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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification is a women's football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.
A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the United States.[1]
A total of 30 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with three automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 27 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.
FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2018 in parentheses (NR=Not ranked; N/A=Not applicable as they are not a FIFA member).[2]
| Zone | Berths | Automatic qualifiers | Teams entering qualification |
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| North American Zone (NAFU) |
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| Central American Zone (UNCAF) |
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| Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
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- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
| North American Zone (NAFU) | None |
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| Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
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In each group of all rounds, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.[3]
- Central American Zone: The top two teams of the group qualify for the final tournament.
- Caribbean Zone: The winners of each first round group advance to the final round. The top three teams of the final round qualify for the final tournament.
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 12.4 and 12.7):[3]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- 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:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- 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;
- drawing of lots by CONCACAF.
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The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
| Zone | Round | Dates |
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| Central American Zone | Group stage | 27–31 August 2018 |
| Caribbean Zone[4] | First round |
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| Final round | 25 August – 2 September 2018 |
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| Host country | United States |
| City | Bradenton, Florida |
| Dates | 27–31 August |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Costa Rica |
| Runners-up |  Panama |
| Third place |  Nicaragua |
| Fourth place |  El Salvador |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 36 (6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Raquel Rodríguez (4 goals) |
← 2014 2022 → | |
In the Central American Zone, four UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. The four teams were placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.[5]
The qualifying competition was originally scheduled to take place in Nicaragua, but a new host was selected due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[6] In July 2018, CONCACAF announced that all games would be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States.[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Costa Rica |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 2 | Panama |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nicaragua |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |
| 4 | El Salvador |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 1 |
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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| Costa Rica | 11–0 | El Salvador |
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| El Salvador | 2–2 | Nicaragua |
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| CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Qualifier 2018 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Dominican Republic (Group A) Haiti (Group B) Trinidad and Tobago (Group C) Antigua and Barbuda (Group D) Guyana (Group E) Jamaica (Final round) |
| Dates | First round: 5–27 May Final round: 25 August – 2 September |
| Teams | 23 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Jamaica |
| Runners-up |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Third place |  Cuba |
| Fourth place |  Bermuda |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 225 (4.69 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Khadija Shaw (16 goals) |
← 2014 2022 → | |
In the Caribbean Zone, 23 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. All teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the final round, where they were placed into one group, with the top three teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.
The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 27 March 2018, 12:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[9] Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Guyana were automatically seeded in Groups A–E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 18 teams were seeded based on CONCACAF's own ranking.[10]
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First round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Cuba |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 10 | Final round |
| 2 |  Puerto Rico |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 8 | |
| 3 |  Dominican Republic (H) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Aruba |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Anguilla |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 1–5 | Cuba |
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| Cuba | 11–0 | Aruba |
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| Anguilla | 1–2 | Aruba |
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| Cuba | 2–2 | Puerto Rico |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Jamaica |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 7 | Final round |
| 2 |  Haiti (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Martinique |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Guadeloupe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Jamaica | 13–0 | Guadeloupe |
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| Haiti | 2–0 | Martinique |
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| Guadeloupe | 0–11 | Haiti |
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| Guadeloupe | 0–3 | Martinique |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 10 | Final round |
| 2 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Dominica |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Grenada |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 1 |
| Dominica | 1–2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 10–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3–0 | Grenada |
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| Dominica | 0–3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–3 | Dominica |
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| Grenada | 0–13 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Antigua and Barbuda (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Final round |
| 2 |  Saint Lucia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Curaçao |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| Saint Lucia | 2–1 | Curaçao |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–2 | Saint Lucia |
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| Curaçao | 0–3 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Saint Lucia | 0–1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Bermuda |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Final round |
| 2 |  Guyana (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Barbados |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Suriname |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Final round
CONCACAF announced on 7 June 2018 that Jamaica would host the final round.[13]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Jamaica (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 12 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Cuba |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bermuda |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |
| Cuba | 2–3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 5–0 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 0–5 | Bermuda |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–4 | Jamaica |
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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's Championship1 |
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 Canada | Automatic qualifiers | N/A | 8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010) |
 Mexico | Automatic qualifiers | N/A | 8 (1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
 United States | Automatic qualifiers & Hosts | N/A | 8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
| Costa Rica | Central American Zone top two | 29 August 2018 | 6 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014) |
| Panama | Central American Zone top two | 29 August 2018 | 2 (2002, 2006) |
| Jamaica | Caribbean Zone top three | 31 August 2018 | 5 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean Zone top three | 31 August 2018 | 9 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
| Cuba | Caribbean Zone top three | 2 September 2018 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
There were 261 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.
16 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Deshae Darrell- Akeyla Furbert
Melissa Herrera
Dianelis Carbonell- Maristania Mengana
Alyssa Oviedo
Roseline Éloissaint
Chinyelu Asher
Kenia Rangel- Karla Riley
Kennya Cordner- Jenelle Cunningham
- Janine François
- Aaliyah Prince
2 goals
Felicia Jarvis- Caitlin Padmore
- Shirley Cruz
- Cristín Granados
- Denny Vargas
Brianne Desa- Brittany Persaud
- Sherly Jeudy
- Batcheba Louis
- Deneisha Blackwood
- Dominique Bond-Flasza
- Jody Brown
- Konya Plummer
- Marlo Sweatman
Martha Silva- Lineth Cedeño
Karina Socarrás- Jonelle Cato
- Karyn Forbes
- Kédie Johnson
1 goal
Coleen Johnson
Britney Edwards- Breanna Humphreys
- Jahira James
- Marley Jarvis
- Damali Simon-Ponte
Donnevier Florance- Nicole Saladin
- Nia Christopher
- Wendy Acosta
- Katherine Alvarado
- María Barrantes
- María Paula Salas
- Fabiola Sánchez
- Fabiola Villalobos
- Gloriana Villalobos
- Ollancy Arrebato
- Yaremis Fuentes
- Sucel Maceo
- Yenifer Ramos
- Francis Riquelme
- Zailín Rodríguez
- Yilianny Sablón
Samantha Statia- Riesmarly Tokaay
Keanna Francis- Andrea Rivas
Brenda Cerén- Damaris Quelez
- Jency Ramírez
- Sandra Tamacas
Monique George- Calaigh Copland
- Sydney Cummings
- Cameo Hazlewood
- Tiandi Smith
- Melissa Dacius
- Melchie Dumonay
- Donya Salomon-Ali
- Christina Chang
- Kevena Reid
- Ashleigh Shim
- Lauren Silver
Prisca Carin- Johanne Guillou
- Nathaela Paulin
- Doriana Aguilar
- Erika Hernández
- Natalia Mills
- Yomira Pinzón
- Rachel Blankenship
- Mariana López
- Marcela Robinson
- Laura Suárez
- Adriana Tirado
Iyanla Bailey-Williams- Arielle Fernandez
- Lavern Francis
- Caroline Springer
- Leranja Wilkinson
Chresilda Cox- Lyla Lionel
- Ellaisa Marquis
- Sylvie Willie
Darie-Ann Duncan
Saffira Hoogdorp- Sabrina Rigters
- Rhea Belgrave
- Patrice Superville
Tamika Aguilar- Bianca Canizio
- Maya Wright
1 own goal
- Shakeela Romney (against Dominican Republic)
- Joraine Maduro (against Puerto Rico)
- Katelyn Wiater (against Trinidad and Tobago)
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