2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament February 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2016 CONCACAF WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEXAS 2016 File:2016_CONCACAF_Women's_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship_logo.png United States 10–21 February 8 1 2 2 USA 4 CAN 15 78 USA Crystal DunnCRC Raquel Rodríguez(6 goals each) USA Morgan Brian USA Hope Solo USA 2012 2020 The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 12 August 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 10–21 February 2016 in Houston and Frisco, Texas.United States to Host 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5&id=701f563880&e=8072b4f192 CONCACAF 12 August 2015 A total of eight teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf Rio 2016 Official Website 22 January 2015 23 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150906102243/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf 6 September 2015 The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.https://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=2/news=usa-canada-qualify-rio-2016-2766093.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160220195906/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=2/news=usa-canada-qualify-rio-2016-2766093.html dead 20 February 2016 USA, Canada qualify for Rio 2016 FIFA.com 20 February 2016 Qualification 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the hosts United States, who all qualified automatically due to being the only teams in the zonen The other two NAFU members, the Bahamas and Bermuda, did not enter the qualifying tournament. Even if they had, CONCACAF statutes stipulate that they would have competed within the body's Caribbean Zone. Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious women's Olympic appearancesNorth American Zone (NAFU) CAN Automatic 4th Runner-up (2008, 2012) 2 MEX Automatic 4th Runner-up (2004) 1 USA Automatic 4th Winner (2004, 2008, 2012) 5Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competitionSe definieron las Eliminatorias Pre-Olimpicas de UNCAF Masculinas y Femenina http://www.uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-masculino/masculino-olimpico/6361-se-definieron-las-eliminatorias-pre-olimpicas-de-uncaf-masculinas-y-femenina UNCAF 1 March 2015 es 28 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150712031353/http://uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-masculino/masculino-olimpico/6361-se-definieron-las-eliminatorias-pre-olimpicas-de-uncaf-masculinas-y-femenina 12 July 2015 dmy-all CRC Group winner 4th Fourth place (2004, 2008)Semi-finals (2012) 0 GUA Group runner-up 2nd Group stage (2012) 0Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competitionhttp://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/component/content/article/101-tournaments/olympic-qualifying/9697-2015-women-s-olympic-qualifiers-begins-today-august-21 2015 Women's Olympic Qualifiers begins today August 21 Caribbean Football Union 21 August 2015 21 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150828201634/http://cfufootball.org/index.php/component/content/article/101-tournaments/olympic-qualifying/9697-2015-women-s-olympic-qualifiers-begins-today-august-21 28 August 2015 dead TRI Final round winner 3rd Group stage (2004, 2008) 0 PUR Final round runner-up 1st N/A 0 GUY Final round 3rd place 1st N/A 0 Venues The two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015. BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Toyota Stadium, Frisco Draw The draw for the tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST (UTC−5) at the InterContinental Doral in Doral, Florida.http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-to-hold-womens-olympic-qualifying-draw-in-miami-on-november-23 CONCACAF to Hold Women's Olympic Qualifying Draw in Miami on November 23 CONCACAF.com 20 November 2015 20 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151121060719/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-to-hold-womens-olympic-qualifying-draw-in-miami-on-november-23 21 November 2015 dead dmy-all The draw was conducted by Cat Whitehill and Tiffany Roberts.http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-for-the-2016-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualifying-championship Draw Determines Groups for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship CONCACAF.com 23 November 2015 24 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151125020254/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-for-the-2016-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualifying-championship 25 November 2015 dead dmy-all The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host, defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.http://www.concacaf.com/video/draw-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualifying-texas-2016 Draw: CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Texas 2016 CONCACAF.com 23 November 2015 24 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151125022325/http://www.concacaf.com/video/draw-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualifying-texas-2016 25 November 2015 dead dmy-all Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3USA (Position A1) CAN MEXCRC GUAGUY PUR TRI Squads 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FIFA-Regulations-for-the-Olympic-Football-Tournament-Games-of-the-XXXI-Olympiad-Rio-de-Janeiro-2016.pdf Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments CONCACAF.com 23 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906113402/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FIFA-Regulations-for-the-Olympic-Football-Tournament-Games-of-the-XXXI-Olympiad-Rio-de-Janeiro-2016.pdf 6 September 2015 dead dmy-all Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; Drawing of lots. All times were local, CST (UTC−6). Group A main WDL Group A CONCACAF USA PUR MEX CRC complete 3 0 0 16 0 H 0 0 3 0 25 1 0 2 7 3 2 0 1 11 6 USA CRC MEX PUR Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2016 2 10 y 17:00 PUR MEX 0–6 Domínguez 18 51 89 pen.Garciamendez 22Rangel 54Johnson 90+1 Toyota Stadium, Frisco Miriam León (El Salvador) Report 2016 2 10 y 19:30 USA CRC 5–0 Morgan 1 62Lloyd 9 pen.Dunn 15Press 83 Toyota Stadium, Frisco 8,143 Cardella Samuels (Jamaica) Report 2016 2 13 y 12:30 CRC PUR 9–0 K. Villalobos 8 57 60R. Rodríguez 36 75 90+2Herrera 56Sáenz 65S. Cruz 84 Toyota Stadium, Frisco Michelle Pye (Canada) Report 2016 2 13 y 15:00 MEX USA 0–1 Lloyd 80 Toyota Stadium, Frisco 15,032 Melissa Borjas (Honduras) Report 2016 2 15 y 17:00 MEX CRC 1–2 Domínguez 79 R. Rodríguez 10 57 pen. Toyota Stadium, Frisco Carol Chenard (Canada) Report 2016 2 15 y 19:30 USA PUR 10–0 Dunn 6 21 61 85 87Lloyd 19 pen.O'Hara 45Rivera 60 o.g.Press 62Mewis 90 Toyota Stadium, Frisco 7,658 Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago) Report Group B main WDL Group B CONCACAF CAN GUA TRI GUY complete 3 0 0 21 0 0 0 3 2 14 2 0 1 7 8 1 0 2 3 11 CAN TRI GUY GUA Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2016 2 11 y 17:00 GUA TRI 1–2 Martínez 18 pen. Cordner 74St. Louis 78 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Margaret Domka (United States) Report 2016 2 11 y 19:30 CAN GUY 5–0 Rose 25 40Lawrence 29 46 48 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 836 Marianela Araya (Costa Rica) Report 2016 2 14 y 12:30 GUY GUA 2–1 El-Masri 71Heydorn 76 Martínez 54 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua) Report 2016 2 14 y 15:00 TRI CAN 0–6 Matheson 24Tancredi 44Sinclair 63Buchanan 66Beckie 75Fleming 79 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 1,453 Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico) Report 2016 2 16 y 17:00 TRI GUY 5–1 Cordner 7 61Shade 9Cunningham 16Mollon 21 Williams 43 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Gillian Martindale (Barbados) Report 2016 2 16 y 19:30 CAN GUA 10–0 Tancredi 4 85Carle 27Beckie 35Prince 43 84 88Quinn 45 pen. 49 52 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 859 Lucila Venegas (Mexico) Report Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket main Bracket N4 no high yes 19 February – Houston CAN 3 CRC 1 19 February – Houston USA 5 TRI 0 21 February – Houston CAN 0 USA 2 Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. 2016 2 19 y 16:30 CAN CRC 3–1 Sinclair 17 52Rose 86 Rodríguez 73 pen. BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 5,516 Melissa Borjas (Honduras) Report 2016 2 19 y 19:30 USA TRI 5–0 Heath 12Morgan 30 71 73Lloyd 43 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 5,561 Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua) Report Final 2016 2 21 y 16:00 CAN USA 0–2 Horan 53Heath 61 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 10,119 Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico) Report Final ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL CONCACAF complete CAN 4 0 1 24 3 CRC 2 0 2 12 9 GUA 0 0 3 2 14 GUY 1 0 2 3 11 MEX 1 0 2 7 3 PUR 0 0 3 0 25 TRI 2 0 2 7 13 USA 5 0 0 23 0 H USA CAN CRC TRI MEX GUY GUA PUR yes yes Final result 1st 2nd SF SF GS GS GS GS Champions Runners-up Eliminated inSemi-finals Eliminated inGroup stage Qualified teams for Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament. Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 USA 02 19 February 2016 05 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) CAN 01 19 February 2016 02 2 (2008, 2012) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Goalscorers 6 goals 22em CRC Raquel Rodríguez USA Crystal Dunn 5 goals 22em USA Alex Morgan 4 goals 22em MEX Maribel Domínguez USA Carli Lloyd 3 goals 22em CAN Ashley Lawrence CAN Nichelle Prince CAN Quinnn Then known as Rebecca Quinn CAN Deanne Rose CAN Christine Sinclair CAN Melissa Tancredi CRC Karla Villalobos TRI Kennya Cordner 2 goals 22em CAN Janine Beckie GUA Ana Martínez USA Tobin Heath USA Christen Press 1 goal 22em CAN Kadeisha Buchanan CAN Gabrielle Carle CAN Jessie Fleming CAN Diana Matheson CRC Shirley Cruz CRC Melissa Herrera CRC Diana Sáenz GUY Mariam El-Masri GUY Alison Heydorn GUY Bria Williams MEX Alina Garciamendez MEX Katlyn Johnson MEX Nayeli Rangel TRI Jenelle Cunningham TRI Ahkeela Mollon TRI Mariah Shade TRI Tasha St. Louis USA Lindsey Horan USA Kelley O'Hara USA Sam Mewis Own goal PUR Ashley Rivera (playing against United States) Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.http://www.concacaf.com/article/tsg-announces-cwoq-best-xi-awards TSG announces CWOQ Best XI, Awards CONCACAF 21 February 2016 21 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303153243/http://www.concacaf.com/article/tsg-announces-cwoq-best-xi-awards 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all Best XI Goalkeeper: USA Hope Solo Right Defender: USA Kelley O'Hara Central Defender: USA Becky Sauerbrunn Central Defender: CAN Kadeisha Buchanan Left Defender: CAN Allysha Chapman Right Midfielder: USA Tobin Heath Central Midfielder: USA Lindsey Horan Central Midfielder: USA Morgan Brian Left Midfielder: CAN Ashley Lawrence Forward: USA Alex Morgan Forward: USA Carli Lloyd Golden Ball USA Morgan Brian Golden Boot USA Crystal Dunn (6 goals) Golden Glove USA Hope Solo Fair Play Award USA Notes n References External links Olympic Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com 2016 Olympic Qualifying Championship, Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Championship, Women's 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship