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2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

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Host country
  
Nicaragua

Runners-up
  
Guatemala

Champions
  
Costa Rica

Third place
  
El Salvador

Dates
  
30 September – 4 October 2015

Teams
  
5 (from 1 sub-confederation)

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.

Contents

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the 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
  • Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
  • Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
  • The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.

    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.

    Notes

    Central American Zone

    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. The matches were played between 30 September and 4 October 2015 in Nicaragua (originally between 26 September and 4 October 2015 before Honduras withdrew). The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

    Times UTC−6.

    Goalscorers

    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal

    Caribbean Zone

    In the Caribbean Zone, 15 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition. 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 18–20 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.

    Group 1

    Matches played in Puerto Rico.

    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). 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.

    Group 3

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

    Group 4

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

    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-finals

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

    Third place playoff

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

    Goalscorers

    12 goals
  • Nérilia Mondésir
  • 11 goals
  • Karina Socarrás
  • 8 goals
  • Batcheba Louis
  • 6 goals
  • Ahkeela Mollon
  • 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.

    References

    2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification Wikipedia