2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup


The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the third edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament finals took place in the United States of America between 19 November and 27 November 2006. The USA and Canada received byes into the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.
The United States won the competition with Canada the runner-up. Both squads automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a playoff for a spot.

Teams

Qualification

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.
Group A
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CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup, there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round

First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoff
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Group C
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Group D
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Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September. The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.
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Final tournament

First round

Semifinals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards