2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	10–21 February 2016
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Crystal Dunn Raquel Rodríguez (6 goals each)
Best player	Morgan Brian
Best goalkeeper	Hope Solo
Fair play award	United States

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship^[1] was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised 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 12 August 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 10–21 February 2016 in Houston and Frisco, Texas.^[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.^[2]

The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.^[3]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:^[1]

• Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the hosts United States, who all qualified automatically^{[n 1]}
• Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
• Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Regional qualification tournaments were held 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.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous women's Olympic appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	4th	Runner-up (2008, 2012)	2
Mexico	Automatic	4th	Runner-up (2004)	1
United States	Automatic	4th	Winner (2004, 2008, 2012)	5
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
Costa Rica	Group winner	4th	Fourth place (2004, 2008) Semi-finals (2012)	0
Guatemala	Group runner-up	2nd	Group stage (2012)	0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
Trinidad and Tobago	Final round winner	3rd	Group stage (2004, 2008)	0
Puerto Rico	Final round runner-up	1st	N/A	0
Guyana	Final round 3rd place	1st	N/A	0

Venues

The two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015.

• BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
• Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST (UTC−5) at the InterContinental Doral in Doral, Florida.^[6] The draw was conducted by Cat Whitehill and Tiffany Roberts.^[7]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host, defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
United States (Position A1)  Canada  Mexico	Costa Rica  Guatemala	Guyana  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).^[9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:^[9]

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	7	3	+4	3
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	0	25	−25	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

Puerto Rico  v  Mexico

10 February 2016 17:00

Puerto Rico	0–6	Mexico
	Report	Domínguez  18', 51', 89' (pen.) Garciamendez  22' Rangel  54' Johnson  90+1'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

United States  v  Costa Rica

10 February 2016 19:30

United States	5–0	Costa Rica
Morgan  1', 62' Lloyd  9' (pen.) Dunn  15' Press  83'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Attendance: 8,143 Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica  v  Puerto Rico

13 February 2016 12:30

Costa Rica	9–0	Puerto Rico
K. Villalobos  8', 57', 60' R. Rodríguez  36', 75', 90+2' Herrera  56' Sáenz  65' S. Cruz  84'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

Mexico  v  United States

13 February 2016 15:00

Mexico	0–1	United States
	Report	Lloyd  80'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Attendance: 15,032 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

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Mexico  v  Costa Rica

15 February 2016 17:00

Mexico	1–2	Costa Rica
Domínguez  79'	Report	R. Rodríguez  10', 57' (pen.)

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

United States  v  Puerto Rico

15 February 2016 19:30

United States	10–0	Puerto Rico
Dunn  6', 21', 61', 85', 87' Lloyd  19' (pen.) O'Hara  45' Rivera  60' (o.g.) Press  62' Mewis  90'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Frisco Attendance: 7,658 Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Knockout stage
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Guyana	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Source: CONCACAF

Guatemala  v  Trinidad and Tobago

11 February 2016 17:00

Guatemala	1–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Martínez  18' (pen.)	Report	Cordner  74' St. Louis  78'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

Canada  v  Guyana

11 February 2016 19:30

Canada	5–0	Guyana
Rose  25', 40' Lawrence  29', 46', 48'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 836 Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

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Guyana  v  Guatemala

14 February 2016 12:30

Guyana	2–1	Guatemala
El-Masri  71' Heydorn  76'	Report	Martínez  54'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Trinidad and Tobago  v  Canada

14 February 2016 15:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0–6	Canada
	Report	Matheson  24' Tancredi  44' Sinclair  63' Buchanan  66' Beckie  75' Fleming  79'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 1,453 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

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Trinidad and Tobago  v  Guyana

16 February 2016 17:00

Trinidad and Tobago	5–1	Guyana
Cordner  7', 61' Shade  9' Cunningham  16' Mollon  21'	Report	Williams  43'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Canada  v  Guatemala

16 February 2016 19:30

Canada	10–0	Guatemala
Tancredi  4', 85' Carle  27' Beckie  35' Prince  43', 84', 88' Quinn  45' (pen.), 49', 52'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 859 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.^[9]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 February – Houston
	Canada	3
					21 February – Houston
	Costa Rica	1
					Canada	0
	19 February – Houston
					United States	2
	United States	5
	Trinidad and Tobago	0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Canada  v  Costa Rica

19 February 2016 16:30

Canada	3–1	Costa Rica
Sinclair  17', 52' Rose  86'	Report	Rodríguez  73' (pen.)

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

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United States  v  Trinidad and Tobago

19 February 2016 19:30

United States	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Heath  12' Morgan  30', 71', 73' Lloyd  43'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Final

Canada  v  United States

21 February 2016 16:00

Canada	0–2	United States
	Report	Horan  53' Heath  61'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 10,119 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Winners

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
United States Fourth title

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	United States (H)	5	5	0	0	23	0	+23	15	Champions
	Canada	5	4	0	1	24	3	+21	12	Runners-up
3	Costa Rica	4	2	0	2	12	9	+3	6	Eliminated in Semi-finals
4	Trinidad and Tobago	4	2	0	2	7	13	−6	6
5	Mexico	3	1	0	2	7	3	+4	3	Eliminated in Group stage
6	Guyana	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3
7	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0
8	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	0	25	−25	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^1
United States	19 February 2016	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Canada	19 February 2016	2 (2008, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Raquel Rodríguez
• Crystal Dunn

5 goals

• Alex Morgan

4 goals

• Maribel Domínguez
• Carli Lloyd

3 goals

• Ashley Lawrence
• Nichelle Prince
• Rebecca Quinn
• Deanne Rose
• Christine Sinclair
• Melissa Tancredi
• Karla Villalobos
• Kennya Cordner

2 goals

• Janine Beckie
• Ana Martínez
• Tobin Heath
• Christen Press

1 goal

• Kadeisha Buchanan
• Gabrielle Carle
• Jessie Fleming
• Diana Matheson
• Shirley Cruz
• Melissa Herrera
• Diana Sáenz
• Mariam El-Masri
• Alison Heydorn
• Bria Williams
• Alina Garciamendez
• Katlyn Johnson
• Nayeli Rangel
• Jenelle Cunningham
• Ahkeela Mollon
• Mariah Shade
• Tasha St. Louis
• Lindsey Horan
• Kelley O'Hara
• Sam Mewis

Own goal

• Ashley Rivera (playing against United States)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[10]

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Hope Solo
• Right Defender: Kelley O'Hara
• Central Defender: Becky Sauerbrunn
• Central Defender: Kadeisha Buchanan
• Left Defender: Allysha Chapman
• Right Midfielder: Tobin Heath
• Central Midfielder: Lindsey Horan
• Central Midfielder: Morgan Brian
• Left Midfielder: Ashley Lawrence
• Forward: Alex Morgan
• Forward: Carli Lloyd

Golden Ball

• Morgan Brian

Golden Boot

• Crystal Dunn (6 goals)

Golden Glove

• Hope Solo

Fair Play Award

•  United States

Footnotes

1. The other two NAFU members, the Bahamas and Bermuda, did not enter the qualifying tournament. Even if they had, CONCACAF statutes stipulate that they would have competed within the body's Caribbean Zone.

References

1. "United States to Host 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
2. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (pdf). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
3. "USA, Canada qualify for Rio 2016". FIFA.com. 20 February 2016.
4. "Se definieron las Eliminatorias Pre-Olimpicas de UNCAF Masculinas y Femenina" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
5. "2015 Women's Olympic Qualifiers begins today August 21". Caribbean Football Union. 21 August 2015.
6. "CONCACAF to Hold Women's Olympic Qualifying Draw in Miami on November 23". CONCACAF.com. 20 November 2015.
7. "Draw Determines Groups for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF.com. 23 November 2015.
8. "Draw: CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Texas 2016". CONCACAF.com. 23 November 2015.
9. "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
10. "TSG announces CWOQ Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

External links

• Olympic Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com