2022 CONCACAF W Championship

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2022 CONCACAF W Championship
CONCACAF W Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityMonterrey
Dates4–18 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship will be 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 will play in the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico.[1]

The tournament will serve as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[2] In addition, the winners will qualify for the Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams will advance to the .[3][4]

The United States are the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.[5]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification

The qualifying competition will be held in February and April 2022.[6] Thirty teams will be drawn into six groups of five, and will play two home and two away matches in a single round-robin format. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament.[4]

Qualified teams[]

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament. Canada and the United States, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings of August 2020, qualified automatically.[3]

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of qualification Finals appearance Previous best performance Previous World Cup
appearances 		FIFA ranking
at start of event[7]
 Canada Automatic 10 December 2020 10th Champions (1998, 2010) 7
 United States
(title holders) 		Automatic 10 December 2020 10th Champions (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) 8
Qualification Group A winner April 2022
Qualification Group B winner April 2022
Qualification Group C winner April 2022
Qualification Group D winner April 2022
Qualification Group E winner April 2022
Qualification Group F winner April 2022

Venues[]

On 14 February 2022, CONCACAF announced the tournament would be hosted in Mexico, with all matches scheduled to be played in Monterrey zone.[1]

Guadalupe San Nicolás de los Garza
Estadio BBVA Estadio Universitario
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 41,615
Estadio BBVA Bancomer (1).jpg Estadio Universitario Concachampions.jpg

Format[]

Eight teams will play in the tournament, which will be held from 4 to 18 July 2022.[1] They will be drawn into two groups of four teams and will play single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, and will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The two third-placed teams from the group stage will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[4][2] The number of slots is an expansion from the previous Women's World Cup qualifying competition, which only allocated 3.5 spots to CONCACAF.[8]

The knockout stage will feature the semi-finals, a third place play-off and the final to determine the champions. The winners of the competition will qualify for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, while the second and third-placed teams will advance to the .[4]

Tiebreakers[]

Teams are 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 are determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.3):[9]

  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:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. lowest fair play points in all group matches:
    • first yellow card: plus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): plus 3 points;
    • direct red card: plus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: plus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Group stage[]

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

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2022. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on July 2022. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July – TBD
 
 
Winner Group A
 
18 July – TBD
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
July – TBD
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place play-off
 
 
July – TBD
 
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals[]

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Third place play-off[]

The winner of the third place play-off will advance to the .

Loser Semi-final 1vLoser Semi-final 2

Final[]

The winner of the final will qualify for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The loser will advance to the .[4]

Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

Qualification for international tournaments[]

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup[]

The following four teams from CONCACAF will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
TBD July 2022
TBD July 2022
TBD July 2022
TBD July 2022
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics[]

The following two teams from CONCACAF will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. In addition to the winner of the W Championship, the winner of a between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship will also qualify.[4]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympic Games1
TBD July 2022
TBD September 2023
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Concacaf announces Monterrey as host for summer's Concacaf W Championship". CONCACAF. 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Lavelle and Morgan lift the United States over Canada for the 2018 CWC title". CONCACAF. 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Schedule change announced for CONCACAF W Qualifiers". CONCACAF. Miami. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's Ranking (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com.
  8. ^ "Circular No. 1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/hy2bojrx/2022-concacaf-w-championship-regulations-eng.pdf

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