1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

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.

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]
1994
2000

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
Mora   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Alemán   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Contreras   ?', ?', ?'
Araya   ?', ?'
Carmona   ?'
Castro   ?'
Álvarez   ?'
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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


Third place play-off

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Final

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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'
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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

Puerto Rico  0–9  Martinique
Canada  4–0  Guatemala
Hooper   2'
Burtini   23', 26', 53'
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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

Third place playoff

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Costa Rica  4–0  Guatemala

Final

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Canada  1–0  Mexico
Smith   42' Report

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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