CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Organising bodyCONCACAF
Founded10 December 2020 (2020-12-10)
RegionNorth America, Central America, and the Caribbean
Number of teams12 (final tournament)
33 (qualification)
2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

The CONCACAF W Gold Cup is an upcoming international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It was announced in December 2020, initially unnamed though referred to as a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League".[1] The branding was announced in August 2021, with CONCACAF describing the tournament as their "flagship women's international competition".[2]

Adoption

On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League". However, the naming and branding of the tournament had yet to be determined. The competition is intended to provide more national team matches for all CONCACAF member associations.[1] On 19 August 2021, it was announced that the competition would be known as the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, with the branding also revealed.[2]

Format

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 round-robin format. The three group winners in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The group runners-up of League A and the League B group winners will participate in a play-in to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping the group stage.[2]

The W Gold Cup will feature twelve teams, including the two teams that qualified for the Summer Olympics, the six teams that qualified from the group stage and play-in, and four guest national teams from other confederations. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion.[1]

Results

Ed. Year Host Final Third place game
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2024  United States TBD TBD TBD TBD

Performance by country

Teams reaching the semi-finals
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
TBD 1 (2024) – – –
TBD – 1 (2024) – –
TBD – – (2024) –
TBD – – – (2024)

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Team United States
2024		 Total
 Canada Q1
 Costa Rica Q1
 Mexico Q1
 Panama Q1
 United States Q1
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
 Argentina Q1
 Brazil Q1
 Colombia Q1
 Paraguay Q1

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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