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Building on the successful delivery of the inaugural W Gold Cup this year and the recently launched CONCACAF women’s club competition – the W Champions Cup – CONCACAF has taken another positive step in the ongoing growth and development of women’s football in the region, with an expanded calendar of women’s national team competitions now confirmed for the 2025 to 2029 international cycle.
The revamped women’s national team ecosystem, which the CONCACAF Council recently approved, will provide a consistent calendar of competitions for all CONCACAF federations, providing their women’s national teams with regular opportunities to compete on the regional and global stage. Tournaments will include the W Qualifiers and W Championship, which will serve as the qualification path to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games, the introduction of an inaugural CONCACAF W Nations League, and a second edition of the W Gold Cup.
CONCACAF developed the competition formats after consulting with key stakeholders and analyzing FIFA’s new women’s international match calendar.
Regarding this important announcement, CONCACAF President and FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani said: “These tournaments will provide a tremendous boost to women’s football in CONCACAF with a consistent calendar of competitions now in place for 2025 to 2029 which delivers all 41 of our federations with opportunities to grow and thrive on and off the pitch.”
“We are now five years on from the launch of our CONCACAF W Women’s football strategy and much progress has been made, from establishing new competitions to celebrating six of our national teams qualifying for and competing at the last FIFA Women’s World Cup, and of course the delivery of countless coaching and development programs that have provided women and girls across our region with opportunities to engage with the sport. We know there remains much more work to do and we are committed to continuing to support our member federations to develop every level of women’s football in CONCACAF.”
2025-26 CONCACAF W Qualifiers
(Qualifies teams for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship)
The 2025-2026 CONCACAF W Qualifiers will serve as the preliminary round of the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship and consist of a single round to be played during the FIFA Women’s International Match Windows of October and November 2025 and February and April 2026.
2026 CONCACAF W Championship
(Qualifies teams for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2028 LA Summer Olympics)
The first of the three major centralized competitions announced in the new CONCACAF women’s national team calendar, the CONCACAF W Championship, will be played in November 2026 and will serve as the Confederation’s qualifier for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 and the 2028 LA Summer Olympics.
2028 CONCACAF W Nations League
(Qualifies teams into 2029 CONCACAF W Gold Cup)
The inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Nations League will take place following the conclusion of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. The competition’s Group Stage will occur in February and April 2028, followed by the Finals, where a Champion will be crowned, in November 2028.
2029 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
The second edition of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup will take place in the summer of 2029 and will feature the region’s best women’s national teams.
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