2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
North American association football competition
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The 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, officially called 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers, was a women's football competition that determined the six teams joining the two teams which will automatically qualify for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship final tournament in November 2026.[1]
Dates27 November 2025 – 18 April 2026
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed56
Goals scored314 (5.61 per match)
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| Dates | 27 November 2025 – 18 April 2026 |
| Teams | 29 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Matches played | 56 |
| Goals scored | 314 (5.61 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Charlyn Corral(13 goals) |
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Teams
A total of 39 CONCACAF member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, with Canada and the United States having qualified automatically for the final tournament as the top two teams from CONCACAF in FIFA Women's World Ranking of 7 August 2025. After the withdrawal of Turks and Caicos Islands prior to the draw, a total of 29 teams entered the preliminary phase.[2]
- Automatic qualifiers
- Teams entering qualification [a]
Anguilla [b]
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao [b]
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Did not enter
Bahamas
Bonaire [c]
British Virgin Islands
French Guiana [b][c]
Guadeloupe [b][c]
Martinique [b][c]
Montserrat [b]
Saint Martin [b][c]
Sint Maarten [b][c]
Turks and Caicos Islands [b]
Notes
Format
The two highest-ranked teams from CONCACAF in the FIFA Women's World Ranking received a bye to the final tournament. 29 teams entering qualification were drawn into six groups to play a single-leg round-robin tournament during the international windows of November–December 2025, and February–March and April 2026. The winners of each group will qualify for the final tournament in November 2026.[2]
Tiebreakers
Teams will be ranked based on the following criteria:[3]
- Standings points (three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss)
- Goal differential in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- If two or more teams are still tied, then the following criteria are applied:
- Standings points obtained in matches among the tied teams
- Goal differential in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
- Goals scored in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
- Goals scored away from home in matches between the tied teams (only applied if two teams are tied)
- Lowest disciplinary score in all group matches:
- One point for a yellow card
- Three points for an indirect red card (second yellow card in the match)
- Four points for a direct red card
- Five points for a yellow card and a direct red card
- Drawing of lots by CONCACAF
Draw
The draw took place on 20 August 2025, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, United States. The teams taking part in qualifying were seeded based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking of August 2025.[a] The top six teams in the ranking were pre-seeded and automatically allocated to position 1 in order from groups A to F. The remaining teams were placed into Pots 1 to 4 based on ranking, with each pot containing six teams. Turks and Caicos Islands were originally allocated to Pot 4, but withdrew prior to the draw thus leaving pot 4 with only five teams.
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- CONCACAF announced the pot allocation on 7 August 2025 based on the CONCACAF women's ranking published on 11 March 2025. On 14 August, the teams were re-allocated according to the FIFA Women's World Ranking published on 7 August 2025.[2]
Draw result
The draw resulted in following groups.
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Group A
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| 1 | Mexico |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | +36 | 12 | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | — | 6–0 | — | 9–0 | — | |
| 2 | Puerto Rico |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 9 | — | — | 10–0 | — | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 6 | 0–14 | — | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 4 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | — | 0–9 | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Saint Lucia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | 0–7 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3–1 | Saint Lucia |
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Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)
Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
Referee: Minely Ureña (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Jamaica |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 12 | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | — | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | |
| 2 | Nicaragua |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 9 | 2–3 | — | — | — | 14–0 | ||
| 3 | Guyana |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | — | 1–3 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | — | 0–4 | 0–4 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Dominica |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 1 | 0–18 | — | — | 1–1 | — |
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet (Saint Lucia)
Referee: Astrid Azucena Gramajo Ramirez (Guatemala)
Referee: Diana Pérez (Mexico)
| Guyana | 3–0 | Dominica |
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Referee: Miriam Leon Serpas (El Salvador)
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
Attendance: Francia González (Mexico)
| Dominica | 1–1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet (Saint Lucia)
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago Football Association)
Referee: Vimarest Diaz (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Costa Rica |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 12 | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | — | 3–0 | — | — | 21–0 | |
| 2 | Guatemala |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 9 | — | — | 4–1 | 6–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Bermuda |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | 0–8 | — | — | 5–3 | — | ||
| 4 | Grenada |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Cayman Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | −40 | 0 | — | 0–13 | 0–4 | — | — |
| Cayman Islands | 0–4 | Bermuda |
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| Grenada | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
| Guatemala | 4–1 | Bermuda |
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Referee: Minely Ureña (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Belkis Flores (Honduras)
| Bermuda | 0–8 | Costa Rica |
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Referee: Alex Billiter (United States)
Referee: Erika Monserrat González Nevarez (Mexico)
| Costa Rica | 21–0 | Cayman Islands |
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Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)
| Grenada | 3–1 | Cayman Islands |
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Referee: Nathalya Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Bermuda | 5–3 | Grenada |
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Referee: Priscila Perez (Mexico)
| Costa Rica | 3–0 | Guatemala |
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Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)
Group D
Anguilla  | 1–3 |  Suriname |
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Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Belize  | 0–9 |  Haiti |
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Referee: Karen Hernández Andrade (Mexico)
Dominican Republic  | 2–2 | Suriname |
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Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)
| Dominican Republic | 6–1 | Belize |
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Referee: Isabel Barillas (El Salvador)
| Suriname | 0–2 | Haiti |
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Referee: Kenisha Prescott (Guyana)
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)
Stade Roger Zami, Le Gosier (Guadeloupe)
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Belize | 2–0 | Anguilla |
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Referee: Paula Amaya Murillo (El Salvador)
Referee: Karim Ariadne Molina Morán (Panama)
| Haiti | 1–1 | Dominican Republic |
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Group E
Aruba  | 2–1 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Curaçao  | 1–6 |  Panama |
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Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)
Cuba  | 3–0 | Curaçao |
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Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Marjorie Ponce Lopez (Nicaragua)
Referee: Génesis de León (Guatemala)
| Aruba | 0–1 | Cuba |
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Referee: Ximena Márquez Ruíz (Mexico)
Estadio Universidad Latina, Penonomé
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
| Curaçao | 1–6 | Aruba |
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Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–2 | Curaçao |
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Referee: Alex Billeter (United States)
| Panama | 3–0 | Cuba |
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Estadio Universidad Latina, Penonomé
Referee: Alyssa Pennington (United States)
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | El Salvador |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship | — | — | 3–0 | 13–0 | |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 0–2 | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Honduras |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | — | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Barbados |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | — | 0–5 | — | — |
| El Salvador | 3–0 |  Honduras |
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| El Salvador | 13–0 | Barbados |
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| Honduras | 2–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Goalscorers
There were 314 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 5.61 goals per match.
13 goals
12 goals
9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
- Keunna Dill
- Alyssa Oviedo
- Danielle Fuentes
- Andrea Álvarez
- Nérilia Mondésir
- Sheyla Flores
- Mayqueling Márquez
- Ericka Araúz
3 goals
- Tarianna Doornkamp
- María Paula Salas
- Rocky Rodríguez
- Katheryn Rodríguez
- Hannah Mondi
- Annalisa Vincent
- Melchie Dumornay
Allyson Reed- Deneisha Blackwood
- Jody Brown
- Shania Hayles
- Scarlett Camberos
- Lizbeth Ovalle
- Riley Tanner
2 goals
- Mikhaila Bowden
- Eva Frazzoni
- Kenni Thompson
- Mariana Benavides
- Valeria del Campo
- Cecil Aldana
- Amazia Burnet
- Shi-jona Martina
- Gabriella Cuevas
- Dany Gutiérrez
- Victoria Meza
- Jackeline Velásquez
- Nia Fleming-Thompson
- María Monterroso
- Dina Polanco
- Roseline Éloissaint
- Sherly Jeudy
- Darlina Joseph
- Batcheba Louis
- Shaneil Buckley
- Natasha Thomas
- Kiki van Zanten
- Alexia Delgado
- Kiana Palacios
- Doriana Aguilar
- Hannah Lee
- Inés Navarrete
- Karla Riley
- Estefanía González
- Juelle Love
- Cristina Torres
- Phoenetia Browne
- Rachel van Netten
- Kedie Johnson
1 goal
- Carlia Johnson
- Kai Jacobs
- Adannayah Breinburg
- Aisse Gumbs
- Genesis Hazel
- Jennifer Henao
- Vanessa Susanna
- Soraya Verhoeve
- Sabrina Eiley
- Alisha Terry
- Khaly Velasquez
- Nia Christopher
- Jaden Masters
- Molly Kehoe
- Katherine Alvarado
- Stephannie Blanco
- Melissa Herrera
- Priscilla Rodríguez
- Fabiola Villalobos
- Gloriana Villalobos
- Nahomi Aguilar
- Trinity Esprit
- Nadia Colón
- Kathrynn González
- Jazmín Jackson
- Winibian Peralta
- Brianne Reed
- Stella Tapia
- Jasmine Dybala
- Samaria Gómez
- Abigaíl López
- Naomi Bedeau
- Sheranda Charles
- Mellania Fullerton
- Alexis Hypolite
- Raquelle Mitchell
- Elizabeth Estrada
- Samantha López
- Otesha Charles
- Brianne Desa
- Sandra Johnson
- Adelina Ritchie
- Claire Constant
- Chelsea Domond
- Alexandra Merriam
- Bárbara Murillo
- Jazlyn Sánchez
- Konya Plummer
- Atlanta Primus
- Rebeca Bernal
- Nicolette Hernández
- Diana Ordóñez
- Kimberly Rodríguez
- Montserrat Saldívar
- Alice Soto
- Tania Centeno
- Yessenia Flores
- Aryeri Mejía
- Heydin Picado
- Nathaly Silva
- Katherine Castillo
- Rebeca Espinosa
- Arlen Hernández
- Hilary Jaén
- Katherin Parris
- Jailene De Jesus
- Véronica García
- Gemma Gillespie
- Emma González
- Marilia Nieves-Melchor
- Maria Tapia
- Sherema Blake
- Krysan St. Louis
- Karesha Iton
- Cherish Laborde
- Chanté Dompig
- Isabelle Hoekstra
- Estelle Pereira
- Ariana Borneo
- Kennya Cordner
- Nikita Gosine
- Aaliyah Prince
- Lorall Romain
- Lita Frost
- Reagan Hood
- Naya Vialva
1 own goal
- Karmiellie Hughes (against Guyana)
- Jaden Masters (against Costa Rica)
- Starr Humphreys (against Nicaragua)
- Rosalinda Paul (against Jamaica)
- Estefanía González (against Puerto Rico)
- Ellaisa Marquis (against Mexico)
2 own goals
- Sheyla Wanton (against Panama & Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament, joining automatic qualifiers Canada and the United States.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF W Championship[a] |
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 United States |
Automatic qualifiers | 7 August 2025 | 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
 Canada |
Automatic qualifiers | 7 August 2025 | 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022) |
| El Salvador |
Qualification Group F winner | 17 April 2026 | Debut |
| Haiti |
Qualification Group D winner | 17 April 2026 | 6 (1991, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2022) |
| Panama |
Qualification Group E winner | 17 April 2026 | 4 (2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) |
| Costa Rica |
Qualification Group C winner | 18 April 2026 | 8 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
| Jamaica |
Qualification Group B winner | 18 April 2026 | 7 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
| Mexico |
Qualification Group A winner | 18 April 2026 | 10 (1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
- Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.