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2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.[2]

Teams edit

A total of 23 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, three teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 20 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone Teams entering No. of teams
North American Zone
(NAFU)
  •   Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •   Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •   United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)
 3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
5
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
15
Notes
1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Central American Zone edit

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
Eliminatoria Preolimpica Femenina de UNCAF 2015
Tournament details
Host country  Nicaragua
Dates30 September – 4 October 2015
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica
Runners-up  Guatemala
Third place  El Salvador
Fourth place  Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Melissa Herrera
  Karla Villalobos
(3 goals each)
← 2012
2020 →

In the Central American Zone, five UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were placed in a single group, as confirmed on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.[3] The matches were played between 30 September and 4 October 2015 in Nicaragua (originally between 26 September and 4 October 2015 before Honduras withdrew).[3][4] The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

Times UTC−6.

Group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2   Guatemala 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   El Salvador 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4   Nicaragua (H) 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
5   Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Guatemala  1–2  Costa Rica
Monterroso   26' Report Herrera   6'
Venegas   79'
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)
Nicaragua  0–1  El Salvador
Report González   49'
Costa Rica  3–0  El Salvador
Herrera   53'
Villalobos   61'
Alvarado   85'		 Report
Nicaragua  1–2  Guatemala
Cate   33' Report Herrera   38'
Rivera   90'
El Salvador  0–2  Guatemala
Report Monterroso   25'
Rivera   38'
Nicaragua  0–5  Costa Rica
Report Alvarado   16'
Villalobos   30', 72'
Herrera   73'
Venegas   80'

Goalscorers edit

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Caribbean Zone edit

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
2015 CFU Women's Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host countries  Puerto Rico (Group 1)
  Trinidad and Tobago (Group 2 and final round)
  Dominican Republic (Groups 3 and 4)
Dates21 August – 20 November 2015
Teams15 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Trinidad and Tobago
Runners-up  Puerto Rico
Third place  Guyana
Fourth place  Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored124 (6.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Nérilia Mondésir (12 goals)
← 2012
2020 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 15 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[5][6] All 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 21–25 August and 13–15 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners advanced to the final round.

In the final round, played between 18 and 20 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in the final round, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. The top three teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

Times UTC−4.

First round edit

Group 1 edit

Matches played in Puerto Rico.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Puerto Rico (H) 3 3 0 0 24 2 +22 9 Final round
2   Haiti 3 2 0 1 29 3 +26 6
3   Grenada 3 1 0 2 2 25 −23 3
4   Aruba 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Aruba  0–14  Haiti
Report Louis   32', 45', 80', 89', 90'
Jeudy   40', 41', 53'
Mondésir   48', 58', 65', 75' (pen.), 76', 90+1'
Puerto Rico  12–0  Grenada
Socarrás   10', 13', 65', 87', 89', 90+1'
Méndez   23'
Martínez   62', 72', 76'
Pagán   64'
Rodríguez   69'		 Report
Haiti  13–0  Grenada
Louis   3', 64', 90+4'
Robuste   10'
Beaubrun   23'
Mondésir   26', 29', 36', 39', 79'
Borgella   60', 73'
Gerville   90+2'		 Report
Puerto Rico  9–0  Aruba
Lacle   11' (o.g.)
Pagán   24'
Socarrás   25', 29', 48', 89'
Martínez   35'
Rivera   64'
Méndez   90+4'		 Report
Grenada  2–0  Aruba
Frank   ?'
John   ?'
Puerto Rico  3–2  Haiti
Méndez   47'
Rivera   62'
Pagán   81'		 Rodríguez   60' (o.g.)
Mondésir   90+2'

Group 2 edit

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (changed from original hosts Saint Lucia, scheduled for 21–25 August at Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, but postponed due to Tropical Storm Erika).[7] After two of the four teams withdrew, the format was changed to a two-legged tie between the two remaining teams in the lead-up to the final round.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Trinidad and Tobago (H) 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Final round
2   Saint Lucia 2 0 0 2 1 14 −13 0
3   Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
3   Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Trinidad and Tobago  6–0  Saint Lucia
Mollon   3', 66'
St. Louis   10', 33', 38', 58'
Saint Lucia  1–8  Trinidad and Tobago
Marquis   58' (pen.) Report Mollon   12', 32', 81', 83'
Hutchinson   23', 26'
Guerra   65'
Cummings   87'

Group 3 edit

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Suriname).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 2 2 0 0 18 0 +18 6 Final round
2   Dominican Republic (H) 2 1 0 1 11 6 +5 3
3   Dominica 2 0 0 2 0 23 −23 0
4   Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Dominican Republic  11–0  Dominica
Núñez   7', 74'
Xavier   18' (o.g.)
Peralta   28', 57'
Ubri   32', 40', 53', 53'
Pérez   65', 73'		 Report
Dominican Republic  0–6  Jamaica
Report Shaw   22', 64'
Reid   32', 69'
Vincent   78'
Foster   80'
Dominica  0–12  Jamaica
Report Reid   12', 39', 45'
Exeter   14'
Shaw   15'
Hernandez   20'
Henry   35'
Asher   41'
Lockhard   59' (o.g.)
Vincent   76', 85'
Pryce   80'

Group 4 edit

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Saint Kitts and Nevis).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guyana 2 1 1 0 9 1 +8 4 Final round
2   Cuba 2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4
3   Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 2 0 14 −14 0
Source: CFU
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–8  Guyana
Report Charles   23', 25', 46'
El-Masri   51'
De Souza   65'
Copland   77'
Heydorn   85' (pen.)
Gonsalves   87'
Guyana  1–1  Cuba
Rodrigues   19' Report Pérez   78'
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–6  Cuba
?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'
?   ?'

Final round edit

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (originally scheduled for 2–4 October 2015, but delayed due to the postponement of first round Group 2).

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 November – Couva
 
 
  Puerto Rico (a.e.t.)1
 
20 November – Couva
 
  Guyana0
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
18 November – Couva
 
  Trinidad and Tobago1
 
  Trinidad and Tobago (a.e.t.)2
 
 
  Jamaica1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
20 November – Couva
 
 
  Guyana2
 
 
  Jamaica1

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Puerto Rico  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Guyana
Socarrás   119' Report
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Jamaica
Mascall   59'
St. Louis   91'		 Report McGregor   45' (pen.)

Third place playoff edit

Winner qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Guyana  2–1  Jamaica
El-Masri   48'
Persaud   73'		 Report Vincent   44'

Final edit

Puerto Rico  0–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Report Forbes   24'

Goalscorers edit

12 goals
11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Note: Six goals scored by Cuba and one goal scored by Jamaica missing goalscorer information.

Qualified teams edit

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Canada Automatic qualifier N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
  Mexico Automatic qualifier N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
  United States Automatic qualifier / Hosts N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
  Costa Rica Central American Zone 1st place 2 October 2015 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
  Guatemala Central American Zone 2nd place 4 October 2015 1 (2012)
  Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Zone 1st place 18 November 2015 2 (2004, 2008)
  Puerto Rico Caribbean Zone 2nd place 18 November 2015 0
  Guyana Caribbean Zone 3rd place 20 November 2015 0
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References edit

  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. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Se define el calendario para la Eliminatoria Preolimpica Femenina de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
  5. ^ "CFU Beacon (February 2015, Volume 3, Issue 4, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter)" (PDF). Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  6. ^ "2015 Women's Olympic Qualifiers begins today August 21". Caribbean Football Union. August 21, 2015. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  7. ^ "Erika gives Women Warriors extra week to prepare". socawarriors.net. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Waldrum back with Women Warriors". 23 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

External links edit

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