2022 CONCACAF W Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was 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 played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico.[1] The United States emerged as the winner, defeating Canada 1–0 in the final.[2]

2022 CONCACAF W Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates4–18 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (9th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Jamaica
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored42 (2.63 per match)
Attendance94,028 (5,877 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Jessie Fleming
Canada Julia Grosso[note 1]
Jamaica Khadija Shaw
United States Alex Morgan
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)United States Alex Morgan
Best young playerHaiti Melchie Dumornay
Best goalkeeperCanada Kailen Sheridan
Fair play award Canada

The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. The top two teams in each of the two groups qualified for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3] The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[4][5] Finally, the champions and the best team from each of the three CONCACAF sub-regions qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]

The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.[7]

Qualification
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification

The qualifying competition was held in February and April 2022.[8] For six of the available eight slots, thirty teams were drawn into six groups of five, and played two home and two away matches in a single round-robin format. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF W final tournament.[5] In addition, Canada and the United States, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings of August 2020, qualified automatically.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF W final tournament.

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of qualification Finals appearance Previous best performance Previous World Cup
appearances		 FIFA ranking
at start of event[9]
 Canada Automatic 10 December 2020 10th Champions (1998, 2010) 7 6
 United States
(title holders)		 Automatic 10 December 2020 10th Champions (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018) 8 1
 Mexico (hosts) Qualification Group A winner 12 April 2022 10th Runners-up (1998, 2010) 3 26
 Costa Rica Qualification Group B winner 12 April 2022 8th Runners-up (2014) 1 37
 Jamaica Qualification Group C winner 12 April 2022 7th Third place (2018) 1 51
 Panama Qualification Group D winner 12 April 2022 4th Fourth place (2018) 0 57
 Haiti Qualification Group E winner 12 April 2022 6th Fourth place (1991) 0 60
 Trinidad and Tobago Qualification Group F winner 12 April 2022 11th Third place (1991) 0 76

Venues

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

Guadalupe San Nicolás de los Garza
Estadio BBVA
(Monterrey Football Club Stadium)		 Estadio Universitario
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 41,615

Format

Eight teams played in the tournament, drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round-robin matches.[1] The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, and qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The two third-placed teams from the group stage advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[5][3] The number of slots is an expansion from the previous Women's World Cup qualifying competition, which allocated only 3.5 spots to CONCACAF.[10]

The knockout stage featured the semi-finals, a third place match, and the final to determine the champions. The winners of the competition qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[5]

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.3):[11]

  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: minus 1 point;
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
    • direct red card: minus 4 points;
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
  5. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Draw

The group stage draw was held on 19 April 2022, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami. The eight teams were split into four pots of two teams each, based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of June 2021.[12] The highest-ranked nation, the United States, was automatically placed in position 1 of Group A, while the second highest-ranked nation, Canada, was placed in position 1 of Group B. The remaining teams were drawn into Group A and B in order, taking the position corresponding to their pot.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a preliminary list of up to 60 players, 5 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least thirty days before the opening match of the tournament.[14][15] Using players only from this list, each team must submit a final squad of 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent their participation in the tournament before their team's first match, or following the completion of the group stage, they could be replaced by another player from the preliminary list.[11]

Match officials

On 21 June 2022, CONCACAF announced the list of match officials for the tournament.[16]

Referees
Assistant referees
  • Canada Chantal Boudreau
  • Cuba Ivett Santiago
  • El Salvador Lidia Ayala
  • Guatemala Iris Vail
  • Honduras Lourdes Noriega
  • Honduras Shirley Perelló
  • Jamaica Jassett Kerr
  • Jamaica Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
  • Mexico Enedina Caudillo
  • Mexico Mayte Chávez
  • Mexico Karen Díaz
  • Mexico Sandra Ramírez
  • Suriname Mijensa Rensch
  • United States Felisha Mariscal
  • United States Brooke Mayo
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
Video assistant referees
  • Canada Chantal Boudreau
  • Canada Carol Anne Chenard
  • Costa Rica Marianela Araya
  • Honduras Melissa Borjas
  • Honduras Shirley Perelló
  • Jamaica Odette Hamilton
  • Jamaica Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
  • Mexico Enedina Caudillo
  • Mexico Mayte Chávez
  • Mexico Karen Díaz
  • Mexico Francia González
  • Mexico Sandra Ramírez
  • Nicaragua Tatiana Guzmán
  • United States Ekaterina Koroleva
  • United States Felisha Mariscal
  • United States Brooke Mayo
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
  • United States Tori Penso

Group stage

The tournament schedule, without kick-off times, was announced on 20 April 2022, the day following the draw.[17]

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

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).[18]

Group A
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualification for Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2  Jamaica 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4  Mexico (H) 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States 3–0 Haiti
  • Morgan 16', 23'
  • Purce 84'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 5,345
Mexico 0–1 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Jamaica 0–5 United States
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,150
Haiti 3–0 Mexico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,375
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Jamaica 4–0 Haiti
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,356
United States 1–0 Mexico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 20,522
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Group B
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualification for Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica 3–0 Panama
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Canada 6−0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,872
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,025
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Panama 0–1 Canada
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,249
Canada 2–0 Costa Rica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,721
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Panama 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,969
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Knockout stage
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) was played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
 
 
 United States3
 
18 July – Guadalupe
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 United States1
 
14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
 
 Canada0
 
 Canada3
 
 
 Jamaica0
 
Third place match
 
 
18 July – Guadalupe
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 
 Jamaica (a.e.t.)1

Semi-finals
United States 3–0 Costa Rica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 2,537
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Canada 3–0 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,153

Third place match

The winner advanced to the CONCACAF playoff for both the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup as unseeded team.

Costa Rica 0–1 (a.e.t.) Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 6,889

Final
Main article: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Final

The winner qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The runners-up advanced to the two-legged CONCACAF playoff for both tournaments as seeded team.[5]

United States 1–0 Canada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 17,247
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards
Award Player
Golden Ball United States Alex Morgan
Golden Boot Canada Julia Grosso (3 goals)
Golden Glove Canada Kailen Sheridan
Young Player Haiti Melchie Dumornay
Fair Play  Canada
Best XI[19]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Canada Kailen Sheridan

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup
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The following six teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
 United States7 July 20228 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Costa Rica8 July 20221 (2015)
 Canada8 July 20227 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Jamaica11 July 20221 (2019)
 Haiti21 February 20230 (debut)
 Panama22 February 20230 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics and CONCACAF W Gold Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.[5] In addition to the winner of the W Championship (United States), the winner of a CONCACAF Olympic play-in between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship will also qualify.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympic Games2
 United States18 July 20227 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Canada26 September 20234 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

Similar to the 2018 championship, this tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament. The champions and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified.[6] However, Canada declined to participate citing scheduling issues and was replaced by Mexico,[20][21] the next NAFU best team.

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games3
 Costa RicaUNCAF8 July 20225 (1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 JamaicaCFU11 July 20222 (2007, 2019)
 United StatesNAFU (Qualified by the champions quota)14 July 20222 (1999, 2007)
 MexicoNAFU12 September 20236 (all) (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
3 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Marketing

The official logo was unveiled on 19 August 2021.

Official song

"Lions (Champions Mix)" by Jamaican singer Skip Marley (feat. Cedella Marley) served as the official song of the tournament.

Broadcasting rights

CONCACAF
Country Broadcaster(s) Ref.
Canada
[22][23]
United States
[22]
Mexico
Caribbean
Latin America

International
Broadcaster Ref
International (unsold markets) Concacaf GO [22]
South America
[24]

Notes
  1. Grosso was awarded the Golden Boot based on having played the fewest minutes of the four players to score three goals.

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