# 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 12 August 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 10–21 February 2016 in Houston and Frisco, Texas. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.

## Qualification

The eight 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 due to being the only teams in the zone
* Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
* Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performances | Previous women's Olympic appearances |
| North American Zone (NAFU) |||||
| Canada | Automatic | 4th | Runner-up (2008, 2012) | 2 |
| Mexico | Automatic | 4th | Runner-up (2004) | 1 |
| United States | Automatic | 4th | Winner (2004, 2008, 2012) | 5 |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition |||||
| Costa Rica | Group winner | 4th | Fourth place (2004, 2008) Semi-finals (2012) | 0 |
| Guatemala | Group runner-up | 2nd | Group stage (2012) | 0 |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Final round winner | 3rd | Group stage (2004, 2008) | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | Final round runner-up | 1st | N/A | 0 |
| Guyana | Final round 3rd place | 1st | N/A | 0 |

## Venues

The two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015.
* BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
* Toyota Stadium, Frisco

## Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST (UTC−5) at the InterContinental Doral in Doral, Florida. The draw was conducted by Cat Whitehill and Tiffany Roberts.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host, defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| United States (Position A1)  Canada  Mexico | Costa Rica  Guatemala | Guyana  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago |

## Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
* Drawing of lots.
All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 19 February – Houston | 19 February – Houston |
| Canada | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | 21 February – Houston | 21 February – Houston |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 21 February – Houston | 21 February – Houston |
| Costa Rica | 1 | Canada | 0 |
| 19 February – Houston | 19 February – Houston | | Canada | 0 |
| 19 February – Houston | 19 February – Houston | United States | 2 |
| United States | 5 | United States | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

### Final
## Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | United States (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 15 | Champions |
| | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | Eliminated in Semi-finals |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | Eliminated in Semi-finals |
| 5 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |

### Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| United States | 19 February 2016 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Canada | 19 February 2016 | 2 (2008, 2012) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* Raquel Rodríguez
* Crystal Dunn

### 5 goals

* Alex Morgan

### 4 goals

* Maribel Domínguez
* Carli Lloyd

### 3 goals

* Ashley Lawrence
* Nichelle Prince
* Quinn
* Deanne Rose
* Christine Sinclair
* Melissa Tancredi
* Karla Villalobos
* Kennya Cordner

### 2 goals

* Janine Beckie
* Ana Martínez
* Tobin Heath
* Christen Press

### 1 goal

* Kadeisha Buchanan
* Gabrielle Carle
* Jessie Fleming
* Diana Matheson
* Shirley Cruz
* Melissa Herrera
* Diana Sáenz
* Mariam El-Masri
* Alison Heydorn
* Bria Williams
* Alina Garciamendez
* Katlyn Johnson
* Nayeli Rangel
* Jenelle Cunningham
* Ahkeela Mollon
* Mariah Shade
* Tasha St. Louis
* Lindsey Horan
* Kelley O'Hara
* Sam Mewis

### Own goal

* Ashley Rivera (playing against United States)

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

### Best XI

* Goalkeeper: Hope Solo
* Right Defender: Kelley O'Hara
* Central Defender: Becky Sauerbrunn
* Central Defender: Kadeisha Buchanan
* Left Defender: Allysha Chapman
* Right Midfielder: Tobin Heath
* Central Midfielder: Lindsey Horan
* Central Midfielder: Morgan Brian
* Left Midfielder: Ashley Lawrence
* Forward: Alex Morgan
* Forward: Carli Lloyd

### Golden Ball

* Morgan Brian

### Golden Boot

* Crystal Dunn (6 goals)

### Golden Glove

* Hope Solo

### Fair Play Award

* United States