CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2014

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2014
Number of nations	8  (of 31 applicants)
winner	USA (7th title)
venue	United States
Opening game	15th October 2014
Endgame	October 26, 2014
Games	16
Gates	65  (⌀: 4.06 per game)
Top scorer	Abby Wambach (7 goals)
Best player	Carli Lloyd
yellow cards	28  (⌀: 1.75 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.13 per game)

The ninth CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup , the North American championship in women's football , was held in the USA from October 15 to 26, 2014 . The defending champion was Canada . The tournament served as qualification for the 2015 World Cup in Canada . In addition to the tournament winner, the runner-up and the third placed qualified directly for the world championship. The fourth must play against the third placed team of the CONMEBOL qualification for another place in the world championship.

The USA won the tournament with a 6-0 final victory over Costa Rica .

Attendees

qualification

→ see main article : CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2014 / qualification

The national teams of the USA, Canada and Mexico were automatically qualified for the finals as the top three teams in the last tournament . However, Canada canceled its participation due to the already established qualification as host for the World Cup. The field of participants should be completed by three teams from the Caribbean and two teams from Central America , but the Caribbean got a fourth starting place after the withdrawal of Canada. The qualification of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) took place from May 21 to August 26, 2014, the two participants of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) were determined at the UNCAF tournament from May 19 to 25, 2014.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament:

2 seeded teams	Mexico	United States
2 teams from Central America	Costa Rica	Guatemala
4 teams from the Caribbean	Haiti	Jamaica
	Martinique	Trinidad and Tobago

The final round draw was held in Miami on September 5, 2014 .

Venues

Bridgeview	Chester	Kansas City	Washington
Toyota Park Capacity: 20,000	PPL Park Capacity: 18,500	Sporting Park Capacity: 18,467	RFK Memorial Stadium Capacity: 45,596
Preliminary round matches	Semi-final game for third place final	Preliminary round matches	Preliminary round matches

mode

In the final round, the eight participants formed two preliminary round groups with four teams each, of which the first two qualified for the semi-finals. In the group stage, each team played against every other team in their group according to the championship mode . If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria are decisive:

1. higher number of points from matches between teams with the same points;
2. better goal difference from these games;
3. higher number of goals scored from these games;
4. better goal difference in all games;
5. higher number of goals scored in all games;
6. Drawing of lots.

From the semi-finals onwards, the tournament continued in the knockout system , with the winner of a game qualifying for the next round. If a game ended in a draw after the end of normal playing time, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice. If no decision was made after extra time, the winner was determined on penalties .

The two finalists and the winner of the game for third place qualified directly for the world championship, while the loser of the game for third place still has to play playoffs against the third of the South American Championship 2014. As a French overseas territory, Martinique is not a member of FIFA and therefore could not qualify for the World Cup. Therefore, Martinique only took part in the group stage. If Martinique had placed themselves in the top two of the group, the next-placed team would have moved up to play in the semi-finals. However, this did not happen.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	012: 000	+12	09
2.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Haiti	3	1	0	2	001: 700	−6	03
4th	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

October 15, 2014 in Kansas City
Guatemala	-	Haiti	0: 1 (0: 0)
United States	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 17, 2014 in Bridgeview
Haiti	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0: 1 (0: 1)
United States	-	Guatemala	5: 0 (1: 0)
October 20, 2014 in Washington, DC
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guatemala	2: 1 (0: 0)
Haiti	-	United States	0: 6 (0: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	09
2.	Mexico	3	2	0	1	013: 200	+11	06th
3.	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	008: 500	+3	03
4th	Martinique	3	0	0	3	001:220	−21	00

October 16, 2014 in Kansas City
Jamaica	-	Martinique	6: 0 (3: 0)
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 2014 in Bridgeview
Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	2: 1 (0: 0)
Martinique	-	Mexico	0:10 (0: 5)
October 21, 2014 in Washington, DC
Martinique	-	Costa Rica	1: 6 (0: 3)
Mexico	-	Jamaica	3: 1 (1: 1)

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	October 24, 2014
	United States	3
	Mexico	0
					October 26, 2014
					Costa Rica	0
					United States	6th
					3rd place
	October 24, 2014				October 26, 2014
	Costa Rica	31 (3) 1			Trinidad and Tobago	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	1 (0)			Mexico	4th

¹ win on penalties

Semifinals

October 24, 2014 in Chester
United States	-	Mexico	3: 0 (2: 0)
Costa Rica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 3: 0 i. E.

3rd place match

October 26, 2014 in Chester
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Mexico	2: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1)

final

October 26, 2014 in Chester
Costa Rica	-	United States	0: 6 (0: 4)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Abby Wambach	7th
2	Carli Lloyd	5
3	Charlyn Corral	4th
	Carolina Venegas	4th
5	Kennya Cordner	3
	Donna Henry	3
	Sandra Mayor	3
	Mónica Ocampo	3
	Raquel Rodríguez	3

There are also five players with two and 19 players with one goal each and one own goal.

Web links

• Full results on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ussoccer.com: "US Soccer to Host CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup"
2. ↑ concacaf.com: "United States to Host CONCACAF Women's Championship on Road to World Cup Canada 2015" ( Memento from June 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ concacaf.com: Regulations ( Memento of October 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 281 kB) Article XVIII, A.7.
4. ↑ concacaf.com: "Draw Yields Matchups for CONCACAF Women's Championship USA 2014"