2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification

The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition, also known as the Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup, is an upcoming women's football tournament that will be contested by 33 of the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The competition will decide 6 of the 12 participating teams of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, the inaugural edition of the W Gold Cup.

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Tournament details
DatesLeague stage:
September – November 2023
Play-offs:
17 February 2024
Teams33 (from 1 confederation)

The league stage of the qualifying will be played between September and November 2023, with the three League A group winners qualifying for the final tournament. Three additional teams will qualify via the play-off round, contested on 17 February 2024 by the League A group runners-up and the League B group winners. These six teams will join the two CONCACAF teams qualified for the Olympics and four guests at the W Gold Cup, to be contested in February and March 2024.[1][2]

Format

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 33 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league will feature three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The three group runners-up of League A and the three League B group winners will participate in a play-off on 17 February 2024 to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The play-offs were originally planned to take place in March 2024,[2] but were moved to February to accommodate the W Gold Cup final tournament also being moved (from June to February and March 2024).[3] The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping qualification.[2]

Teams and draw

In total, 33 of the 41 CONCACAF member associations will enter the qualification competition, not including the two CONCACAF teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics. The teams will be split into three leagues based on the CONCACAF Women's Ranking of March 2023 as follows:

  • League A: Top 9 ranked teams, divided into three groups of three teams
  • League B: Next 12 best-ranked teams, divided into three groups of four teams
  • League C: Lowest 12 ranked teams, divided into three groups of four teams

The draw for the group stage will take place on 17 May 2023.[3]

Schedule

Below is the schedule of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification competition.[1]

Stage Round FIFA match window[4]
League stage Matchday 1 18–26 September 2023
Matchday 2
Matchday 3 23–31 October 2023
Matchday 4
Matchday 5 27 November – 6 December 2023
Matchday 6
Play-offs TBD 17 February 2024

League A

Group A1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A1-1 A1-2 A1-3
1 A1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD '23 TBD '23
2 A1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD '23 — TBD '23
3 A1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group A2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A2-1 A2-2 A2-3
1 A2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD '23 TBD '23
2 A2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD '23 — TBD '23
3 A2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group A3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A3-1 A3-2 A3-3
1 A3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup — TBD '23 TBD '23
2 A3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs TBD '23 — TBD '23
3 A3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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League B

Group B1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B1-1 B1-2 B1-3 B1-4
1 B1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 B1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 B1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B2-1 B2-2 B2-3 B2-4
1 B2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 B2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 B2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group B3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B3-1 B3-2 B3-3 B3-4
1 B3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 B3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 B3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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League C

Group C1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts C1-1 C1-2 C1-3 C1-4
1 C1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 C1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 C1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 C1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts C2-1 C2-2 C2-3 C2-4
1 C2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 C2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 C2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 C2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Group C3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts C3-1 C3-2 C3-3 C3-4
1 C3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23
2 C3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 — TBD '23 TBD '23
3 C3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 — TBD '23
4 C3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD '23 TBD '23 TBD '23 —
First match(es) will be played in September 2023. Source: CONCACAF
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Play-offs

The three group runners-up of League A and the three group winners of League B will advance to the play-offs (also known as the prelims). The six teams will be divided into three pairings based off the December 2023 CONCACAF Women's Ranking. The single-leg matches will take place in the United States on 17 February 2024, immediately prior to the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The three winners will qualify for the group stage.[3]

Summary
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Highest-ranked team 17 Feb Lowest-ranked team
Second-ranked team 17 Feb Fifth-ranked team
Third-ranked team 17 Feb Fourth-ranked team

Matches
Highest-ranked teamvLowest-ranked team
Second-ranked teamvFifth-ranked team
Third-ranked teamvFourth-ranked team

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 United States2022 CONCACAF W Championship winner18 July 2022
CONCACAF Olympic play-off winnerSeptember 2023
Qualification Group A1 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification Group A2 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification Group A3 winnerNovember 2023
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
Qualification play-off winner17 February 2024
 Brazil2022 Copa América Femenina winners27 January 2023
 Colombia2022 Copa América Femenina runners-up27 January 2023
 Argentina2022 Copa América Femenina third place27 January 2023
 Paraguay2022 Copa América Femenina fourth place27 January 2023

References
  1. "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. "CONCACAF announces dates and format for inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. "Women's International Match Calendar 2020–2023: Fixed dates for international "A" matches" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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