2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONCACAF WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEXAS 2016
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates10 – 21 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Crystal Dunn
Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)United States Morgan Brian
Best goalkeeperUnited States Hope Solo
Fair play award United States
2012
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The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship[1] was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 12 August 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 10 – 21 February 2016 in Frisco and Houston, Texas.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Summer Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.[3]

  1. ^ a b "United States to Host 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ^ "USA, Canada qualify for Rio 2016". FIFA.com. 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.