2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification


The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification is a women's football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.
A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the United States.

Teams

A total of 30 CONCACAF member national teams entered, with three automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 27 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.
FIFA Women's World Rankings in March 2018 in parentheses.
ZoneBerthsAutomatic qualifiersTeams entering qualification
North American Zone
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[|Caribbean Zone]
3
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North American Zone None
Central American Zone
Caribbean Zone

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Format

In each group of all rounds, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.
Teams are ranked according to points. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows :
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as followed:

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
ZoneRoundDates
Central American ZoneGroup stage27–31 August 2018
Caribbean ZoneFirst round
Caribbean ZoneFinal round25 August2 September 2018

Central American Zone

In the Central American Zone, four UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. The four teams were placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.
The qualifying competition was originally scheduled to take place in Nicaragua, but a new host was selected due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. In July 2018, CONCACAF announced that all games would be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States.
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Caribbean Zone

In the Caribbean Zone, 23 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. All teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the final round, where they were placed into one group, with the top three teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.
The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 27 March 2018, 12:00, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida. Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Guyana were automatically seeded in Groups A–E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 18 teams were seeded based on CONCACAF's own ranking.
Hosts
Pot [|1]
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  • Pot 4
  • First round

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    Group A


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    Group B


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    Group C


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    Group D


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    Group E


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    Final round

    CONCACAF announced on 7 June 2018 that Jamaica would host the final round.
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    Qualified teams

    The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
    TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in CONCACAF Women's Championship1
    Automatic qualifiers8
    Automatic qualifiers8
    Automatic qualifiers & Hosts8
    Central American Zone top two29 8 20186
    Central American Zone top two29 8 20182
    Caribbean Zone top three31 8 20185
    Caribbean Zone top three31 8 20189
    Caribbean Zone top three2 9 20180

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