CONCACAF's Women's Championship 1998

UNCAF Warm-Up Tournament (in Ciudad de Guatemala)

NB: no qualifying tournament; Costa Rica and Guatemala had already qualified
    automatically before this tournament began (El Salvador and Honduras
    apparently did not submit entries)

Group A
19 Jul Costa Rica  17-0 Guatemala B
21 Jul Haiti	    2-0 Costa Rica
23 Jul Haiti        7-1 Guatemala B

 1.Haiti            2  2  0  0  9- 1  6
 2.Costa Rica       2  1  0  1 17- 2  3
 3.Guatemala B      2  0  0  2  1-24  0  [replaced invitees Mexico who withdrew]

Group B
19 Jul Guatemala   11-0 Honduras 
21 Jul El Salvador  1-1 Honduras 
23 Jul Guatemala    4-1 El Salvador

 1.Guatemala        2  2  0  0 15- 1  6
 2.El Salvador      2  0  1  1  2- 5  1
 3.Honduras         2  0  1  1  1-12  1

Third Place Match
25 Jul Costa Rica   5-1 El Salvador

Final
25 Jul Guatemala    1-0 Haiti


Qualifying Tournament

NB: both matches at Centre of Excellence Ground, Macoya
 7 Aug Trinidad/Tob 7-0 Guyana
 9 Aug Trinidad/Tob 8-1 Guyana

Haiti were to play Bahamas but apparently the latter withdrew.

Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago qualified

It is not clear whether Martinique and Puerto Rico received a bye to the finals, 
or whether their (unknown) intended opponents withdrew. 



Final Tournament

Group A (Centennial Park, Etobicoke)
28 Aug Canada      21-0 Puerto Rico
       Guatemala    2-0 Martinique
30 Aug Puerto Rico  0-8 Guatemala  
       Canada      14-0 Martinique
 1 Sep Puerto Rico  0-9 Martinique
       Canada       4-0 Guatemala  

 1.Canada           3  3  0  0 39- 0  9
 2.Guatemala        3  2  0  1 10- 4  6
 3.Martinique       3  1  0  2  9-16  3
 4.Puerto Rico      3  0  0  3  0-38  0

Group B (Birchmount Stadium, Scarborough)
29 Aug Trinidad/Tob 2-1 Haiti
       Mexico       3-2 Costa Rica
31 Aug Haiti        1-7 Mexico     
       Costa Rica   3-1 Trinidad/Tobago
 2 Sep Costa Rica   2-1 Haiti
       Trinidad/Tob 2-2 Mexico     

 1.Mexico           3  2  1  0 12- 5  7
 2.Costa Rica       3  2  0  1  7- 5  6
 3.Trinidad/Tobago  3  1  1  1  5- 6  4
 4.Haiti            3  0  0  3  3-11  0

Semifinals
 4 Sep Guatemala    0-8 Mexico
       Canada       2-0 Costa Rica

Third Place Match
 6 Sep Costa Rica   4-0 Guatemala

Final
 6 Sep Canada       1-0 Mexico

Canada qualify for the third Women's World Cup in the USA.
Mexico play Argentina (2nd in South American championship).

Playoff

First Leg (Ciudad de México)
14-12-1998 Mexico       3-1 Argentina

Second Leg (Buenos Aires)
19-12-1998 Argentina    2-3 Mexico

Mexico qualified.

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About this document

Thanks to Mark Cruickshank for corrections

Prepared and maintained by James Goloboy and Erik Garin for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: James Goloboy and Erik Garin
Last updated: 14 Mar 2019