CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 / Qualification

The qualification for the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 should initially take place between May and July 2018, but was then carried out until the beginning of September. 26 of the originally 27 registered teams play for five places in the final round. The qualification is also the first stage of qualification for the 2019 Women's World Cup .

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The three members of the North American Football Union received a bye to the finals. This affects Canada , Mexico and the USA . Four members of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol from Central America will determine two finalists in a tournament from June 6 to 10 in Nicaragua . In the Caribbean , 20 national teams in five groups play qualifying games for the Caribbean championship. The game was played from May 23 to June 22, 2014. The five group winners will then play for three places in a tournament in July in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, where three teams can qualify directly for the World Cup in France and the fourth-placed team still qualifies the chance has to secure another World Cup starting place against the third of the South American Championship 2018 .

Central America

The tournament was originally supposed to take place in Nicaragua from June 6th to 10th . Due to the unrest in Nicaragua, it was decided in July that the games should take place in Florida at the end of August . Guatemala was suspended by FIFA in 2016 and was therefore unable to register.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	018: 200	+16	09
2.	Panama Panama	3	2	0	1	011: 500	+6	06th
3.	Nicaragua Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	003:100	−7	01
4th	El Salvador El Salvador	3	0	1	2	004:190	−15	01

08/27/2018 in Bradenton	Panama	-	Nicaragua	4: 0 0(1: 0)
	El Salvador	-	Costa Rica	0:11 (0: 7)
08/29/2018 in Bradenton	Panama	-	El Salvador	6: 2 0(2: 2)
	Nicaragua	-	Costa Rica	1: 4 0(0: 1)
08/31/2018 in Bradenton	Panama	-	Costa Rica	1: 3 0(0: 2)
	El Salvador	-	Nicaragua	2: 2 0(1: 0)

Caribbean

The draw took place on March 27, 2018 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami , with the hosts of the first-round tournaments Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana being set as group heads of Groups A to E. The other teams were divided into three pots with 5 teams each and one pot with 3 teams.

1 round

Group A

Tournament in the Dominican Republic .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cuba Cuba	4th	3	1	0	022: 300	+19	10
2.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	4th	2	2	0	017: 200	+15	08th
3.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	4th	2	1	1	007: 500	+2	07th
4th	Aruba Aruba	4th	1	0	3	002:200	−18	03
5.	Anguilla Anguilla	4th	0	0	4th	001:190	−18	00

May 5th, 2018 in San Cristóbal	Puerto Rico	-	Anguilla	10: 0 (5: 0)
	Dominican Republic	-	Cuba	01: 5 (1: 3)
May 7th, 2018 in San Cristóbal	Cuba	-	Aruba	11: 0 (5: 0)
	Puerto Rico	-	Dominican Republic	00-0
May 9th, 2018 in San Cristóbal	Anguilla	-	Aruba	01: 2 (0: 1)
	Cuba	-	Puerto Rico	02: 2 (0: 2)
May 11th, 2018 in San Cristóbal	Aruba	-	Puerto Rico	00: 5 (0: 3)
	Dominican Republic	-	Anguilla	03: 0 (1: 0)
May 13th, 2018 in San Cristóbal	Anguilla	-	Cuba	00: 4 (0: 2)
	Aruba	-	Dominican Republic	00: 3 (0: 3)

Group B

Tournament in Haiti . The Turks and Caicos Islands that were originally drawn withdrew before the tournament began. Guadeloupe and Martinique are not members of FIFA, so the matches against them will not be included in the world rankings by FIFA. They could have qualified for the Gold Cup, but not for the World Cup finals there.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jamaica Jamaica	3	2	1	0	018: 200	+16	07th
2.	Haiti Haiti	3	2	1	0	015: 200	+13	07th
3.	Martinique Martinique	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	000:270	−27	00

May 9, 2018 in Port-au-Prince	Jamaica	-	Guadeloupe	13: 0 (7: 0)
	Haiti	-	Martinique	02: 0 (2: 0)
May 11, 2018 in Port-au-Prince	Martinique	-	Jamaica	00: 3 (0: 0)
	Guadeloupe	-	Haiti	00:11 (0: 8)
05/13/2018	Guadeloupe	-	Martinique	00: 3 (0: 1)
	Jamaica	-	Haiti	02: 2 (1: 2)

Group C

Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	4th	3	1	0	027: 100	+26	10
2.	Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis	4th	3	1	0	020: 200	+18	10
3.	Dominica Dominica	4th	1	1	2	005: 600	−1	04th
4th	American Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands	4th	1	0	3	003:200	−17	03
5.	Grenada Grenada	4th	0	1	3	001:270	−26	01

May 19, 2018 in Couva	Dominica	-	St. Kitts & Nevis	01: 2 (1: 2)
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	At the. Virgin Islands	10: 0 (6: 0)
May 21, 2018 in Couva	At the. Virgin Islands	-	Grenada	03: 0 (0: 0)
	Dominica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	00: 3 (0: 2)
May 23, 2018 in Couva	St. Kitts & Nevis	-	Grenada	10: 0 (4: 0)
	At the. Virgin Islands	-	Dominica	00: 3 (0: 1)
May 25, 2018 in Couva	Grenada	-	Dominica	01: 1 (0: 1)
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	St. Kitts & Nevis	01: 1 (0: 1)
May 27, 2018 in Couva	St. Kitts & Nevis	-	At the. Virgin Islands	07-0
	Grenada	-	Trinidad and Tobago	00:13

Group D

Tournament in Antigua and Barbuda .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda	3	3	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Saint Lucia St. Lucia	3	2	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Curacao Curacao	3	1	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	001: 400	−3	00

May 23, 2018 in Saint John's	St. Lucia	-	Curacao	2: 1 (1: 0)
	Antigua and Barbuda	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1: 0 (0: 0)
05/25/2018	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	St. Lucia	1: 2 (0: 1)
	Curacao	-	Antigua and Barbuda	0: 3 (0: 0)
May 27, 2018	Curacao	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1-0
	St. Lucia	-	Antigua and Barbuda	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group E

Tournament in Guyana .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bermuda Bermuda	3	2	1	0	006: 400	+2	07th
2.	Guyana Guyana	3	1	2	0	008: 300	+5	05
3.	Barbados Barbados	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Suriname Suriname	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00

May 23, 2018 in Leonora	Barbados	-	Suriname	2: 1 (2: 1)
	Guyana	-	Bermuda	2: 2 (1: 2)
May 25th, 2018 in Leonora	Bermuda	-	Barbados	3: 2 (1: 1)
	Suriname	-	Guyana	1: 6 (1: 2)
May 27, 2018 in Leonora	Suriname	-	Bermuda	0: 1
	Barbados	-	Guyana	0-0

2nd round

The tournament took place between 25 August and 2 September in Kingston ( Jamaica instead). The three best teams qualified for the Gold Cup.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jamaica Jamaica	4th	4th	0	023: 200	+21	12
2.	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	4th	3	1	012: 600	+6	09
3.	Cuba Cuba	4th	2	2	012: 900	+3	06th
4th	Bermuda Bermuda	4th	1	3	005: 900	−4	03
5.	Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda	4th	0	4th	000:260	−26	00

08/25/2018	Jamaica	-	Antigua and Barbuda	9: 0 (4: 0)
	Cuba	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 3 (1: 1)
08/27/2018	Bermuda	-	Jamaica	0: 4 (0: 2)
	Cuba	-	Antigua and Barbuda	7: 0 (2: 0)
08/29/2018	Antigua and Barbuda	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0: 5 (0: 4)
	Bermuda	-	Cuba	0: 2 (0: 1)
08/31/2018	Antigua and Barbuda	-	Bermuda	0: 5 (0: 2)
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Jamaica	1: 4 (1: 0)
02.09.2018	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Bermuda	3: 0 (2: 0)
	Jamaica	-	Cuba	6: 1 (5: 0)

Best goalscorers

Players marked in bold are qualified with their team for the Gold Cup, players in italics are eliminated with their teams in the first round.

rank	Player	Gates
1	Jamaica Khadija Shaw	16
2	Cuba María Pérez	9
3	Cuba Rachel Pelaez	7th
	Trinidad and Tobago Kayla Taylor	7th
5	Saint Kitts Nevis Phoenetia Browne	6th
	Trinidad and Tobago Mariah Shade	6th
7th	Haiti Mikerline Saint Felix	5
	Cuba Lilian Perez	5
	Puerto Rico Micaela Castain	5
	Saint Kitts Nevis Brittney Lawrence	5
	Trinidad and Tobago Tasha St. Louis	5
12	Bermuda Teyah Lindo	4th
	Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez	4th
	Dominica Romelcia Phillip	4th
	Jamaica Trudi Carter	4th
	Jamaica Giselle Washington	4th
	Puerto Rico Selimar Pagán	4th
	Saint Kitts Nevis Cloey Uddenberg	4th
19th	Bermuda Deshae Darrell	3
	Bermuda Akeyla Furbert	3
	Costa Rica Melissa Herrera	3
	Dominican Republic Alyssa Oviedo	3
	Haiti Roseline Eloissant	3
	Jamaica Chinyelu Asher	3
	Cuba Dianelis Carbonell	3
	Cuba Maristania Mengana	3
	Panama Kenya Kristel Rangel Villarreal	3
	Panama Karla Riley	3
	Trinidad and Tobago Kenaya Cordner	3
	Trinidad and Tobago Jenelle Cunningham	3
	Trinidad and Tobago Janine François	3
	Trinidad and Tobago Aaliyah Prince	3
33	Barbados Felicia Jarvis	2
	Barbados Caitlin Padmore	2
	Costa Rica Shirley Cruz	2
	Costa Rica Cristin Granados	2
	Dominican Republic Dennys Vargas	2
	Guyana Brianne Desa	2
	Guyana Brittany Persaud	2
	Haiti Sherly Jeudy	2
	Haiti Batcheba Louis	2
	Jamaica Deneisha Blackwood	2
	Jamaica Dominique Bond-Flasza	2
	Jamaica Jody Brown	2
	Jamaica Konya Plummer	2
	Nicaragua Martha Lissette Silva Zapata	2
	Panama Lineth Cedeno	2
	Puerto Rico Karina Socarrás	2
	Trinidad and Tobago Jonelle Cato	2
	Trinidad and Tobago Karyn Forbes	2
	Trinidad and Tobago Kedie Johnson	2
52	American Virgin Islands Tamika Aguilar	1
	American Virgin Islands Bianca Canizio	1
	American Virgin Islands Mia Wright	1
	Anguilla Breanna Humphreys	1
	Anguilla Coleen Johnson	1
	Antigua and Barbuda Britney Edwards	1
	Antigua and Barbuda Jahira James	1
	Antigua and Barbuda Marley Jarvis	1
	Antigua and Barbuda Damali Simon-Ponte	1
	Aruba Donnevier Florance	1
	Aruba Nicole Saladin	1
	Bermuda Nia Christopher	1
	Costa Rica Wendy Patricia Salas Acosta	1
	Costa Rica Katherine Alvarado	1
	Costa Rica Maria Fernanda Barrantes Rojas	1
	Costa Rica Fabiola Maria Sanchez Jimenez	1
	Costa Rica María Paula Salas	1
	Costa Rica Fabiola Villalobos Morales	1
	Costa Rica Gloriana Jesus Villalobos Vega	1
	Curacao Samantha Statia	1
	Curacao Riesmarly Tokaay	1
	Dominica Keanna Francis	1
	Dominican Republic Andrea Rivas	1
	El Salvador Brenda Damaris Ceren Delgado	1
	El Salvador Damaris Beatriz Quelez	1
	El Salvador Jency Stephany Ramirez Reyes	1
	El Salvador Sandra Verali Tamacas Romero	1
	Grenada Monique George	1
	Guyana Calaigh Copland	1
	Guyana Sydney Cummings	1
	Guyana Cameo Hazelwood	1
	Guyana Tiandi Smith	1
	Haiti Melchie Dumornay	1
	Haiti Donya Salomon-Ali	1
	Haiti Melissa Shelsie	1
	Jamaica Christina Chang	1
	Jamaica Kevena Reid	1
	Jamaica Lauren Silver	1
	Jamaica Ashleigh Shim	1
	Jamaica Marlo Carmen Sweatman	1
	Cuba Ollancy Arrebato	1
	Cuba Karelia Fuentes	1
	Cuba Sucel Maceo	1
	Cuba Yenifer Ramos	1
	Cuba Francis Riquelme	1
	Cuba Zailin Rodríguez	1
	Cuba Yilanny Sablón	1
	Martinique Prisca Carin	1
	Martinique Johanne Guillou	1
	Martinique Nathaela Paulin	1
	Nicaragua Doriana Nachelly Aguilar Omeir	1
	Panama Erika Yaneth Hernandez	1
	Panama Natalia Mills	1
	Panama Yomira Pinzon	1
	Puerto Rico Mariana Lopez	1
	Puerto Rico Marcela Robinson	1
	Puerto Rico Laura Suarez	1
	Puerto Rico Rachel Thun	1
	Puerto Rico Adriana Tirado	1
	Saint Kitts Nevis Arielle Fernandez	1
	Saint Kitts Nevis Lavern Francis	1
	Saint Kitts Nevis Caroline Springer	1
	Saint Kitts Nevis Leranja Wilkinson	1
	Saint Kitts Nevis Lyania Bailey Williams	1
	Saint Lucia Chresilda Cox	1
	Saint Lucia Lyla Lionel	1
	Saint Lucia Ellaisa Marquis	1
	Saint Lucia Sylvie Willie	1
	Saint Vincent Grenadines Darie-Ann Duncan	1
	Suriname Saffira Hoogdorp	1
	Suriname Sabrina Rigters	1
	Trinidad and Tobago Rhea Belgrave	1
	Trinidad and Tobago Patrice Superville	1

In addition, one own goal each by Shakeela Romney (Anguilla), Joraine Maduro (Aruba), Katelyn Wiater (American Virgin Islands) and Cadeejah Procter (Antigua and Barbuda). As of September 3, 2018 after qualification has been completed

Individual evidence

[1] .com: IMG Academy to Host 2018 Concacaf Central America Women's Qualifier

[2] .com: Suspension of the Guatemalan Football Association

[3] .com: Draw Reveals Groups for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Caribbean Qualifiers