Organizing body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 2004 |
Region | North America, Central America and the Caribbean |
Qualifier for | Summer Olympics |
Current champion(s) | United States (5th title) |
Most successful team(s) | United States (5 titles) |
2024 Olympic Qualifying |
The CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an international football (soccer) event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and was the qualification tournament for the Olympic Games.
Women's football tournaments in Olympics have been held since 1996, but the qualifying tournaments were held for the 2004 to 2020 Olympics, [1] with the two finalists qualify for the Olympic tournament.
For the 2024 Summer Olympics, the winner of the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship will qualify for the 2024 tournament, while the second and third-placed teams will advance to a CONCACAF Olympic play-off, [2] where the winner of the play-off will qualify for the Olympics.
Flags indicate the hosts for the final rounds of the respective tournaments.
(Q) indicates qualification to Olympics.
Olympics | World Cup | World Cup participants from CONCACAF | ||
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1996 | 1995 | United States (Q) (third place) | Canada (group stage) | N/A |
2000 | 1999 | United States (Q) (winners) | Canada (group stage) | Mexico (group stage) |
Olympics | Qualifying | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
2004 | 2004 | United States (Q) | 3–2 | Mexico (Q) | Canada | 4–0 | Costa Rica | ||
2008 | 2008 | United States (Q) | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (6–5 pen.) | Canada (Q) | Mexico | 1–0 | Costa Rica | ||
2012 | 2012 | United States (Q) | 4–0 | Canada (Q) | Mexico and Costa Rica (no third place match) | ||||
2016 | 2016 | United States (Q) | 2–0 | Canada (Q) | Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica (no third place match) | ||||
2020 | 2020 | United States (Q) | 3–0 | Canada (Q) | Costa Rica and Mexico (no third place match) |
Olympics | CONCACAF W Championship | CONCACAF W Championship Final | CONCACAF Olympic play-off (runner-up vs third place) | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Runner-up | Score | Third Place | ||||
2024 | 2022 | United States (Q) | 1–0 | Canada | Canada | 4-1 | Jamaica |
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