2022 CONCACAF W Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico. The United States emerged as the winner, defeating Canada 1–0 in the final.

The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. The top two teams in each of the two groups qualified for the Women's World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off. Finally, the champions and the best team from each of the three CONCACAF sub-regions qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games.

The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.

Qualification
The qualifying competition was held in February and April 2022. For six of the available eight slots, thirty teams were drawn into six groups of five, and played two home and two away matches in a single round-robin format. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF W Championship. In addition, Canada and the United States, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings of August 2020, qualified automatically.

Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF W Championship.

Venues
On 14 February 2022, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would be held in Mexico and that matches would be played in the cities of Guadalupe and San Nicolás de los Garza, both located in the Monterrey metropolitan area within the state of Nuevo León.

Format
Eight teams played in the tournament, drawn into two groups of four teams and played single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, and qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The two third-placed teams from the group stage advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. The number of slots is an expansion from the previous Women's World Cup qualifying competition, which allocated only 3.5 spots to CONCACAF.

The knockout stage featured the semi-finals, a third place match, and the final to determine the champions. The winners of the competition qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, while the second and third-placed teams advanced to the CONCACAF Olympic play-off.

Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Articles 12.3): 1. points obtained in all group matches;

2. goal difference in all group matches;

3. number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows: 1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;

2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;

3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;

4. lowest fair play points in all group matches:

5. drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Draw
The group stage draw was held on 19 April 2022, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States. The eight teams were split into four pots of two teams each, based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings of June 2021. The highest-ranked nation, the United States, was automatically placed in position 1 of Group A, while the second highest-ranked nation, Canada, was placed in position 1 of Group B. The remaining teams were drawn into Group A and B in order, taking the position corresponding to their pot.

Squads
Each national team had to submit a preliminary list of up to 60 players, 5 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least thirty days before the opening match of the tournament. Using players only from this list, each team must submit a final squad of 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent their participation in the tournament before their team's first match, or following the completion of the group stage, they could be replaced by another player from the preliminary list.

Match officials
On 21 June 2022, CONCACAF announced the list of match officials for the tournament.


 * Referees


 * Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
 * Myriam Marcotte
 * Marianela Araya
 * Astrid Gramajo
 * Melissa Borjas
 * Odette Hamilton
 * Katia García
 * Francia González
 * Tatiana Guzmán
 * Ekaterina Koroleva
 * Tori Penso


 * Assistant referees


 * Chantal Boudreau
 * Ivett Santiago
 * Lidia Ayala
 * Iris Vail
 * Lourdes Noriega
 * Shirley Perelló
 * Jassett Kerr
 * Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
 * Enedina Caudillo
 * Mayte Chávez
 * Karen Díaz
 * Sandra Ramírez
 * Mijensa Rensch
 * Felisha Mariscal
 * Brooke Mayo
 * Kathryn Nesbitt


 * Video assistant referees


 * Chantal Boudreau
 * Carol Anne Chenard
 * Marianela Araya
 * Melissa Borjas
 * Shirley Perelló
 * Odette Hamilton
 * Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
 * Enedina Caudillo
 * Mayte Chávez
 * Karen Díaz
 * Francia González
 * Sandra Ramírez
 * Tatiana Guzmán
 * Ekaterina Koroleva
 * Felisha Mariscal
 * Brooke Mayo
 * Kathryn Nesbitt
 * Tori Penso

Group stage
The tournament schedule, without kick-off times, was announced on 20 April 2022, the day following the draw.

The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The third-placed teams in each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time (two periods of 15 minutes each) was played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Third place match
The winner advanced to the CONCACAF play-off for both the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup as unseeded team.

Final
The winner qualified for the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The runners-up advanced to the two-legged CONCACAF playoff for both tournaments as seeded team.

Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The following six teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.


 * 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament in France, and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States. In addition to the winner of the W Championship (United States), the winner of a CONCACAF Olympic play-off between the second and third-placed teams of the W Championship also qualified.


 * 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games
Similar to the 2018 championship, this tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games Women's football tournament in Chile. The champions and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified. However, Canada declined to participate citing scheduling issues and was replaced by Mexico, the next NAFU best team.


 * 3 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Logo
The official logo was unveiled on 19 August 2021.

Official song
"Lions (Champions Mix)" by Jamaican singer Skip Marley (feat. Cedella Marley) served as the official song of the tournament.