The field for the Concacaf W Gold Cup is set.
The Gold Cup — the first for women’s national teams in Conacaf — will be played from February 17 to March 10, 2024. In addition to four teams from the South American confederation CONMEBOL joining the fray — Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay — there will be eight teams from Concacaf competing.
The Gold Cup will begin with a preliminary round featuring six teams. These six teams placed second in their ‘Road to the Concacaf W Gold Cup’ qualification groups. Haiti, El Salvador, Guyana, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Puerto Rico will face off against each other based on their second place finishes.
The matches will be a single-elimination contest and will take place on the tournament start date, Feb. 17. The opening Gold Cup games will be:
M1: Haiti (1) vs. Puerto Rico (6)
M2: El Salvador (2) vs. Guatemala (5)
M3: Guyana (3) vs. Dominican Republic (4)
How teams qualified for the Concacaf W Gold Cup
The winners of those three matches will join the already-qualified group…