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. 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 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 TeamQualification220092+76Final tournament and final match2101172+153Third place play-off B2002124−230
Group B TeamQualification2200151+146Final tournament and final match201125−31Third place play-off2011112−111
Third place play-off
Final
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.
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 TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesNorth American Zone (NAFU) Automatic 4th Runners-up (1991, 1994) Automatic 3rd Third Place (1994)Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying tournament UNCAF Qualifying Tournament third-place 2nd Group Stage (1991) UNCAF Qualifying Tournament winners 1st —Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying round Winners against 2nd Group Stage (1991) Unknown 2nd Group Stage (1991) Unknown 1st — Winners against 3rd Third Place (1991)
Venues Toronto Centennial Park Stadium Capacity: 2,200
Final tournament
Group A Team3300390+3993201104+663102916−733003038−380
Group B Team3210125+77320175+26311156−143003311−80
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final Canada won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Mexico advanced to CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.
Awards
Statistics Final ranking Team 15500420+421525311206+141035302117+49452031016−66 Eliminated in the group stage5311156−1463102916−7373003311−8083003038−380
References
External links Tables & results at RSSSF.com