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2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification

The 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, officially called 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers, was a women's football competition that determined the six teams joining the two teams which will automatically qualify for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship final tournament in November 2026.[1]

2026 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2025 – 18 April 2026 (2025-11-27 – 2026-04-18)
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored314 (5.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Charlyn Corral
(13 goals)
← 2022
2030 →

Teams

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A total of 39 CONCACAF member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, with Canada and the United States having qualified automatically for the final tournament as the top two teams from CONCACAF in FIFA Women's World Ranking of 7 August 2025. After the withdrawal of Turks and Caicos Islands prior to the draw, a total of 29 teams entered the preliminary phase.[2]

Automatic qualifiers
Teams entering qualification [a]
Did not enter

Notes

  1. ↑ Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Not a member of the IOC, therefore ineligible for the Olympics
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Not a member of FIFA, therefore ineligible for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

Format

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The two highest-ranked teams from CONCACAF in the FIFA Women's World Ranking received a bye to the final tournament. 29 teams entering qualification were drawn into six groups to play a single-leg round-robin tournament during the international windows of November–December 2025, and February–March and April 2026. The winners of each group will qualify for the final tournament in November 2026.[2]

Tiebreakers

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Teams will be ranked based on the following criteria:[3]

  1. Standings points (three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss)
  2. Goal differential in all group matches
  3. Goals scored in all group matches
    If two or more teams are still tied, then the following criteria are applied:
  4. Standings points obtained in matches among the tied teams
  5. Goal differential in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
  6. Goals scored in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
  7. Goals scored away from home in matches between the tied teams (only applied if two teams are tied)
  8. Lowest disciplinary score in all group matches:
    • One point for a yellow card
    • Three points for an indirect red card (second yellow card in the match)
    • Four points for a direct red card
    • Five points for a yellow card and a direct red card
  9. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF

Draw

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The draw took place on 20 August 2025, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, United States. The teams taking part in qualifying were seeded based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking of August 2025.[a] The top six teams in the ranking were pre-seeded and automatically allocated to position 1 in order from groups A to F. The remaining teams were placed into Pots 1 to 4 based on ranking, with each pot containing six teams. Turks and Caicos Islands were originally allocated to Pot 4, but withdrew prior to the draw thus leaving pot 4 with only five teams.

Pre-seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Mexico (A1)
  2.  Jamaica (B1)
  3.  Costa Rica (C1)
  4.  Haiti (D1)
  5.  Panama (E1)
  6.  Trinidad and Tobago (F1)
  1. ↑ CONCACAF announced the pot allocation on 7 August 2025 based on the CONCACAF women's ranking published on 11 March 2025. On 14 August, the teams were re-allocated according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking published on 7 August 2025.[2]

Draw result

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The draw resulted in following groups.

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Mexico
A2 Puerto Rico
A3 Saint Lucia
A4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A5 U.S. Virgin Islands
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Jamaica
B2 Guyana
B3 Nicaragua
B4 Dominica
B5 Antigua and Barbuda
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Costa Rica
C2 Guatemala
C3 Bermuda
C4 Grenada
C5 Cayman Islands
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Haiti
D2 Dominican Republic
D3 Suriname
D4 Belize
D5 Anguilla
Group E
PosTeam
E1 Panama
E2 Cuba
E3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
E4 Curaçao
E5 Aruba
Group F
PosTeam
F1 Trinidad and Tobago
F2 El Salvador
F3 Honduras
F4 Barbados

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Virgin Islands Saint Lucia
1  Mexico 4 4 0 0 36 0 +36 12 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 6–0 — 9–0 —
2  Puerto Rico 4 3 0 1 26 6 +20 9 — — 10–0 — 7–0
3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 2 0 2 2 24 −22 6 0–14 — — 1–0 —
4  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 1 0 3 3 20 −17 3 — 0–9 — — 3–1
5  Saint Lucia 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0 0–7 — 0–1 — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–14 Mexico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Mexico 9–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Jamaica Nicaragua Guyana Antigua and Barbuda Dominica
1  Jamaica 4 4 0 0 27 2 +25 12 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — — 2–0 4–0 —
2  Nicaragua 4 3 0 1 23 4 +19 9 2–3 — — — 14–0
3  Guyana 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 6 — 1–3 — — 3–0
4  Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12 1 — 0–4 0–4 — —
5  Dominica 4 0 1 3 1 36 −35 1 0–18 — — 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Dominica 0–18 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Nicaragua 2–3 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Jamaica 4–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Nicaragua 14–0 Dominica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Guatemala Bermuda Grenada Cayman Islands
1  Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 34 1 +33 12 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 3–0 — — 21–0
2  Guatemala 4 3 0 1 23 4 +19 9 — — 4–1 6–0 —
3  Bermuda 4 2 0 2 10 15 −5 6 0–8 — — 5–3 —
4  Grenada 4 1 0 3 7 14 −7 3 1–2 — — — 3–1
5  Cayman Islands 4 0 0 4 1 41 −40 0 — 0–13 0–4 — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Cayman Islands 0–13 Guatemala
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Costa Rica 21–0 Cayman Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Haiti Dominican Republic Belize Suriname Anguilla
1  Haiti 4 3 1 0 17 1 +16 10 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 1–1 — — 5–0
2  Dominican Republic 4 2 2 0 17 4 +13 8 — — 6–1 2–2 —
3  Belize 4 2 0 2 5 15 −10 6 0–9 — — — 2–0
4  Suriname 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 0–2 — 0–2 — —
5  Anguilla 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0 — 0–8 — 1–3 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Belize 0–9 Haiti
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Dominican Republic 6–1 Belize
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Haiti 5–0 Anguilla
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Report (CONCACAF)
Belize 2–0 Anguilla
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Haiti 1–1 Dominican Republic
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Cuba Aruba Curaçao Saint Kitts and Nevis
1  Panama 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 3–0 3–1 — —
2  Cuba 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 — — — 3–0 2–2
3  Aruba 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 6 — 0–1 — — 2–1
4  Curaçao 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12 3 1–6 — 1–6 — —
5  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 0 1 3 4 9 −5 1 0–3 — — 1–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago Honduras Barbados
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — — 3–0 13–0
2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 0–2 — — —
3  Honduras 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4 — 2–2 — 4–0
4  Barbados 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0 — 0–5 — —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
El Salvador 13–0 Barbados
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,811

Goalscorers

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There were 314 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 5.61 goals per match.

13 goals

12 goals

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament, joining automatic qualifiers Canada and the United States.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF W Championship[a]
 United States Automatic qualifiers 7 August 2025 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
 Canada Automatic qualifiers 7 August 2025 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022)
 El Salvador Qualification Group F winner 17 April 2026 Debut
 Haiti Qualification Group D winner 17 April 2026 6 (1991, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2022)
 Panama Qualification Group E winner 17 April 2026 4 (2002, 2006, 2018, 2022)
 Costa Rica Qualification Group C winner 18 April 2026 8 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
 Jamaica Qualification Group B winner 18 April 2026 7 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022)
 Mexico Qualification Group A winner 18 April 2026 10 (1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ↑ "Concacaf announces 2025 to 2029 women's national team competitions". CONCACAF. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers: Official Draw and Competition Details". CONCACAF. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers – Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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