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 organised 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: 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. Venues. The two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015. Draw. The draw for the  tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST () 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. 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: All times were local, CST (). Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Knockout stage. In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Semi-finals. Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. Final ranking. Qualified teams for Olympics. The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament. Awards. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament