# 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
* Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the hosts United States, who all qualified automatically
* Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
* Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.

## Teams

A total of 23 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, three teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 20 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.
| Zone | Teams entering | No. of teams |
| North American Zone (NAFU) | Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)  Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)  United States (qualified automatically for final tournament) | 3 |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) | Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua | 5 |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) | Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Cayman Islands  Cuba  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Guyana  Haiti  Jamaica  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago | 15 |
Did not enter :
| North American Zone (NAFU) | None |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) | Belize  Panama |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) | Anguilla  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  Bonaire  British Virgin Islands  Curaçao  French Guiana  Guadeloupe  Martinique  Montserrat  Saint Martin  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Sint Maarten  Turks and Caicos Islands  U.S. Virgin Islands |

### Notes

    $^1$ Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

## Central American Zone

In the Central American Zone, five UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were placed in a single group, as confirmed on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua. The matches were played between 30 September and 4 October 2015 in Nicaragua (originally between 26 September and 4 October 2015 before Honduras withdrew). The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.
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### Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
| 2 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
| 5 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Goalscorers
#### 3 goals

* Melissa Herrera
* Karla Villalobos

#### 2 goals

* Katherine Alvarado
* Carolina Venegas
* Coralia Monterroso
* Marilyn Rivera

#### 1 goal

* Francisca González
* Vivian Herrera
* Ana Cate

## Caribbean Zone

In the Caribbean Zone, 15 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition. All 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 21–25 August and 13–15 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners advanced to the final round.
In the final round, played between 18 and 20 October 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in the final round, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. The top three teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.
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### First round
#### Group 1

Matches played in Puerto Rico.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 9 | Final round |
| 2 | Haiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 6 | |
| 3 | Grenada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 3 | |
| 4 | Aruba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | |

#### Group 2

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (changed from original hosts Saint Lucia, scheduled for 21–25 August at Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, but postponed due to Tropical Storm Erika). After two of the four teams withdrew, the format was changed to a two-legged tie between the two remaining teams in the lead-up to the final round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group 3

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Suriname).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Dominican Republic (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dominica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | |
| 4 | Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group 4

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original hosts Saint Kitts and Nevis).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guyana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 4 | Final round |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Final round

Matches played in Trinidad and Tobago (originally scheduled for 2–4 October 2015, but delayed due to the postponement of first round Group 2).
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 November – Couva | 18 November – Couva |
| Puerto Rico (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Puerto Rico (a.e.t.) | 1 | 20 November – Couva | 20 November – Couva |
| Guyana | 0 | 20 November – Couva | 20 November – Couva |
| Guyana | 0 | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 18 November – Couva | 18 November – Couva | | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 18 November – Couva | 18 November – Couva | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (a.e.t.) | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| Jamaica | 1 | | |
| Jamaica | 1 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 20 November – Couva | 20 November – Couva |
| | | Guyana | 2 |
| | | Jamaica | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

#### Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

#### Final
### Goalscorers
#### 12 goals

* Nérilia Mondésir

#### 11 goals

* Karina Socarrás

#### 8 goals

* Batcheba Louis

#### 6 goals

* Ahkeela Mollon

#### 5 goals

* Venicia Reid
* Marjorie Martínez
* Tasha St. Louis

#### 4 goals

* Betzaida Ubri
* Tashana Vincent

#### 3 goals

* Otesha Charles
* Sherly Jeudy
* Khadija Shaw
* Annie Méndez
* Selimar Pagán

#### 2 goals

* Yaqueisi Núñez
* Winibian Peralta
* Paloma Pérez
* Mariam El-Masri
* Roselord Borgella
* Ashley Rivera
* Lauryn Hutchinson

#### 1 goal

* Maria Pérez
* Roneisha Frank
* Grace John
* Calaigh Copland
* Kayla De Souza
* Olivia Gonsalves
* Alison Heydorn
* Brittany Persaud
* Ashley Rodrigues
* Soveline Beaubrun
* Yvrase Gerville
* Woodlyne Robuste
* Chinyelu Asher
* Christine Exeter
* Shanise Foster
* Donna-Kay Henry
* Kai-Lin Hernandez
* Jodi-Ann McGregor
* Monique Pryce
* Ellaisa Marquis
* Nicole Rodríguez
* Sharain Cummings
* Karyn Forbes
* Naomie Guerra
* Dernelle Mascall

#### Own goal

* Jenneling Lacle (playing against Puerto Rico)
* Tabique Lockhard (playing against Jamaica)
* Donisha Xavier (playing against Dominincan Republic)
* Nicole Rodríguez (playing against Haiti)
Note: Six goals scored by Cuba and one goal scored by Jamaica missing goalscorer information.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Canada | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Mexico | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012) |
| United States | Automatic qualifier / Hosts | N/A | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Costa Rica | Central American Zone 1st place | 2 October 2015 | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Guatemala | Central American Zone 2nd place | 4 October 2015 | 1 (2012) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean Zone 1st place | 18 November 2015 | 2 (2004, 2008) |
| Puerto Rico | Caribbean Zone 2nd place | 18 November 2015 | 0 |
| Guyana | Caribbean Zone 3rd place | 20 November 2015 | 0 |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.