2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification

The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition, also known as the Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup, is an upcoming women's football tournament that will be contested by 33 of the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The competition will decide six of the twelve participating teams of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, the inaugural edition of the W Gold Cup.

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesLeague stage:
September – November 2023
Play-offs:
17 February 2024
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)

The league stage of the qualifying will be played between September and November 2023, with the three League A group winners qualifying for the final tournament. Three additional teams will qualify via the play-off round, contested on 17 February 2024 by the League A group runners-up and the League B group winners. These six teams will join the two CONCACAF teams qualified for the Olympics and four guests at the W Gold Cup, to be contested in February and March 2024.[1][2]

Format

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 33 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league will feature three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The three group runners-up of League A and the three League B group winners will participate in a play-off on 17 February 2024 to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The play-offs were originally planned to take place in March 2024,[2] but were moved to February to accommodate the W Gold Cup final tournament also being moved (from June to February and March 2024).[3] The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping qualification.[2]

Seeding

Of the 41 CONCACAF member associations, 35 entered into the qualification competition, while the two CONCACAF teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics (the United States and the loser of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off) advanced directly to the final competition.

On 27 April 2023, CONCACAF announced 33 countries had entered into the qualifying competition (including the loser of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off).[4] The teams were split into leagues and pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Ranking of March 2023,[5] with League A containing nine teams and Leagues B and C containing twelve teams. On 11 May, the CONCACAF Council approved the late entries of Bonaire, Cuba and Saint Lucia into the competition. To preserve the integrity of the leagues, these teams were placed in League C regardless of their ranking, though the pots were updated based on the ranking of the new teams. At the same time, the British Virgin Islands (originally in League C, pot 3) were confirmed to have withdrawn from the competition, bringing the total number of qualifying entrants to 35, and the number of teams in League C to fourteen. To accommodate the newly added teams, League C was expanded from three groups of four teams to two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D).[6]

The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2023, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.[4] Teams were split into three pots of three teams in League A, four pots of three teams in League B, and three pots of four teams and one pot of two teams in League C. The pots were drawn from sequentially, with drawn teams assigned to groups in ascending order.

Qualified to final tournament
Team Pts Rank
 United States 7,699 1
 Canada
or  Jamaica[lower-alpha 1]		 5,231
or 3,496		 2
or 4
League A
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Canada
or  Jamaica[lower-alpha 1]		 5,231
or 3,496		 2
or 4
 Costa Rica 3,831 3
 Mexico 3,085 5
2  Panama 2,381 6
 Haiti 2,235 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 2,231 8
3  Guatemala 1,121 9
 Puerto Rico 958 11
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 943 12
League B
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  El Salvador 846 13
 Guyana 844 14
 Dominican Republic 823 15
2  Bermuda 820 16
 Nicaragua 777 17
 Antigua and Barbuda 722 18
3  Honduras 556 19
 Suriname 499 20
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 21
4  Martinique 409 22
 Barbados 405 23
 Dominica 365 24
League C
Pot Team Pts Rank
1  Cuba[lower-alpha 2] 1,080 10
 U.S. Virgin Islands 332 25
 Belize 324 26
 Curaçao 318 27
2  Cayman Islands 305 28
 Saint Lucia[lower-alpha 2] 301 29
 Aruba 274 30
 Grenada 165 31
3  Anguilla 133 32
 Turks and Caicos Islands 122 33
 Guadeloupe 23 35
 Bahamas 0 36
4  Bonaire[lower-alpha 2] 0 37
 Sint Maarten 0 40
Did not enter
Team Pts Rank
 British Virgin Islands[lower-alpha 3] 62 34
 French Guiana 0 38
 Montserrat 0 39
 Saint Martin 0 41

Notes

  1. The identity of the CONCACAF Olympic play-off winner and loser was not known at the time of the draw.
  2. Late entry accepted, placed into League C regardless of ranking
  3. Initially entered (placed in League C, pot 3), but withdrew before the draw

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition.[1]

Stage Round FIFA match window[7]
League stage Matchday 1 18–26 September 2023
Matchday 2
Matchday 3 23–31 October 2023
Matchday 4
Matchday 5 27 November – 6 December 2023
Matchday 6
Play-offs Play-off 17 February 2024

League A

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Puerto Rico
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD TBD
2  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Guatemala
1  Canada or  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD TBD
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis
1  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD TBD
2  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD — TBD
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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League B

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guyana Antigua and Barbuda Suriname Dominica
1  Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD TBD TBD
2  Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification El Salvador Nicaragua Honduras Martinique
1  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD TBD TBD
2  Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Dominican Republic Bermuda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados
1  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD TBD TBD
2  Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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League C

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Belize Aruba Turks and Caicos Islands Bonaire
1  Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD TBD TBD
2  Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Bonaire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cuba Saint Lucia Guadeloupe Sint Maarten
1  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD TBD TBD
2  Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
3  Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
4  Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States Virgin Islands Grenada The Bahamas
1  U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD TBD
2  Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD
3  Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Curaçao Cayman Islands Anguilla
1  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD TBD
2  Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD
3  Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Play-offs

The three group runners-up of League A and the three group winners of League B will advance to the play-offs (also known as the prelims). The six teams will be divided into three pairings based off the December 2023 CONCACAF Women's Ranking. The single-leg matches will take place in the United States on 17 February 2024, immediately prior to the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The three winners will qualify for the group stage.[3]

Summary
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Highest-ranked team 17 Feb Lowest-ranked team
Second-ranked team 17 Feb Fifth-ranked team
Third-ranked team 17 Feb Fourth-ranked team

Matches
Highest-ranked teamvLowest-ranked team
Second-ranked teamvFifth-ranked team
Third-ranked teamvFourth-ranked team

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 United States2022 CONCACAF W Championship winner18 July 2022
CONCACAF Olympic play-off winnerSeptember 2023
Qualification Group A1 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification Group A2 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification Group A3 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
 Brazil2022 Copa América Femenina winners27 January 2023
 Colombia2022 Copa América Femenina runners-up27 January 2023
 Argentina2022 Copa América Femenina third place27 January 2023
 Paraguay2022 Copa América Femenina fourth place27 January 2023

References
  1. "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. "CONCACAF announces dates and format for inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. "CONCACAF confirms details for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. "Rankings: Women's National Team". CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. "Update on 2023 Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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