| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBD |
| Dates | November 2026 |
| Teams | 8 |
| ← 2022 2030 → | |
The 2026 CONCACAF Women's Championship will be the 12th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Eight teams will play in the tournament, which will take place in November 2026.
The tournament will serve as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. The top four teams will qualify for the World Cup, while two additional teams will advance to a play-off tournament.
The United States are the three-time defending champions of the competition, having won the 2014, 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Qualification
Main article: 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualificationThe qualifying competition will be held between October 2025 and April 2026. Teams will be drawn into six groups of five, and will play single round-robin matches (two home and two away). Should more than thirty CONCACAF member associations enter, a play-in round will be held prior to the qualifying group stage. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament.
Format
Eight teams will play in the tournament, which will be held in November 2026. They will play a single-elimination tournament consisting of quarterfinals, play-ins (between the losers of the quarter-finals), semi-finals, a third place match and a final. The competition will qualify four CONCACAF teams for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while two additional teams will advance to a play-off tournament.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Team 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Team 8 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Team 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Team 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Team 3 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Team 6 | |||||||||||||
| Third-place match | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Team 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Team 7 | |||||||||||||
Qualification for international tournaments
Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup
The following four teams from CONCACAF will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. Two more teams may qualify via the inter-confederation play-offs.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | November 2026 | |
| TBD | November 2026 | |
| TBD | November 2026 | |
| TBD | November 2026 |
- Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "Concacaf announces 2025 to 2029 women's national team competitions". Concacaf. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027™ dates confirmed". inside.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
External links
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| 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
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| Play-offs | |