Talk:2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship

canada will not be playing
Canada will be playing a home friendly against Japan on the 25th of October not participating in the championship. TSN ran a story last year about them choosing to play high profile friendlies rather than beating up minnows for the privilege of playing one or two good games, but I cannot find it.18abruce (talk) 22:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I found some articles that confirm the friendly match, but none of them so far confirm that Canada won't play. I could not find the TSN article either. 97.95.178.13 (talk) 22:30, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. There is a cited source [4] that says Four nations will advance to the CONCACAF finals from Caribbean region. Then if 8 teams compete, that will mean only 2 teams are from North American region, as 2 teams are already qualified from Central region. If Canada is also there, it is 3+2+4 = 9 teams. 82.141.126.42 (talk) 07:05, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Probably right. Seems Canada is out. -Koppapa (talk) 07:29, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

status of Martinique
Consistent with regulations for other equivalent tournaments, including the Men's FIFA World Cup, and information at Matinique's womens team's Article, Martinique is ineligible to qualify from this event through to the finals of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Matilda Maniac (talk) 01:57, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I happen to have a related question about this. Even though it's not sourced, it says that if Martinique finishes 4th, then the 5th-placed team will progress to the CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff in November. Wouldn't this apply even if Martinique finishes better than 4th? Jd02022092 (talk) 00:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure. -Koppapa (talk) 05:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Order of teams in group play
I've noticed that on some football tournament pages, the order of teams in group play is sorted alphabetically while in others the order of teams is sorted per the group draw (e.g., the 2014 FIFA World Cup groups). Obviously, once play starts the order is changed based upon performance. I'm wondering what the proper procedure is for pre-tournament group order? -- Jkudlick (talk) 02:43, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Whatever. They are all tied. -Koppapa (talk)
 * When there was a draw it should be ordered by the results as they are pre-ordered by pots. When there is no draw it does not matter. Kante4 (talk) 08:51, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * If I understand correctly, since there was a draw for this tournament, the teams should be listed in draw order, but it doesn't matter for the 2014 Copa América Femenina second round since they weren't drawn into those positions. Would that be correct? -- Jkudlick (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that is Kante's opinion. But any order cannot be wrong at this stage, can it? Sources will differ in this aspect. -Koppapa (talk) 05:25, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That may technically be correct, but I think it makes more sense to list teams in the order that any official publication will list them prior to the beginning of a tournament. Since CONCACAF lists these eight teams in this particular order, I believe it best that we maintain that order. -- Jkudlick (talk) 06:05, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's why at times also the group position is drawn in some tournaments which also determines the playing schedule. Kante4 (talk) 09:28, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

7th title
So this is named the seventh title of the US. I'd say we should compine the two tables (Gold CUp and other Championships) at CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. Maybe even move back to Women's Championship. Gold Cup wasn't used this year, was it? -Koppapa (talk) 09:25, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe CONCACAF changed the name of the tournament (again), and what was the Women's Gold Cup is now the CONCACAF Women's Chanpionship. I think the title of the Federation championship is irrelevant, so they should all be summed. -- Jkudlick (talk) 17:40, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. It has been the same competition consisting of women's teams from CONCACAF, only the name of the tournament has changed. I view it the same way as when a national cup changes its name because of a sponser, it's still the same cup. Equineducklings (talk) 17:21, 19 December 2014 (UTC)