2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship


The 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised 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 5 November 2019 that the United States would host the tournament between 28 January to 9 February 2020.
The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States were the defending champions.

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held in Central America and Caribbean 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.
TeamQualification zoneAppearancePrevious best performancePrevious women's Olympic appearances
North America 5thRunner-up 3
North America 5thRunner-up [|1]
North America 5thWinner 6
Central America Group A5thSemi-finals 0
Central America Group B2ndGroup stage 0
Caribbean Group A1stN/A0
Caribbean Group B2ndGroup stage 0
Caribbean Group C2ndGroup stage 0

Venues

The three venues were announced during the draw ceremony on 7 November 2019.
The draw for the tournament took place on 7 November 2019, 14:30 EST, at the Mediapro Studio in Miami, Florida, United States.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots for the draw. Pot 1 contained the United States, seeded in Group A as the host nation. The remaining teams were allocated to the pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 27 September 2019.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Squads

    Group stage

    The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.
    All times are local, CST.

    Tiebreakers

    The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
    1. Points obtained in all group matches ;
    2. Goal difference in all group matches;
    3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
    4. Drawing of lots.

      Group A


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    Group B


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    Knockout stage

    All times are local, PST.

    Bracket

    Semi-finals

    The semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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    Final

    Goalscorers

    Awards

    The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
    AwardWinner
    Golden Ball Christen Press
    Golden Boot Jordyn Huitema
    Golden Glove Stephanie Labbé
    Fair Play Award

    CONCACAF also released a "Best XI" of the tournament.
    GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
    Stephanie Labbé Kadeisha Buchanan
    Ashley Lawrence
    Stephannie Blanco
    Crystal Dunn
    Raquel Rodríguez
    Nérilia Mondésir
    Lindsey Horan
    Jordyn Huitema
    Renae Cuéllar
    Christen Press

    Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

    The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.
    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1
    3
    6