CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2002

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CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2002
Number of nations 8  (of 22 applicants)
winner United StatesUnited States USA (5th title)
venue CanadaCanada Canada & USAUnited StatesUnited States 
Opening game October 27, 2002
Endgame November 9, 2002
Games 16
Gates 80  (⌀: 5 per game)
Top scorer CanadaCanada Charmaine Hooper Christine Sinclair Tiffeny Milbrett (7 goals each)
CanadaCanada 
United StatesUnited States 

The sixth CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup (North American Women's Football Championship) was held from October 27 to November 9, 2002 in Canada and the USA . The game was played in Fullerton , Pasadena , Seattle and Victoria . The USA was the winner for the fifth time . The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2003 Women's World Cup . In addition to the USA, which had already qualified for the World Cup as hosts because China did not host the World Cup, final opponents Canada could qualify for the World Cup. Mexico had to go to third place in the AFC / CONCACAF playoffs and failed there against Japan .

mode

The eight finalists were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played once against each other team. The group first and second reached the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reached the final while the semi-final losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following women's national teams had qualified for the tournament:

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  3  3  0  0 015: 000 +15 09
 2. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  2  0  1 007: 400  +3 06th
 3. PanamaPanama Panama  3  1  0  2 005:160 −11 03
 4th Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago  3  0  0  3 002: 900  −7 00
October 27, 2002 in Pasadena
Trinidad and Tobago - Panama 2: 4
United States - Mexico 3-0
October 29, 2002 in Fullerton
United States - Trinidad and Tobago 3-0
Mexico - Panama 5: 1
November 2, 2002 in Seattle
Mexico - Trinidad and Tobago 2-0
United States - Panama 9-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CanadaCanada Canada  3  3  0  0 023: 100 +22 09
 2. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  3  2  0  1 007: 300  +4 06th
 3. HaitiHaiti Haiti  3  1  0  2 003:170 −14 03
 4th JamaicaJamaica Jamaica  3  0  0  3 001:130 −12 00
October 30, 2002 in Victoria
Jamaica - Costa Rica 0: 2
Canada - Haiti 11: 1
November 1, 2002 in Victoria
Haiti - Costa Rica 0: 5
Canada - Jamaica 9-0
November 3, 2002 in Victoria
Jamaica - Haiti 1: 2
Canada - Costa Rica 3-0

Semifinals

November 6, 2002 in Seattle
CanadaCanada Canada - MexicoMexico Mexico 2-0
United StatesUnited States United States - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 7-0

3rd place match

November 9, 2002 in Foxboro
MexicoMexico Mexico - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 4: 1

final

November 9, 2002 in Foxboro
United StatesUnited States United States - CanadaCanada Canada 2: 1 n.GG

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