CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying

Discussion in '2016 Olympic Women's Soccer Tournament' started by toad455, May 30, 2015.

  1. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Automatic qualifiers: USA, Mexico & Canada. No word on the host for the final tournament which is currently scheduled to take place January 21 - 31, 2016.

    Central Zone Qualifiers: September 26 - October 4. Top two qualify for final tournament.
    Costa Rica
    El Salvador
    Nicaragua(hosts)
    Guatemala
    Honduras

    Caribbean Zone Qualifiers: August 21 - 25. If three groups take place, the group winners advance to the final tournament. Otherwise the two group winners, plus the best runner-up advance.
    Group A:
    Trinidad & Tobago(hosts)
    Cayman Islands
    St. Lucia
    Antigua & Barbuda

    Group B:
    Puerto Rico(hosts)
    Haiti
    Grenada
    Aruba

    Group C:*
    Jamaica
    Guyana
    ???
    ???

    *Group C is to be confirmed.
     
  2. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Groups C & D officially confirmed:

    Group C
    Jamaica
    Suriname
    Dominica
    Dominican Republic

    Group D
    Cuba
    Guyana
    St. Kitts & Nevis
    U.S. Virgin Islands (may have withdrew)
     
  3. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Surinam withdrew from Group C. Group winners will advance to the final tournament to be played Oct. 2 - 6. Top three advance to the CONCACAF Olympic Finals, joining USA, Canada, Mexico & two UNCAF qualifiers. Final tournament has been confirmed to be played in the USA from Feb. 10-21, 2016 with one group playing in Houston & the other in Frisco(Dallas).
     
  4. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Caribbean qualifying started yesterday:

    Group A
    Haiti 14 - Aruba 0
    Puerto Rico 12 - Grenada 0

    Group B
    to be played Aug. 27 - 31.

    Group C
    Dominican Rep. 11 - Dominica 0

    Group D
    Guyana 8 - St. Kitts & Nevis 0
     
    blissett repped this.
  5. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Look at those 10+ GDs....
     
    blissett repped this.
  6. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Yeah, it doesn't look like there is much parity in those Carribean-area matches, does it? :cautious:
     
  7. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    nope. The four teams to advance out of their groups should be: Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica & Guyana. I hope that the CFU will hold the women's Caribbean championship every other year to help boost the competition.
     
    blissett and SiberianThunderT repped this.
  8. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    TODAY

    Group A
    Haiti 14 - Grenada 0
    Puerto Rico 9 - Aruba 0

    Group C
    Jamaica 6 - Dominican Rep. 0

    Group D
    Cuba 1 - Guyana 1
     
  9. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Aug. 25
    Group A
    Grenada 2 - Aruba 0
    Puerto Rico 3 - Haiti 2

    Group C
    Jamaica 12 - Dominica 0

    Group D
    Cuba 6 - St. Kitts & Nevis 0

    Puerto Rico, Jamaica & Guyana advance to Final round.
     
  10. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Puerto Rico 3-2 Haiti
    St Kitts/Nevis 0-6 Cuba
    Dominica 0-13 Jamaica
    Grenada 2-0 Aruba

    Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Guyana win their groups and advance
     
  11. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    So there's no agreement about the number of goals Jamaica put through hopeless Dominica's goal? :rolleyes:

    I have to assume Puerto Rico advancing over Haiti is a mild-surprise? :cautious:

    No match has been played yet in Trinidad & Tobago's group? o_O They shouldn't fail to qualify anyway, should they?
     
    jonny63 repped this.
  12. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway

    CFU reported 13-0 to Jamaica , so I guess that is the final result.

    Yes, Puerto Rico winning the group was a surprise.

    They will start playing in T&T group on Friday. Host will be St Lucia.
     
    blissett repped this.
  13. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    yes, it's 13-0. Group B starts play on Thursday. Trinidad & Tobago should easily win their group. 3 out of the final 4 advance to the CONCACAF Finals. I'd guess and say either Guyana or Puerto Rico will be the team not advancing.
     
    blissett repped this.
  14. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I have to assume that advancing or not is based on the number of points and/or goal difference of the winners of the 4 groups? Were the groups enough balanced that this method can be considered quite fair (instead of direct matches to eliminate one of the team, for instance)? :cautious:
     
  15. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    I'd say the groups were fairly balanced. Each group was originally scheduled to have 4 teams(Surinam in Group C & US Virgin Islands in Group D). I doubt either one of those teams posed any chance of winning their group. Puerto Rico only beat Haiti 3-2, so a small surprise in that group, but otherwise everything was even.
     
    blissett repped this.
  16. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    This country’s Women’s Soca Warriors will have at least an extra week of preparations for their Caribbean Football Union Women’s Olympic Qualifiers in Castries, St Lucia after the T&T Football Association was informed by CFU of a postponement due to the passage of a Tropical Storm Erika through the Lesser Antilles.

    The T&T women, who came within a win of appearing at a first ever Fifa Women’s World Cup in Canada earlier this year, but fell at the last hurdle, 1-0 on aggregate to Ecuador in a continental playoff, were due to depart for St Lucia earlier this week for their four-team qualifying tournament which also involves Antigua & Barbuda and Cayman Islands in Group Two.

    However, following Tropical Storm Erika’s passing over the last few days, CFU officials are now awaiting word from the St Lucia Football Association as to when and if it can host the qualifiers, before making their decision.


    http://www.socawarriors.net/womens-team/15859-erick-gives-women-warriors-extra-week-to-prepare.html
     
    blissett repped this.
  17. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    Group B rescheduled for Sept. 5 - 9.
     
    blissett repped this.
  18. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I feel for the poor other three group-winner teams, waiting on their heels to know if they actually qualified or not...
     
  19. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    ??? Only the group winners advance to the next round. The four group winners go into a play-off to determine the top 3 CFU teams advancing to the CONCACAF Finals.
     
  20. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Oh, ok... I hadn't grasped the exact formula and didn't understand there were play-offs scheduled.
     
  21. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    not sure why, but Group B's been postponed again. Though I haven't found a source explaining why. Maybe next week?? The CFU Finals are scheduled to be played Oct. 2 & 4.
     
    blissett repped this.
  22. GrahamK

    GrahamK New Member

    Sep 25, 2015
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Ant idea when the group is going to be played. Can't find any info any where.
     
  23. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    no clue. there's no info on CONCACAF's OR CFU's websites. And the Caribbean Finals are supposed to be played next weekend.
     
  24. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    #24 La Trucha, Sep 28, 2015
    Last edited: Sep 28, 2015
    @toad455 @GrahamK

    [​IMG]

    Note that Honduras withdrew from the tournament and that the top 2 teams qualify. All games will be played in Managua.
     
  25. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    still haven't found anything in regards to Group B from the Caribbean section being rescheduled. The Caribbean finals are supposed to occur this weekend.
     

Share This Page