# 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifth 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 5 November 2019 that the United States would host the tournament between 28 January to 9 February 2020.
The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States were the defending champions.

## 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 United States, who all qualified automatically as the only teams in the region.
* Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
* Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Regional qualification tournaments were held in Central America and Caribbean 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 zone | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous women's Olympic appearances |
| Canada | North America (automatic) | 5th | Runner-up (2008, 2012, 2016) | 3 |
| Mexico | North America (automatic) | 5th | Runner-up (2004) | 1 |
| United States (title holders) | North America (automatic) | 5th | Winner (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) | 6 |
| Costa Rica | Central America Group A | 5th | Semi-finals (2012) | 0 |
| Panama | Central America Group B | 2nd | Group stage (2004) | 0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Caribbean Group A | 1st | N/A | 0 |
| Jamaica | Caribbean Group B | 2nd | Group stage (2008) | 0 |
| Haiti | Caribbean Group C | 2nd | Group stage (2012) | 0 |

## Venues

The three venues were announced during the draw ceremony on 7 November 2019.
* Group A: BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas
* Group B: H-E-B Park, Edinburg, Texas
* Semi-finals and final: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California
| Houston | Edinburg, Texas | Carson, California |
| BBVA Stadium | H-E-B Park | Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Capacity: 22,039 | Capacity: 9,735 | Capacity: 30,510 |
| HoustonCarsonEdinburg |||

## Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 7 November 2019, 14:30 EST (UTC−5), at the Mediapro Studio in Miami, Florida, United States.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots for the draw. Pot 1 contained the United States, seeded in Group A as the host nation. The remaining teams were allocated to the pots based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of 27 September 2019 (shown in parentheses below).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States (1) (position A1)  Canada (7) (position B1) | Mexico (27)  Costa Rica (38) | Jamaica (51)  Panama (56) | Haiti (73)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (134) |

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local, PST (UTC−8).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 February – Carson | 7 February – Carson |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 9 February – Carson | 9 February – Carson |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 9 February – Carson | 9 February – Carson |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Canada | 0 |
| 7 February – Carson | 7 February – Carson | | Canada | 0 |
| 7 February – Carson | 7 February – Carson | United States | 3 |
| United States | 4 | United States | 3 |
| Mexico | 0 | | |

### Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.13 goals per match.
7 goals
* Jordyn Huitema
6 goals
* Lindsey Horan
5 goals
* Christen Press
4 goals
* Adriana Leon
* Sam Mewis
3 goals
* Janine Beckie
* Christine Sinclair
* Raquel Rodríguez
* Renae Cuéllar
* Lynn Williams
2 goals
* Ashley Lawrence
* Melissa Herrera
* Nérilia Mondésir
* Mikerline Saint-Félix
* Kayla McCoy
* Khadija Shaw
* Rose Lavelle
* Jessica McDonald
1 goal
* Jessie Fleming
* Jayde Riviere
* Deanne Rose
* Shelina Zadorsky
* Priscila Chinchilla
* Shirley Cruz
* Jazmín Elizondo
* Melchie Dumornay
* Batcheba Louis
* Tiffany Cameron
* Trudi Carter
* Havana Solaun
* Jimena López
* Stephany Mayor
* Liliana Mercado
* Kiana Palacios
* Katherine Castillo
* Tobin Heath
* Carli Lloyd
* Megan Rapinoe

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Winner |
| Golden Ball | Christen Press |
| Golden Boot | Jordyn Huitema |
| Golden Glove | Stephanie Labbé |
| Fair Play Award | United States |
CONCACAF also released a "Best XI" of the tournament.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Stephanie Labbé | Kadeisha Buchanan Ashley Lawrence Stephannie Blanco Crystal Dunn | Raquel Rodríguez Nérilia Mondésir Lindsey Horan | Jordyn Huitema Renae Cuéllar Christen Press |

## Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Canada | 7 February 2020 | 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) |
| United States | 7 February 2020 | 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Controversy

* In the 19th minute of the group stage match between the United States and Haiti, Haiti's Roseline Éloissaint scored a header from a corner kick. However, the assistant referee signalled that Éloissaint was at an offside position, and Éloissaint's goal was subsequently disallowed. According to the Laws of the Game, there was no offside offense since Éloissaint received the ball directly from a corner kick.