Grosso 64'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 3,249

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

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11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)

18:00

Canada	2–0	Costa Rica
Fleming 5' Schmidt 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 3,721

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)

18:00

Panama	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Cox 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 3,969

Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) was played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
	United States	3
					18 July – Guadalupe
	Costa Rica	0
					United States	1
	14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
					Canada	0
	Canada	3
	Jamaica	0
					Third place match
					18 July – Guadalupe
					Costa Rica	0
					Jamaica (a.e.t.)	1

Semi-finals

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14)

18:00

United States	3–0	Costa Rica
Sonnett 34' Pugh 45+3' Sanchez 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 2,537

Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

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14 July 2022 (2022-07-14)

21:00

Canada	3–0	Jamaica
Fleming 18' Chapman 64' Leon 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 3,153

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Third place match

The winner advanced to the CONCACAF play-off for both the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup as unseeded team.

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18)

18:00

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Jamaica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Van Zanten 102'

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 6,889

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Final

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Final

The winner qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The runners-up advanced to the two-legged CONCACAF playoff for both tournaments as seeded team. ^[5]

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18)

21:00

United States	1–0	Canada
Morgan 78' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe

Attendance: 17,247

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

2024 CONCACAF W Champions
United States Ninth title

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

3 goals

• Jessie Fleming
• Julia Grosso
• Khadija Shaw
• Alex Morgan

2 goals

• Katherine Alvarado
• Cristín Granados
• Kristie Mewis
• Sophia Smith

1 goal

• Janine Beckie
• Allysha Chapman
• Jordyn Huitema
• Adriana Leon
• Sophie Schmidt
• Christine Sinclair
• Raquel Rodríguez
• María Paula Salas
• Roselord Borgella
• Sherly Jeudy
• Nérilia Mondésir
• Trudi Carter
• Drew Spence
• Kalyssa Van Zanten
• Marta Cox
• Rose Lavelle
• Mallory Pugh
• Margaret Purce
• Trinity Rodman
• Ashley Sanchez
• Emily Sonnett

1 own goal

• Lauryn Hutchinson (against Costa Rica)

Awards

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Alex Morgan
Golden Boot	Julia Grosso (3 goals)
Golden Glove	Kailen Sheridan
Young Player	Melchie Dumornay
Fair Play	Canada

Best XI ^[19]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kailen Sheridan	Vanessa Gilles Naomi Girma Becky Sauerbrunn	Jessie Fleming Melchie Dumornay Drew Spence Rose Lavelle	Julia Grosso Khadija Shaw Alex Morgan

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

The following six teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. ^{[20] [21] [22]}

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1
United States	7 July 2022	8 ( 1991 , 1995, 1999 , 2003 , 2007, 2011, 2015 , 2019 )
Costa Rica	8 July 2022	1 (2015)
Canada	8 July 2022	7 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 , 2019)
Jamaica	11 July 2022	1 (2019)
Haiti	22 February 2023	0 (debut)
Panama	23 February 2023	0 (debut)

¹Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France, and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States. ^[5] In addition to the winner of the W Championship (United States), the winner of a CONCACAF Olympic play-in between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship also qualified. ^[20]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympic Games 2
United States	18 July 2022	7 ( 1996 , 2000, 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016, 2020)
Canada	26 September 2023	4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 )

²Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

Similar to the 2018 championship, this tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Chile. The champions and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified. ^[6] However, Canada declined to participate citing scheduling issues and was replaced by Mexico, ^{[23] [24]} the next NAFU best team.

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Pan American Games 3
Costa Rica	UNCAF	8 July 2022	5 (1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Jamaica	CFU	11 July 2022	2 (2007, 2019)
United States	NAFU (Qualified by the champions quota)	14 July 2022	2 ( 1999 , 2007)
Mexico	NAFU	12 September 2023	6 (all) (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 , 2015, 2019)

³Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Marketing

Logo

The official logo was unveiled on 19 August 2021.

Official song

"Lions (Champions Mix)" by Jamaican singer Skip Marley (feat. Cedella Marley) served as the official song of the tournament.

Broadcasting rights

CONCACAF

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Ref.
Canada	OneSoccer CBC	[25] [26]
United States	CBS Paramount+ TUDN ViX	[25]
Mexico	ESPN Star+
Caribbean
Latin America

International

	Broadcaster	Ref
International (unsold markets)	Concacaf GO	[25]
South America	ESPN Star+	[27]

Notes

1. Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.

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External links

• Official website