2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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.

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates10–21 February 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Crystal Dunn
Raquel Rodríguez
(6 goals each)
Best player(s) Morgan Brian
Best goalkeeper Hope Solo
Fair play award United States

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
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)
 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.

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

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  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 0–6 Mexico
Report Domínguez  18', 51', 89' (pen.)
Garciamendez  22'
Rangel  54'
Johnson  90+1'
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)
United States 5–0 Costa Rica
Morgan  1', 62'
Lloyd  9' (pen.)
Dunn  15'
Press  83'		 Report
Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
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
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)
Mexico 0–1 United States
Report Lloyd  80'
Attendance: 15,032
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
Mexico 1–2 Costa Rica
Domínguez  79' Report R. Rodríguez  10', 57' (pen.)
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)
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
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 1–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Martínez  18' (pen.) Report Cordner  74'
St. Louis  78'
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)
Canada 5–0 Guyana
Rose  25', 40'
Lawrence  29', 46', 48'		 Report
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 836
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Guyana 2–1 Guatemala
El-Masri  71'
Heydorn  76'		 Report Martínez  54'
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)
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)
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 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 February – Houston
 
 
 Canada3
 
21 February – Houston
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 Canada0
 
19 February – Houston
 
 United States2
 
 United States5
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

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)
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 0–2 United States
Report Horan  53'
Heath  61'
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 10,119
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

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 tournament1
 United States19 February 20165 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Canada19 February 20162 (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
  • Morgan Brian
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

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.
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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. 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.
  4. "Se definieron las Eliminatorias Pre-Olimpicas de UNCAF Masculinas y Femenina" (in Spanish). 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. "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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