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2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification

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2026 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2025 – 18 April 2026 (2025-11-27 – 2026-04-18)
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored128 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Charlyn Corral
Puerto Rico Jill Aguilera
(7 goals each)
← 2022
2030 →
All statistics correct as of 28 February 2026.

The 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, officially called 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers, is a women's football competition that will determine the six teams joining the two teams which will automatically qualify for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship final tournament in November 2026.[1]

Teams

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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]
Did not enter

Notes

  1. ^ Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  2. ^ a b c d Not a member of the IOC, ineligible for Olympics
  3. ^ a b c d e f Not a member of FIFA or the IOC, ineligible for World Cup and Olympics

Format

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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

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Teams will be ranked based on the following criteria:[3]

  1. Standings points (three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss)
  2. Goal differential in all group matches
  3. Goals scored in all group matches
    If two or more teams are still tied, then the following criteria are applied:
  4. Standings points obtained in matches among the tied teams
  5. Goal differential in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
  6. Goals scored in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams are tied)
  7. Goals scored away from home in matches between the tied teams (only applied if two teams are tied)
  8. 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
  9. Drawing of lots by CONCACAF

Draw

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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.

Pre-seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Mexico (A1)
  2.  Jamaica (B1)
  3.  Costa Rica (C1)
  4.  Haiti (D1)
  5.  Panama (E1)
  6.  Trinidad and Tobago (F1)
  1. ^ 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

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The draw resulted in following groups.

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Mexico
A2  Puerto Rico
A3  Saint Lucia
A4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A5  U.S. Virgin Islands
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Jamaica
B2  Guyana
B3  Nicaragua
B4  Dominica
B5  Antigua and Barbuda
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Costa Rica
C2  Guatemala
C3  Bermuda
C4  Grenada
C5  Cayman Islands
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Haiti
D2  Dominican Republic
D3  Suriname
D4  Belize
D5  Anguilla
Group E
Pos Team
E1  Panama
E2  Cuba
E3  Saint Kitts and Nevis
E4  Curaçao
E5  Aruba
Group F
Pos Team
F1  Trinidad and Tobago
F2  El Salvador
F3  Honduras
F4  Barbados

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Puerto Rico Mexico United States Virgin Islands Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1  Puerto Rico 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — — — 7–0 10–0
2  Mexico 1 1 0 0 14 0 +14 3 18 Apr — 10 Apr — —
3  U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 5 Mar — — 3–1 —
4  Saint Lucia 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 — 2 Mar — — 18 Apr
5  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 0 2 0 24 −24 0 — 0–14 14 Apr — —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2026. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
U.S. Virgin Islands 3–1 Saint Lucia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–14 Mexico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Mexico v Puerto Rico
Report (FIFA)
Saint Lucia v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report (FIFA)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Nicaragua Jamaica Guyana Antigua and Barbuda Dominica
1  Nicaragua 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 2 Mar — — 18 Apr
2  Jamaica 1 1 0 0 18 0 +18 3 — — 18 Apr 10 Apr —
3  Guyana 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 1–3 — — — 3–0
4  Antigua and Barbuda 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0 0–4 — 5 Mar — —
5  Dominica 2 0 0 2 0 21 −21 0 — 0–18 — 14 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2026. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Dominica 0–18 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Nicaragua v Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Jamaica v Antigua and Barbuda
Report (FIFA)
Dominica v Antigua and Barbuda
Report (FIFA)
Jamaica v Guyana
Report (FIFA)
Nicaragua v Dominica
Report (FIFA)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guatemala Bermuda Costa Rica Cayman Islands Grenada
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 4–1 — — 6–0
2  Bermuda 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 — — 3 Mar — 18 Apr
3  Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 18 Apr — — 10 Apr —
4  Cayman Islands 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0 6 Mar 0–4 — — —
5  Grenada 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0 — — 1–2 14 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Bermuda v Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Costa Rica v Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Grenada v Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Costa Rica v Guatemala
Report (FIFA)
Bermuda v Grenada
Report (FIFA)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Dominican Republic Suriname Haiti Anguilla Belize
1  Dominican Republic 2 1 1 0 8 3 +5 4 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 2–2 — — 6–1
2  Suriname 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 — — 3 Mar — 17 Apr
3  Haiti 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9 3 17 Apr — — 9 Apr —
4  Anguilla 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0 6 Mar 1–3 — — —
5  Belize 2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0 — — 0–9 13 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Belize 0–9 Haiti
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Dominican Republic 6–1 Belize
 Report (FIFA)
Haiti v Anguilla
Report (FIFA)
Belize v Anguilla
Report (FIFA)
Haiti v Dominican Republic
Report (FIFA)
Suriname v Belize
Report (FIFA)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Aruba Cuba Saint Kitts and Nevis Curaçao
1  Panama 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 3 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 9 Apr 17 Apr — —
2  Aruba 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 — — 7 Mar 2–1 —
3  Cuba 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 — — — 2–2 1 Mar
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 4 Mar — — — 17 Apr
5  Curaçao 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5 0 1–6 13 Apr — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Cuba v Curaçao
Report (FIFA)
Aruba v Cuba
Report (FIFA)
Panama v Aruba
Report (FIFA)
Curaçao v Aruba
Report (FIFA)
Panama v Cuba
Report (FIFA)
Saint Kitts and Nevis v Curaçao
Report (FIFA)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Trinidad and Tobago El Salvador Honduras Barbados
1  Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 2026 CONCACAF W Championship — 17 Apr — —
2  El Salvador 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 — — 3–0 1 Mar
3  Honduras 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0 4 Mar — — 17 Apr
4  Barbados 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0 0–5 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Trinidad and Tobago v El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Honduras v Barbados
Report (FIFA)

Goalscorers

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There have been 128 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match (as of 28 February 2026).

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament, joining automatic qualifiers Canada and the United States.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the CONCACAF W Championship
TBD 2026
TBD 2026
TBD 2026
TBD 2026
TBD 2026
TBD 2026

References

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  1. ^ "Concacaf announces 2025 to 2029 women's national team competitions". CONCACAF. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers: Official Draw and Competition Details". CONCACAF. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ^ "2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers – Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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