1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the first staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the international women's association football tournament for North America, Central America and Caribbean nations organized by CONCACAF. The final stage of the tournament took place at Etobicoke and Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada took the sole automatic qualifying place for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing first. The runner-up, Mexico, qualified after defeating Argentina in a two-leg playoff in December 1998.

1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship
1998 Coupe d'Or CONCACAF Femmes
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
CityToronto
Dates28 August – 6 September
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored99 (6.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Silvana Burtini (14 goals)
Best player(s) Silvana Burtini[1]

The tournament was originally planned to take place in Haiti, but was moved due to disputes between the Haitian government and the Haitian Football Federation.[2]

This event was the final staging of CONCACAF's Women's Championship under that name. It would be renamed the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in 2000.

This was the only edition of CONCACAF's Women's Championship or the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in which the traditional superpower of CONCACAF women's football (soccer), the United States, did not participate. The US team directly qualified for the 1999 Women's World Cup as hosts of the event.

Qualification

UNCAF Qualifying Tournament

The 1998 UNCAF Qualifying Tournament took place in Guatemala City between 19 July and 25 July 1998. It was won by the hosts Guatemala after defeating Haiti 1–0 in the final match. Guatemala, Haiti and Costa Rica qualified for the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Haiti 220092+76Final tournament and final match
 Costa Rica 2101182+163Third place play-off
 Guatemala B 2002124−230
Costa Rica 17–0 Guatemala B
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Carmona  ?'
Castro  ?'
Álvarez  ?'		 Report
Haiti 2–0 Costa Rica
Haiti 7–1 Guatemala B

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Guatemala 2200151+146Final tournament and final match
 El Salvador 201125−31Third place play-off
 Honduras 2011112−111
Guatemala 11–0 Honduras
El Salvador 1–1 Honduras
Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador

Third place play-off
Costa Rica 5–1 El Salvador

Final
Guatemala 1–0 Haiti

CFU Qualifying Round

The CFU Qualifying Round consisted of home-and-away ties. It is not clear whether Martinique and Puerto Rico received a bye to the finals, or whether their (unknown) intended opponents withdrew.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago  15–1  Guyana 7–0 8–1
Haiti  w/o1  Bahamas — —

1 Haiti were to play Bahamas but apparently the latter withdrew.

Trinidad and Tobago 7–0 Guyana
Centre of Excellence Ground, Macoya
Trinidad and Tobago 8–1 Guyana
Centre of Excellence Ground, Macoya

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the final tournament.

Participating teams
Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 4th Runners-up (1991, 1994)
 Mexico Automatic 3rd Third Place (1994)
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying tournament
 Costa Rica UNCAF Qualifying Tournament third-place 2nd Group Stage (1991)
 Guatemala UNCAF Qualifying Tournament winners 1st —
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying round
 Haiti Winners against  Bahamas 2nd Group Stage (1991)
 Martinique Unknown 2nd Group Stage (1991)
 Puerto Rico Unknown 1st —
 Trinidad and Tobago Winners against  Guyana 3rd Third Place (1991)

Final tournament

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3300390+399
 Guatemala 3201104+66
 Martinique 3102916−73
 Puerto Rico 3003038−380
Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico
Burtini  2', 7', 9', 15', 24', 26', 40', 43'
Rosenow  12', 69', 70', 80'
Franck  18', 62'
Hooper  21', 38'
Morneau  36', 44'
Blaskovic  64', 73'
Muir  75'		 Report
Attendance: 2050
Guatemala 2–0 Martinique
Puerto Rico 0–8 Guatemala
Canada 14–0 Martinique
Burtini  3', 13', 26'
Hooper  21'
Muir  28'
Rosenow  30', 38', 44', 55'
Morneau  65'
Blaskovic  72', 77'
Harvey  81'
Smith  85'		 Report
Attendance: 2121
Puerto Rico 0–9 Martinique
Canada 4–0 Guatemala
Hooper  2'
Burtini  23', 26', 53'		 Report
Attendance: 2756

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3210125+77
 Costa Rica 320175+26
 Trinidad and Tobago 311156−14
 Haiti 3003311−80
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Haiti
Mexico 3–2 Costa Rica
Haiti 1–7 Mexico
Costa Rica 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica 2–1 Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Mexico

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
 Guatemala0
 
6 September
 
 Mexico8
 
 Mexico0
 
4 September
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada2
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
Third place
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Guatemala0
 
 
 Costa Rica4

Semi-finals
Guatemala 0–8 Mexico
Canada 2–0 Costa Rica
Hooper  19', 39' Report
Attendance: 2834

Third place playoff
Costa Rica 4–0 Guatemala

Final
Canada 1–0 Mexico
Smith  42' Report
Attendance: 4971

Awards
 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship Winners 

Canada
First title

Statistics

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Canada 5500420+4215
2 Mexico 5311206+1410
3 Costa Rica 5302117+49
4 Guatemala 52031016−66
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Trinidad and Tobago 311156−14
6 Martinique 3102916−73
7 Haiti 3003311−80
8 Puerto Rico 3003038−380

References
  1. "Canadian soccer timeline from 1997 to 2000". canadasoccer.com.
  2. Giron, Carlos (29 June 1998). "Canada to host CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier". CONCACAF. New York. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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