2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The qualifying competition for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship determined five of the eight teams of 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship final tournament.

2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Costa Rica (Central America Group A) Panama (Central America Group B) Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Group A) Jamaica (Caribbean Group B) Puerto Rico (Caribbean Group C)
Dates	Central America: 4–8 October 2019 Caribbean: 30 September – 8 October 2019
Teams	22 (from 1 confederation)
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Teams

A total of 25 CONCACAF teams (out of 41) entered Olympic qualifying, with 22 involved in regional qualifiers for the final tournament. The entrants are divided into three zones:

• North American Zone (NAFU): All 3 teams, Canada, Mexico, and United States, qualified automatically for the final tournament.
• Central American Zone (UNCAF): 6 out of 7 teams entered, with two teams qualifying for the final tournament.
• Caribbean Zone (CFU): 16 out of 31 teams entered, with three teams qualifying for the final tournament.

Zone	Teams entering Olympic qualifying	Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU)	Canada (Q)  Mexico (Q)  United States (Q)
Central American Zone (UNCAF)	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Panama	Belize
Caribbean Zone (CFU)	Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Barbados  Cuba  Dominica (W)  Dominican Republic  Grenada (W)  Guyana (W)  Haiti  Jamaica  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  U.S. Virgin Islands	Anguilla (N)  Bahamas  Bermuda  Bonaire (N)  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Curaçao (N)  French Guiana (N)  Guadeloupe (N)  Martinique (N)  Montserrat (N)  Saint Martin (N)  Sint Maarten (N)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Turks and Caicos Islands (N)

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
• (Q): Qualified automatically for final tournament
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Draw

The draw for the Caribbean qualifying round took place on 29 July 2019, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[1] The 16 teams which entered the Caribbean qualifying round were drawn into three groups, one of six teams and two of five teams. Based on the FIFA World Ranking (as of 29 March 2019),^[2] the 16 teams were distributed into five pots, as follows:^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Jamaica (53)  Trinidad and Tobago (60)  Haiti (72)	Guyana (89)  Cuba (93)  Puerto Rico (105)	Dominican Republic (106)  Suriname (119)  Saint Lucia (129)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (130)  Barbados (132)  Dominica (139)	Grenada (141)  U.S. Virgin Islands (143)  Antigua and Barbuda (149)  Aruba (154)

The draw for the Central American qualifying round took place on 30 July 2019, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[4] The six teams which entered the Central American qualifying round were drawn into two groups of three teams. Based on the FIFA World Ranking (as of 29 March 2019),^[2] the six teams were distributed into three pots, with top seeds assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:^[5]

Top seeds	Pot 1	Pot 2
Costa Rica (36) (A1)  Panama (56) (B1)	Guatemala (80)  El Salvador (104)	Nicaragua (121)  Honduras (no rank)

Central America

Matches were played between 4–8 October 2019.^[6] Group winners qualified for 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Group A

All matches will be held in Costa Rica. Times are local, UTC–6.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (H)	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2	Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Costa Rica	2–0	Nicaragua
Chinchilla 61' Salas 90+1'	Report

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

20:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

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El Salvador	1–2	Nicaragua
Cerén 13'	Report	Silva 45+2' Flores 85'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

16:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

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El Salvador	0–5	Costa Rica
	Report	Rodríguez 5', 18' Salas 39' Chinchilla 56' Varela 85'

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

19:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Group B

All matches were held in Panama. Times are local, UTC–5.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama (H)	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Honduras	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Panama	3–0	Honduras
Pinzón 2' Cox 14' Riley 36'	Report

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

20:00 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

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Guatemala	4–0	Honduras
Aguilar 67' Rivera 74' Mayén 90' Albeño 90+5'	Report

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

18:00

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

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Guatemala	1–3	Panama
Martínez 34' (pen.)	Report	Riley 9' Cox 26' (pen.) Mills 55'

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

20:00

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Caribbean

The Group A and B matches were played between 30 September – 8 October, and the Group C matches were played between 3–7 October 2019.^[8] Group winners qualified for 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Group A

All matches were held in Trinidad and Tobago. Times are local, UTC−4.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	3	1	0	20	2	+18	10	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2	Dominican Republic	4	2	2	0	4	0	+4	8
3	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
4	Antigua and Barbuda	4	1	0	3	2	18	−16	3
5	Aruba	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0
6	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–0	Dominican Republic
	Report

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

14:30

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Aruba	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Walcott 3' Cornwall 74' François 90+3'

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

17:00

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

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Dominican Republic	2–0	Aruba
Balbuena 8', 69'	Report

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

14:30

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Trinidad and Tobago	5–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Walcott 13', 89' Forbes 45+4' (pen.), 70' A. Prince 83'	Report

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

17:00

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

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Antigua and Barbuda	0–2	Dominican Republic
	Report	Balbuena 68' (pen.) J. Oviedo 74'

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

14:30

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Aruba	1–6	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Werleman 73'	Report	Lawrence 10', 17' Bailey-Williams 26' C. Uddenberg 30', 44' Browne 56'

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

17:00

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

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Antigua and Barbuda	2–1	Aruba
Stewart 55' Jacobs 57'	Report	Wester-Maduro 21'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

14:30

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Trinidad and Tobago	1–4	Saint Kitts and Nevis
D. Prince 60'	Report	Stokes 7' Browne 15' (pen.), 24', 84'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

17:00

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

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Saint Kitts and Nevis	10–0	Antigua and Barbuda
J. Williams 5', 86' C. Uddenberg 9', 22', 37' Browne 39', 49' Springer 59' Lawrence 64', 72'	Report

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

14:30

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Dominican Republic
	Report

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

17:00

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Group B

All matches were held in Jamaica. Times are local, UTC−5.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (H)	4	4	0	0	37	1	+36	12	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2	Cuba	4	3	0	1	19	14	+5	9
3	Barbados	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
4	Saint Lucia	4	1	0	3	7	21	−14	3
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	4	0	0	4	1	21	−20	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Barbados	3–2	Saint Lucia
Briggs-Thompson 16' Stevenson 17', 20'	Report	St. Louis 37' Shepherd 70'

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

16:00

National Stadium, Kingston

Jamaica	12–1	Cuba
Blackwood 6' (pen.) Carter 15' Matthews 21', 32', 63', 70' Cameron 39', 54' Paterson 73' Clarke 79' Mena 81' (o.g.) Bond-Flasza 89'	Report	Calderón 56'

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

18:30

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

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Saint Lucia	4–1	U.S. Virgin Islands
Shepherd 13', 18' St. Louis 40' Lashley 66'	Report	Montano 35'

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

16:00

National Stadium, Kingston

Cuba	6–1	Barbados
Briggs-Thompson 13' (o.g.) Calderón 18', 48', 69' Mengana 19' M. Pérez 74'	Report	Stevenson 71' (pen.)

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

18:30

National Stadium, Kingston

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U.S. Virgin Islands	0–6	Cuba
	Report	Calderón 8', 34' L. Pérez 38', 51' Rodríguez 45', 50'

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

16:00

National Stadium, Kingston

Barbados	0–7	Jamaica
	Report	Matthews 1', 23' Briggs-Thompson 6' (o.g.) Carter 32', 36' Asher 70' Shaw 90+1' (pen.)

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)

18:30

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Cibeles Miranda (El Salvador)

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U.S. Virgin Islands	0–4	Barbados
	Report	Thompson 3' Johnson 33', 73' Als 41'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

16:00

National Stadium, Kingston

Saint Lucia	0–11	Jamaica
	Report	Shaw 4', 17', 35' Matthews 6' Blackwood 25', 69', 79' Bond-Flasza 32' Cameron 38' Carter 56' Clarke 90'

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)

18:30

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

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Cuba	6–1	Saint Lucia
Chirino 13' M. Pérez 42' (pen.), 48' (pen.) Calderón 50' Rodríguez 69' (pen.), 73'	Report	St. Louis 61'

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

16:00

National Stadium, Kingston

Jamaica	7–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Shaw 7', 15', 21', 29', 75' Matthews 9' Carter 32'	Report

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)

18:30

National Stadium, Kingston

Group C

All matches were held in Puerto Rico. Times are local, UTC−4.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2	Puerto Rico (H)	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	3
3	Suriname	2	0	0	2	1	16	−15	0
4	Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
5	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Haiti	10–0	Suriname
Mondésir 9', 30', 52', 65' Louis 16', 26', 43' Saint-Félix 70' (pen.), 72' Lebrun 87'	Report

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03)

19:00

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

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Suriname	1–6	Puerto Rico
Stekkinger 64'	Report	Díaz 15', 20', 86' Socarrás 45', 73' Suárez 62'

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)

19:00

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico	1–2	Haiti
Díaz 24'	Report	Saint-Félix 13' Dumornay 84'

7 October 2019 (2019-10-07)

19:00

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament1
Canada	North America	Automatic	4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Mexico	North America	Automatic	4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
United States	North America	Automatic	4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Costa Rica	Central America (Group A)	8 October 2019	4 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Panama	Central America (Group B)	8 October 2019	1 (2004)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean (Group A)	8 October 2019	0 (debut)
Jamaica	Caribbean (Group B)	8 October 2019	1 (2008)
Haiti	Caribbean (Group C)	7 October 2019	1 (2012)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "Draw results revealed for Concacaf Women's Olympic Caribbean Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 29 July 2019.
2. "FIFA Women's World Ranking – 29 March 2019 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019.
3. "Official draw – 2019 CONCACAF Women's Caribbean Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF.com.
4. "Draw results revealed for Concacaf Women's Central American Olympic Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 30 July 2019.
5. "Official draw – 2019 CONCACAF Women's Central American Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF.com.
6. "Stage set for Central American Qualifying Stage of 2020 WOQC". CONCACAF. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
7. "Women's Olympic Qualifier - Central America Qualifying Stage" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020.
8. "Caribbean teams set to vie for 2020 Concacaf WOQC". CONCACAF. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
9. "Women's Olympic Qualifier - Caribbean Qualifying Stage" (PDF). CONCACAF.

External links

• Concacaf Women's Olympic Qualifying, CONCACAF.com