2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONCACAF WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEXAS 2016
File:2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates10 – 21 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States (4th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Crystal Dunn
Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)United States Morgan Brian
Best goalkeeperUnited States Hope Solo
Fair play awardFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
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The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship[1] was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial international football tournament organized 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 Frisco and Houston, Texas.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic 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 Summer Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.[3]

Qualification

Further information: 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

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

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)
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Automatic 4th Runner-up (2008, 2012) 2
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Automatic 4th Runner-up (2004) 1
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Automatic 4th Winner (2004, 2008, 2012) 5
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Group winner 4th Fourth place (2004, 2008)
Semi-finals (2012) 		0
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Group runner-up 2nd Group stage (2012) 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Final round winner 3rd Group stage (2004, 2008) 0
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Final round runner-up 1st N/A 0
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Final round 3rd place 1st N/A 0

Venues

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

Frisco Houston
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Location of the host cities of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
Toyota Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 22,039
File:Toyota Stadium Night Game.jpg
File:BBVA Compass Stadium 2013-04-28.jpg

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, United States.[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

Squads

Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (H) 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4 3
4 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg0–1File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Report Lloyd File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Attendance: 15,032
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21 9 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 7 8 −1 6
3 File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
4 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: CONCACAF
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–0File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Rose File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 40'
Lawrence File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 46', 48'		 Report
Attendance: 836
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 February – Houston
 
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3
 
21 February – Houston
 
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica1
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada0
 
19 February – Houston
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States2
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States5
 
 
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago0
 

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Final

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (H) 5 5 0 0 23 0 +23 15 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 4 0 1 24 3 +21 12 Runners-up
3 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 12 9 +3 6 Eliminated in
Semi-finals
4 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 0 2 7 13 −6 6
5 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
7 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
8 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for 2016 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 February 2016 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 19 February 2016 2 (2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

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

Best XI
Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Notes

  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.
  2. ↑ Then known as Rebecca Quinn

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "USA, Canada qualify for Rio 2016". FIFA.com. 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Se definieron las Eliminatorias Pre-Olimpicas de UNCAF Masculinas y Femenina" (in español). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 Women's Olympic Qualifiers begins today August 21". Caribbean Football Union. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "CONCACAF to Hold Women's Olympic Qualifying Draw in Miami on November 23". CONCACAF.com. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Draw Determines Groups for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF.com. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Draw: CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Texas 2016". CONCACAF.com. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "TSG announces CWOQ Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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