CONCACAF W Gold Cup

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CONCACAF W Gold Cup
CONCACAF W Gold Cup logo.png
Organising body CONCACAF
Founded10 December 2020;4 years ago (2020-12-10)
RegionNorth America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams12 (final tournament)
33 (qualification)
Current championsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
(2024)
Most successful team(s)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1 title)
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

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]

Contents

Adoption

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]

Format

The qualification competition, known as the "Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup", begins with the group stage, featuring 33 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league features three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The three group winners in League A qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The group runners-up of League A and the League B group winners 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 receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping the group stage. [2]

The W Gold Cup features 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 are split into three groups of four, and compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion. [1]

Results

Ed.YearHostFinalSemi-finalistsTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up
1 2024 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg
United States
1–0 Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 12

Performance by country

Teams reaching the semi-finals
TeamChampionsRunners-upSemi-finalists
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 (2024)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1 (2024)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1 (2024)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1 (2024)

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team (12) Flag of the United States.svg
2024
(12)
Total
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada SF1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica QF1
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic GS1
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador GS1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico SF1
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama GS1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico GS1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1st1
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina QF1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2nd1
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia QF1
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay QF1

Awards


TournamentGolden BallGolden BootGoalsGolden GloveYoung Player AwardCONCACAF Fair Play Trophy
Flag of the United States.svg United States 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Jaedyn Shaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adriana Leon 6 Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Olivia Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF . 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF . 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.