CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Women's Championship, in some years called the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying, is a football competition organized by CONCACAF that often serves as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup. In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited. CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the governing body for football for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The most successful country has been the United States, winning their seventh title in 2014.^[1]

History

2000 Gold Cup

The first Women's Gold Cup Qualifying Tournament (qualifying for the Women's World Cup) was hosted by the U.S. in 2000. Six member women's national teams participated: Canada, the U.S., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, as well as two invited teams, Brazil and China.^[2] The U.S. won. The 2002 Women's Gold Cup, held in Canada, was restricted to qualifying CONCACAF teams.

2002

Played in four venues and two countries over 14 days by eight teams, the 2002 Women's Gold Cup guaranteed two World Cup slots and one playoff spot to winners. After 16 games, played as 8 doubleheaders, the U.S.A. beat Canada in overtime. Mia Hamm scored the golden goal, taking the U.S. to their second Women's Gold Cup title. The U.S. had a 9–0–1 Gold Cup record, including 48 goals for and two goals against, both scored by Charmaine Hooper of Canada.

2006

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was held in the United States, with games being hosted at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California and Tropical Park Stadium in Miami, Florida. This 2007 World Cup qualifying tournament featured six teams in single-elimination, with the top two teams qualifying directly for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Additionally, the third-place finisher played a two-legged home-and-away playoff against Japan (the fourth-place finisher from the Asian Confederation).^[3]

Tournaments

CONCACAF Women's Championships

Tournaments not used as Women's World Cup Qualifying highlighted in pink.

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1991 Details	Haiti		United States	5 – 0	Canada		Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 2	Haiti
1993 Details	United States		United States	Round-robin	New Zealand		Canada	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
1994 Details	Canada		United States	Round-robin	Canada		Mexico	Round-robin	Trinidad and Tobago
1998* Details	Canada		Canada	1 – 0	Mexico		Costa Rica	4 – 0	Guatemala
2000 Details	United States		United States	1 – 0	Brazil		China PR	2 – 1	Canada
2002 Details	United States  Canada		United States	2 – 1 (gg)	Canada		Mexico	4 – 1	Costa Rica
2006 Details	United States		United States	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Canada		Mexico	3 – 0	Jamaica
2010 Details	Mexico		Canada	1 – 0	Mexico		United States	3 – 0	Costa Rica
2014* Details	United States		United States	6 – 0	Costa Rica		Mexico	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Trinidad and Tobago

*  United States did not participate, as it qualified directly for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host.

*  Canada did not participate, as it qualified directly for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as the host.

Performance by country

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
United States	7 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014)	-	1 (2010)	-
Canada	2 (1998, 2010)	4 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006)	1 (1993)	1 (2000)
Mexico	-	2 (1998, 2010)	4 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2014)	-
Costa Rica	-	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	2 (2002, 2010)
Brazil	-	1 (2000)	-	-
New Zealand	-	1 (1993)	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	1 (1991)	3 (1993, 1994, 2014)
China PR	-	-	1 (2000)	-
Haiti	-	-	-	1 (1991)
Guatemala	-	-	-	1 (1998)
Jamaica	-	-	-	1 (2006)

Teams in Italics are Guest Nations.

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• GS – Group stage
• q – Qualified
•     — Hosts

Team	1991	1993	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total
Canada	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	—	8
Costa Rica	GS	—	—	3rd	GS	4th	—	4th	2nd	6
Guatemala	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	GS	GS	4
Guyana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	1
Haiti	4th	—	—	GS	—	GS	—	GS	GS	5
Jamaica	GS	—	5th	—	—	GS	4th	—	GS	5
Martinique	GS	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	GS	1
Mexico	GS	—	3rd	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	8
Panama	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	2
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	9
United States	1st	1st	1st	—	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	8
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
Brazil	—	—	—	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	1
China PR	—	—	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	—	1
New Zealand	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

References

1. "Wambach fires for four, U.S. claims CWC title". concacaf.com. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
2. http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/resource_center/womens_soccer/446128.html
3. The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Women's National Team

External links

• Official website
• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup at RSSSF