2022 CONCACAF W Championship

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]

2022 CONCACAF W Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates4–18 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

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 of the two groups 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 CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[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 was 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 CONCACAF W final tournament.[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the CONCACAF W 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
 Mexico (hosts) Qualification Group A winner 12 April 2022 10th Runners-up (1998, 2010) 3
 Costa Rica Qualification Group B winner 12 April 2022 8th Runners-up (2014) 1
 Jamaica Qualification Group C winner 12 April 2022 7th Third place (2018) 1
 Panama Qualification Group D winner 12 April 2022 4th Fourth place (2018) 0
 Haiti Qualification Group E winner 12 April 2022 6th Fourth place (1991) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago Qualification Group F winner 12 April 2022 11th Third place (1991) 0

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
(Monterrey Football Club Stadium)		 Estadio Universitario
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 41,615

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 allocated only 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 CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[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.

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.[10] The highest ranked nation, 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.[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The tournament schedule, without kick-off times, was announced on 20 April 2022, the day following the draw.[12]

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  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2022. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
United States Match 1 Haiti
Mexico Match 2 Jamaica
Jamaica Match 5 United States
Haiti Match 6 Mexico
Jamaica Match 11 Haiti
United States Match 12 Mexico

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Women's World Cup
and advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
4  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 5 July 2022. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica Match 3 Panama
Canada Match 4 Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Match 7 Costa Rica
Panama Match 8 Canada
Canada Match 9 Costa Rica
Panama Match 10 Trinidad and Tobago

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
 
 
Winner Group A
 
18 July – Guadalupe
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 13
 
14 July – San Nicolás de los Garza
 
Winner Match 14
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place play-off
 
 
18 July – Guadalupe
 
 
Loser Match 13
 
 
Loser Match 14

Semi-finals
Winner Group AMatch 13Runner-up Group B
Winner Group BMatch 14Runner-up Group A

Third place play-off

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

Loser Match 13Match 15Loser Match 14

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 CONCACAF Olympic play-off.[4]

Winner Match 13Match 16Winner Match 14

Goalscorers

There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 4 July 2022).

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
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 2022
TBDJuly 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 CONCACAF Olympic play-off between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship will also qualify.[4]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympic Games1
TBD18 July 2022
TBDSeptember 2023
1 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 will serve as the official song of the tournament.

Broadcasting rights

References
  1. "Concacaf announces Monterrey as host for summer's Concacaf W Championship". CONCACAF. 14 February 2022.
  2. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. "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. "2022 Concacaf W Championship – Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. "Women's Ranking: 25 Jun 2021". FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  11. "CONCACAF announces details for 2022 CONCACAF W Championship draw". CONCACAF. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  12. "CONCACAF W Championship 2022 Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  13. "Concacaf announces schedule for 2022 Concacaf W Championship". concacaf.com. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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