2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.[2]

Teams

A total of 23 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, three teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 20 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone Teams entering No. of teams
North American Zone
(NAFU)
  •  Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •  Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •  United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)
 3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
5
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
15
Notes
1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Central American Zone

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
Eliminatoria Preolimpica Femenina de UNCAF 2015
Tournament details
Host country Nicaragua
Dates30 September – 4 October 2015
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place El Salvador
Fourth place Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Melissa Herrera
Costa Rica Karla Villalobos
(3 goals each)
← 2012
2020 →

In the Central American Zone, five UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were placed in a single group, as confirmed on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.[3] The matches were played between 30 September and 4 October 2015 in Nicaragua (originally between 26 September and 4 October 2015 before Honduras withdrew).[3][4] The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

Times UTC−6.

Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2  Guatemala 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Nicaragua (H) 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
5  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Guatemala 1–2 Costa Rica
Monterroso 26' Report Herrera 6'
Venegas 79'
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)
Nicaragua 0–1 El Salvador
Report González 49'
Costa Rica 3–0 El Salvador
Herrera 53'
Villalobos 61'
Alvarado 85'		 Report
Nicaragua 1–2 Guatemala
Cate 33' Report Herrera 38'
Rivera 90'
El Salvador 0–2 Guatemala
Report Monterroso 25'
Rivera 38'
Nicaragua 0–5 Costa Rica
Report Alvarado 16'
Villalobos 30', 72'
Herrera 73'
Venegas 80'

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Caribbean Zone

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
2015 CFU Women's Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host countries Puerto Rico (Group 1)
 Trinidad and Tobago (Group 2 and final round)
 Dominican Republic (Groups 3 and 4)
Dates21 August – 20 November 2015
Teams15 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Trinidad and Tobago
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place Guyana
Fourth place Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored124 (6.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Nérilia Mondésir (12 goals)
← 2012
2020 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 15 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[5][6] All 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 21–25 August and 13–15 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners advanced to the final round.

In the final round, played between 18 and 20 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in the final round, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. The top three teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

Times UTC−4.

First round

Group 1

Matches played in Puerto Rico.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Puerto Rico (H) 3 3 0 0 24 2 +22 9 Final round
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 29 3 +26 6
3  Grenada 3 1 0 2 2 25 −23 3
4  Aruba 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Aruba 0–14 Haiti
Report Louis 32', 45', 80', 89', 90'
Jeudy 40', 41', 53'
Mondésir 48', 58', 65', 75' (pen.), 76', 90+1'
Puerto Rico 12–0 Grenada
Socarrás 10', 13', 65', 87', 89', 90+1'
Méndez 23'
Martínez 62', 72', 76'
Pagán 64'
Rodríguez 69'		 Report
Haiti 13–0 Grenada
Louis 3', 64', 90+4'
Robuste 10'
Beaubrun 23'
Mondésir 26', 29', 36', 39', 79'
Borgella 60', 73'
Gerville 90+2'		 Report
Puerto Rico 9–0 Aruba
Lacle 11' (o.g.)
Pagán 24'
Socarrás 25', 29', 48', 89'
Martínez 35'
Rivera 64'
Méndez 90+4'		 Report
Grenada 2–0 Aruba
Frank ?'
John ?'
Puerto Rico 3–2 Haiti
Méndez 47'
Rivera 62'
Pagán 81'		 Rodríguez 60' (o.g.)
Mondésir 90+2'

Group 2

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (changed from original hosts Saint Lucia, scheduled for 21–25 August at Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, but postponed due to Tropical Storm Erika).[7] After two of the four teams withdrew, the format was changed to a two-legged tie between the two remaining teams in the lead-up to the final round.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Trinidad and Tobago (H) 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Final round
2  Saint Lucia 2 0 0 2 1 14 −13 0
3  Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
3  Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Trinidad and Tobago 6–0 Saint Lucia
Mollon 3', 66'
St. Louis 10', 33', 38', 58'
Saint Lucia 1–8 Trinidad and Tobago
Marquis 58' (pen.) Report Mollon 12', 32', 81', 83'
Hutchinson 23', 26'
Guerra 65'
Cummings 87'

Group 3

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Suriname).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jamaica 2 2 0 0 18 0 +18 6 Final round
2  Dominican Republic (H) 2 1 0 1 11 6 +5 3
3  Dominica 2 0 0 2 0 23 −23 0
4  Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Dominican Republic 11–0 Dominica
Núñez 7', 74'
Xavier 18' (o.g.)
Peralta 28', 57'
Ubri 32', 40', 53', 53'
Pérez 65', 73'		 Report
Dominican Republic 0–6 Jamaica
Report Shaw 22', 64'
Reid 32', 69'
Vincent 78'
Foster 80'
Dominica 0–12 Jamaica
Report Reid 12', 39', 45'
Exeter 14'
Shaw 15'
Hernandez 20'
Henry 35'
Asher 41'
Lockhard 59' (o.g.)
Vincent 76', 85'
Pryce 80'

Group 4

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Saint Kitts and Nevis).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guyana 2 1 1 0 9 1 +8 4 Final round
2  Cuba 2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 2 0 14 −14 0
Source: CFU
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–8 Guyana
Report Charles 23', 25', 46'
El-Masri 51'
De Souza 65'
Copland 77'
Heydorn 85' (pen.)
Gonsalves 87'
Guyana 1–1 Cuba
Rodrigues 19' Report Pérez 78'
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–6 Cuba
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Final round

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (originally scheduled for 2–4 October 2015, but delayed due to the postponement of first round Group 2).

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 November – Couva
 
 
 Puerto Rico (a.e.t.)1
 
20 November – Couva
 
 Guyana0
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
18 November – Couva
 
 Trinidad and Tobago1
 
 Trinidad and Tobago (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 Jamaica1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
20 November – Couva
 
 
 Guyana2
 
 
 Jamaica1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Puerto Rico 1–0 (a.e.t.) Guyana
Socarrás 119' Report
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 (a.e.t.) Jamaica
Mascall 59'
St. Louis 91'		 Report McGregor 45' (pen.)

Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Guyana 2–1 Jamaica
El-Masri 48'
Persaud 73'		 Report Vincent 44'

Final

Puerto Rico 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Forbes 24'

Goalscorers

12 goals
11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Note: Six goals scored by Cuba and one goal scored by Jamaica missing goalscorer information.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Canada Automatic qualifier N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
 Mexico Automatic qualifier N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
 United States Automatic qualifier / Hosts N/A 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
 Costa Rica Central American Zone 1st place 2 October 2015 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
 Guatemala Central American Zone 2nd place 4 October 2015 1 (2012)
 Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Zone 1st place 18 November 2015 2 (2004, 2008)
 Puerto Rico Caribbean Zone 2nd place 18 November 2015 0
 Guyana Caribbean Zone 3rd place 20 November 2015 0
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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