Concacaf President sends positive message to all six Concacaf teams competing at FIFA Women’s World Cup
MIAMI – WEBWIRE – Thursday, July 20, 2023
Concacaf President and FIFA Vice President, Victor Montagliani, has wished the best of luck to all six Concacaf Member Associations and their womens national teams as they look forward to their opening matches in the FIFA Womens World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. Montagliani also took the time to praise FIFA, fellow Confederations the AFC and OFC, and the two host federations for all of the hard work that has gone into preparing for what promises to be an excellent tournament that showcases the very best of womens football.
President Victor Montagliani said:
As they head towards their opening matches in the FIFA Womens World Cup 2023, on behalf of the entire Concacaf football family, I want to wish the very best of luck to the six Concacaf Member Associations and their competing womens national teams in Australia and New Zealand. Everyone in the Confederation is proud of the Costa Rica, Canada, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama and United States teams and will be supporting them throughout the tournament.
All of the coaches and players deserve the utmost credit for their efforts on the pitch to qualify for the pinnacle of womens football at this World Cup. Now they have the opportunity to compete with their peers on the global stage for what promises to be a tremendous tournament that celebrates the very best of the womens game.
In Concacaf, we launched a new womens football strategy in 2019,Concacaf W, which prioritized enhancements in womens football in our region at all levels of the game. As a key part of this strategy, we developed and delivered an entirely new international calendar of competitions from 2021-2024, vastly increasing the competitive opportunities for all womens national teams in our region. While there of course remains much more work to be done, we have already seen tremendous growth and developments across Concacaf, and it is particularly pleasing to see that reflected with a record six Concacaf teams qualified for this upcoming Womens World Cup, including representation from Central America, the Caribbean and North America.
Good luck to all of the Federations, their players and coaches, and of course to their fans who will be following them with pride in Australia and New Zealand, and back home in the six countries.
Praise for FIFA and the Football Family
I must also recognize and praise the leadership and preparation shown by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his administration to deliver what promises to be a wonderful Womens World Cup. I am also very grateful to AFC PresidentShaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and to OFC President Lambert Maltock for hosting the biggest ever FIFA Womens World Cup in their Confederations and, alongside the Australian and New Zealand Federations, for providing such a warm welcome to the global football family.
Concacaf has announced the 2023 Road to W Gold Cup schedule. The 2024 W Gold Cup qualifying tournament will take place during the FIFA Womens International Match Windows of September, October, and November 2023 and will include the participation of 35 Concacaf womens senior national teams divided into three leagues.
The W Gold Cup is the regions premier competition for womens senior national teams and is a key part of the Concacaf W womens football strategy the Confederation launched in 2019. The inaugural competition will be played between February 17 March 10, 2024, in the United States.
The 2023 Road to W Gold Cup will start after the conclusion of the FIFA Womens World Cup, which takes place this summer in Australia and New Zealand and includes a record six competing Concacaf womens national teams.
The 35 Concacaf Member Associations participating, excluding the two who will compete in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games Womens Football Tournament (USA and Canada or Jamaica), were split into three leagues according to their Concacaf Womens Ranking as of March 2023, and sub-divided into groups. Theofficial drawtook place on May 17 and the groups are as follows: League A (nine top-ranked teams divided into three groups of three)
Group A: Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Puerto Rico. League B (next 12 best-ranked teams divided into three groups of four teams)
Group A: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Suriname, and Dominica. League C (14 remaining teams divided into two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams)
Group A: Belize, Aruba, Turksand Caicos Islands, and Bonaire.
After 90 group stage matches, which include home and away play within each League and group, the top finishers in each of the League A groups (three teams) will qualify for the 2024 W Gold Cup Group Stage. Furthermore, the second-place finishers in each of the League A groups (three teams) and the first-place finishers in each of the League B groups (three teams) will advance to the 2024 W Gold Cup Prelims.
More details about the inaugural edition of the W Gold Cup are availablehere. 2023 Road to W Gold Cup Schedule Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Thursday, September 21, 2023 Friday, September 22, 2023 Sunday, September 24, 2023 Monday, September 25, 2023 Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Thursday, October 26, 2023 Friday, October 27, 2023 Sunday, October 29, 2023 Monday, October 30, 2023 Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Thursday, November 30, 2023 Friday, December 1, 2023 Sunday, December 3, 2023 Monday, December 4, 2023 Tuesday, December 5, 2023 This news content was configured by WebWire editorial staff. Linking is permitted. News Release Distribution and Press Release Distribution Services Provided by WebWire. WEBWIRE – Friday, April 1, 2022 CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe hosted the Presidents of CAF Member Associations in Doha, Qatar where he was joined by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani and President of CONMEBOL Alejandro Dominguez.
The meeting, attended by 52 African Member Associations, discussed some of the challenges facing African football, as well as the good progress that has been made on governance, professionalism and the improvement in CAF competitions and the quality of African football.
The CAF President Motsepe called on the African Member Association Presidents to work together to make African football amongst the best in the world.
On partnerships with other football Confederations, President Motsepe restated his commitment and the commitment of CAF to build mutually beneficial relationships with CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, UEFA, OCEANIA.
I want to thank FIFA President Infantino, President Montagliani of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL President Dominguez for joining our meeting and emphasizing the commitment of all of us to partner and work together to develop and grow football in our Continents and throughout the world.
President of CONCACAF Montagliani added: Africa and CONCACAF are the future of football and I know we are both on this journey to grow. We share similarities and we have similar challenges from travelling distances, to cross culture. We also share the passion for football. It is important for us going forward that we bond together and work closer not only for football in CONCACAF and Africa but to make FIFA stronger.
President of CONMEBOL Dominguez said: South America and Africa have always shared a lot in common. There is a dream I have; of course, the first prize. I hope that the FIFA World Cup 2022 final will be played first by two South American teams but if they dont both make it, one must be South American and the other African. It is possible, we have the talent.
Concacaf announces schedule for 2023 Road to W Gold Cup
Group B: Canada or Jamaica, Panama, and Guatemala.
Group C: Costa Rica, Haiti, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Group B: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Martinique.
Group C: Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados.
Group B: Cuba, Saint Lucia, Guadeloupe, and Sint Maarten.
Group C: US Virgin Islands, Grenada, and Bahamas.
Group D: Curacao, Cayman Islands, and Anguilla.
*Home team listed first (venues and kickoff times to be announced at a later date)
M1: (A) Guatemala vs Panama
M2: (B) Dominica vs Suriname
M3: (B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Guyana
M4: (B) Martinique vs Honduras
M5: (B) Nicaragua vs El Salvador
M6: (C) Bahamas vs Grenada
M7: (A) Haiti vs Costa Rica
M8: (C) Bonaire vs Turks and Caicos Islands
M9: (C) Aruba vs Belize
M10: (C) Anguilla vs Caymans Islands
M11: (A) Puerto Rico vs Mexico
M12: (B) Bermuda vs Dominican Republic
M13: (B) Barbados vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
M14: (C) Sint Maarten vs Guadeloupe
M15: (C) Saint Lucia vs Cuba
M16: (A) Panama vs Guatemala
M17: (B) Guyana vs Dominica
M18: (B) Suriname vs Antigua and Barbuda
M19: (B) Honduras vs Nicaragua
M20: (B) El Salvador vs Martinique
M21: (C) Grenada vs Bahamas
M22: (A) Costa Rica vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
M23: (C) Turks and Caicos Islands vs Aruba
M24: (C) Belize vs Bonaire
M25: (C) Cayman Islands vs Anguilla
M26: (A) Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago
M27: (B) Dominican Republic vs Barbados
M28: (B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Bermuda
M29: (C) Cuba vs Sint Maarten
M30: (C) Guadeloupe vs Saint Lucia
M31: (A) Panama vsCanada or Jamaica
M32: (B) Suriname vs Guyana
M33: (B) Dominica vs Antigua and Barbuda
M34: (B) Martinique vs Nicaragua
M35: (B) Honduras vs El Salvador
M36: (C) Grenada vs US Virgin Islands
M37: (A) Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Haiti
M38: (C) Cayman Islands vs Curacao
M39: (C) Bonaire vs Aruba
M40: (C) Turks and Caicos Islands vs Belize
M41: (A) Trinidad and Tobago vs Mexico
M42: (B) Barbados vs Bermuda
M43: (B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Dominican Republic
M44: (C) Guadeloupe vs Cuba
M45: (C) Sint Maarten vs Saint Lucia
M46: (A) Canada or Jamaica vs Guatemala
M47: (B) Guyana vs Suriname
M48: (B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominica
M49: (B) Nicaragua vs Martinique
M50: (B) El Salvador vs Honduras
M51: (C) US Virgin Islands vs Bahamas
M52: (A) Haiti vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
M53: (C) Curacao vs Anguilla
M54: (C) Aruba vs Bonaire
M55: (C) Belize vs Turks and Caicos Islands
M56: (A) Mexico vs Puerto Rico
M57: (B) Bermuda vs Barbados
M58: (B) Dominican Republic vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
M59: (C) Cuba vs Guadeloupe
M60: (C) Saint Lucia vs Sint Maarten
M61: (A) Canada or Jamaica vs Panama
M62: (B) Dominica vs Guyana
M63: (B) Antigua and Barbuda vs Suriname
M64: (B) Nicaragua vs Honduras
M65: (B) Martinique vs El Salvador
M66: (C) Bahamas vs US Virgin Islands
M67: (A) Costa Rica vs Haiti
M68: (C) Anguilla vs Curacao
M69: (C) Aruba vs Turks and Caicos Islands
M70: (C) Bonaire vs Belize
M71: (A) Puerto Rico vs Trinidad and Tobago
M72: (B) Bermuda vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
M73: (B) Barbados vs Dominican Republic
M74: (C) Sint Maarten vs Cuba
M75: (C) Saint Lucia vs Guadeloupe
M84: (A) Guatemala vs Canada or Jamaica
M77: (B) Suriname vs Dominica
M86: (B) Guyana vs Antigua and Barbuda
M87: (B) EL Salvador vs Nicaragua
M78: (B) Honduras vs Martinique
M82: (C) US Virgin Islands vs Grenada
M85: (A) Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Costa Rica
M83: (C) Curacao vs Cayman Islands
M89: (C) Belize vs Aruba
M80: (C) Turks and Caicos Islands vs Bonaire
M76: (A) Trinidad and Tobago vs Puerto Rico
M88: (B) Dominican Republic vs Bermuda
M79: (B) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs Barbados
M81: (C) Guadeloupe vs Sint Maarten
M90: (C) Cuba vs Saint LuciaFIFA President, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL Presidents, join CAF President Motsepe at Africa MA President’s meeting in Doha
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