2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship[1] was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying, 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 Frisco and Houston, Texas.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.[2] The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Summer Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.[3] QualificationThe eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament. Qualified teamsThe following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
VenuesThe two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015.
DrawThe draw for the tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST (UTC−5) at the InterContinental Doral in Doral, Florida, United States.[6] The draw was conducted by Cat Whitehill and Tiffany Roberts.[7] 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.[8]
SquadsEach team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9] Group stageThe 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:[9]
All times were local, CST (UTC−6). Group A
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)
Group B
Source: CONCACAF
Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)
Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Knockout stageIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9] Bracket
Semi-finalsWinners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
Final
Final rankingAs 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.
Qualified teams for 2016 Summer OlympicsThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament.
Goalscorers
AwardsThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10]
NotesReferences
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