The 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification, officially called 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers, was a women's football competition that determined the six teams joining the two teams which would automatically qualify for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship final tournament in November 2026.
Teams A total of 39 CONCACAF member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying competition, with Canada and the United States having qualified automatically for the final tournament as the top two teams from CONCACAF in FIFA Women's World Ranking of 7 August 2025. After the withdrawal of Turks and Caicos Islands prior to the draw, a total of 29 teams entered the preliminary phase.
Automatic qualifiers
Teams entering qualification
Did not enter
Notes
Format The two highest-ranked teams from CONCACAF in the FIFA Women's World Ranking of August 2025 (the United States and Canada) received a bye to the final tournament. 29 teams entering qualification were drawn into six groups to play a single-leg round-robin tournament during the international windows of November–December 2025, and February–March and April 2026. The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament in November 2026.
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked based on the following criteria:
Standings points (three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss) Goal differential in all group matches Goals scored in all group matches If two or more teams were still tied, then the following criteria were applied: Standings points obtained in matches among the tied teams Goal differential in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams were tied) Goals scored in matches among the tied teams (only applied if more than two teams were tied) Goals scored away from home in matches between the tied teams (only applied if two teams were tied) Lowest disciplinary score in all group matches: One point for a yellow card Three points for an indirect red card (second yellow card in the match) Four points for a direct red card Five points for a yellow card and a direct red card Drawing of lots by CONCACAF
Draw The draw took place on 20 August 2025, 19:00 EDT, in Miami, United States. The teams taking part in qualifying were seeded based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking of August 2025 (listed before each team). The top six teams in the ranking were pre-seeded and automatically allocated to position 1 in order from groups A to F. The remaining teams were placed into Pots 1 to 4 based on ranking, with each pot containing six teams. Turks and Caicos Islands were originally allocated to Pot 4, but withdrew prior to the draw thus leaving Pot 4 with only five teams.
Pre-seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Draw result The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group A Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 + Group B Team B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 + Group C Team C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 + Group D Team D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 + Group E Team E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 + Group F Team F1 F2 F3 F4
Groups
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Goalscorers
Awards CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of qualifying after the conclusion of the campaign.
Best XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Arden La-Rose Jill Aguilera Katherine Castillo Mariana Benavides Sheyla Flores Melchie Dumornay Alice Soto Brenda Cerén Priscila Chinchilla Khadija Shaw Charlyn Corral
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament, joining automatic qualifiers Canada and the United States.
Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in CONCACAF W Championship 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) 10 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022) Debut 6 (1991, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2022) 4 (2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) 8 (1991, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) 7 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) 10 (1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
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