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1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

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1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship
Coupe des nations féminine de la CONCACAF 1998
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
CityToronto
Dates28 August – 6 September
Teams8 (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)Canada Silvana Burtini (14 goals)
Best player(s)Canada Silvana Burtini[1]
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The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Championship, 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.

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 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, the United States, did not participate. This was because they directly qualified for the 1999 Women's World Cup as hosts of the event.

Qualification

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UNCAF qualifying tournament

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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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Haiti 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Final tournament and final match
 Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 17 2 +15 3 Third place play-off
 Guatemala B 2 0 0 2 1 24 −23 0
Costa Rica 17–0 Guatemala B
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Haiti 2–0 Costa Rica
Haiti 7–1 Guatemala B

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Guatemala 2 2 0 0 15 1 +14 6 Final tournament and final match
 El Salvador 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Third place play-off
 Honduras 2 0 1 1 1 12 −11 1
Guatemala 11–0 Honduras
El Salvador 1–1 Honduras
Guatemala 4–1 El Salvador

Third place play-off

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Costa Rica 5–1 El Salvador

Final

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Guatemala 1–0 Haiti

CFU Qualifying Round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.

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

Participating teams

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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)

Venues

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Toronto
Centennial Park Stadium
Capacity: 2,200

Final tournament

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 39 0 +39 9
 Guatemala 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
 Martinique 3 1 0 2 9 16 −7 3
 Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 0 38 −38 0
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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 12 5 +7 7
 Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
 Haiti 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
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

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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

Semi-finals

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

Third place playoff

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Costa Rica 4–0 Guatemala

Final

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

Canada won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Mexico advanced to CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

Awards

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 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winners 

Canada
First title

Statistics

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Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 5 5 0 0 42 0 +42 15
2  Mexico 5 3 1 1 20 6 +14 10
3  Costa Rica 5 3 0 2 11 7 +4 9
4  Guatemala 5 2 0 3 10 16 −6 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
6  Martinique 3 1 0 2 9 16 −7 3
7  Haiti 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
8  Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 0 38 −38 0

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian soccer timeline from 1997 to 2000". canadasoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Giron, Carlos (June 29, 1998). "Canada to host CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier". CONCACAF. New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2001. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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