2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 20 – March 10
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup will be the inaugural season of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, an international women's soccer competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The tournament will be contested by 12 teams from February 20 to March 10, 2024, in the United States.[1] Eight CONCACAF national teams will qualify for the tournament, joined by four guest teams from CONMEBOL.[2][3]

Format

On December 10, 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the "Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", will begin with the group stage, featuring 33 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league will feature three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Leagues B and C. The teams in each group will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top three teams in League A will qualify directly for the W Gold Cup. The group runners-up of League A and the League B group winners will participate in a play-in in April 2024 to compete for the final three spots at the W Gold Cup. The two CONCACAF women's national teams that qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 will receive a bye directly to the W Gold Cup, skipping qualification.[3]

The final tournament will be held from February 20 to March 10, 2024. Originally, CONCACAF announced the tournament would be played in June 2024, the month prior to the start of the 2024 Olympic women's football tournament,[2] but on March 8, 2023, announced it would be moved earlier to February and March.[1] The W Gold Cup will feature twelve teams, including the two teams that qualified for the Summer Olympics, the six teams that qualified from the group stage and play-in, and four guest national teams. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to determine the champion.[2]

On January 27, 2023, the United States were confirmed as the tournament hosts. In addition, the top four teams from CONMEBOL's 2022 Copa América Femenina were confirmed as guests for the tournament.[4]

Venues

The venues and host cities were announced on November 29, 2023.

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Host cities and venues of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup venues
San Diego Carson
Snapdragon Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 30,510
Houston Los Angeles
Shell Energy Stadium BMO Stadium
Capacity: 22,039 Capacity: 22,000

Qualification

The league stage of qualification will take place in September through December 2023, while the play-in will take place in February 2024.[2]

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of qualification FIFA ranking
at start of event
 United States (host)2022 CONCACAF W Championship winnerJuly 18, 2022
 CanadaCONCACAF Olympic play-off winnerSeptember 26, 2023
 MexicoQualification League A Group A winnerDecember 1, 2023
 PanamaQualification League A Group B winnerDecember 3, 2023
 Costa RicaQualification League A Group C winnerDecember 4, 2023
Qualification play-off winnerFebruary 17, 2024
Qualification play-off winnerFebruary 17, 2024
Qualification play-off winnerFebruary 17, 2024
 Brazil2022 Copa América Femenina winnersJanuary 27, 2023[lower-alpha 1]
 Colombia2022 Copa América Femenina runners-upJanuary 27, 2023[lower-alpha 1]
 Argentina2022 Copa América Femenina third placeJanuary 27, 2023[lower-alpha 1]
 Paraguay2022 Copa América Femenina fourth placeJanuary 27, 2023[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 While the semi-finalists of the 2022 Copa América Femenina were confirmed on July 18 (Brazil), July 20 (Colombia and Paraguay) and July 21, 2022 (Argentina), their invitation to participate in the W Gold Cup was not confirmed until January 27, 2023.

Draw

The final draw for the tournament took place on December 11, 2023 in Miami at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 United States
 Brazil
 Canada

 Costa Rica
 Mexico
 Panama

 Colombia
 Argentina
 Paraguay

CONCACAF Prelims 1 winner
CONCACAF Prelims 2 winner
CONCACAF Prelims 3 winner

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 CONCACAF Prelims 3 winner[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 20, 2024. Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
United States v CONCACAF Prelims 3
Mexico v Argentina
CONCACAF Prelims 3 v Mexico
Argentina v United States
Argentina v CONCACAF Prelims 3
United States v Mexico

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 CONCACAF Prelims 1 winner[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 21, 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Notes:
Brazil v CONCACAF Prelims 1
Panama v Colombia
CONCACAF Prelims 1 v Panama
Colombia v Brazil
Colombia v CONCACAF Prelims 1
Brazil v Panama

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 CONCACAF Prelims 2 winner[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Notes:
Canada v CONCACAF Prelims 2
Costa Rica v Paraguay
CONCACAF Prelims 2 v Costa Rica
Paraguay v Canada
Paraguay v CONCACAF Prelims 2
Canada v Costa Rica

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Third place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B Third place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Third place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 20, 2024. Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
March 2 – Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
March 6 – San Diego
 
 
 
 
 
March 3 – Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 
March 10 – San Diego[5]
 
 
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
March 2 – Los Angeles
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
 
 
March 6 – San Diego
 
 
 
 
 
March 3 – Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

Marketing

Branding


Broadcasting rights


Sponsorship

The following were announced as founding partners of the tournament:

References

  1. 1 2 "CONCACAF announces dates and format for inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CONCACAF to launch new senior women's national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation". CONCACAF. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Concacaf to launch revamped W Championship and new W Gold Cup". CONCACAF. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "CONMEBOL and CONCACAF sign strategic collaboration agreement". CONCACAF. January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ https://www.concacaf.com/w-gold-cup/news/snapdragon-stadium-awarded-2024-concacaf-w-gold-cup-final/
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