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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = CONCACAF Women's Championship
| year           = 1991
| other_titles    = Coupe des nations féminine de la CONCACAF 1991
| dates          = 16–28 April
| country        = Haiti
| num_teams      = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues         = 1
| cities         = 1
| champion_other = {{fbw|USA}}
| second_other   = {{fbw|CAN}}
| third_other    = {{fbw|TRI}}
| fourth_other   = {{fbw|HAI}}
| count          = 1
| matches        = 16
| goals          = 101
| nextseason     = [[1993 CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament|1993]]
}}
The '''1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship''' was the first staging of the [[CONCACAF W Championship|CONCACAF Women's Championship]], the international [[women's association football]] tournament for [[North America]]n, [[Central America]]n and [[Caribbean]] nations organized by [[CONCACAF]]. The tournament took place in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]], between 18 and 27 April 1991 and consisted of eight national teams. The matches were 80 minutes long.

The [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] won the tournament after defeating [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] 5–0 in the final match. They became CONCACAF's single qualifier for the [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]], which was hosted by [[China]] in November and ended with a U.S. victory.

==Participating teams==
*From the [[North American Football Union|North American Zone]]:
;:{{fbw|CAN}}
;:{{fbw|MEX}}
;:{{fbw|USA}}
*From the [[Central American Football Union|Central American Zone]]:
;:{{fbw|CRC}}
*From the [[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean Zone]]:
;:{{fbw|HAI}} (''hosts'')
;:{{fbw|JAM}}
;:{{fbw|MTQ|snake}}
;:{{fbw|TRI}}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="8" | {{Location map+|Haiti|float=center|width=300|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Haiti|lat=18.536058|long=-72.342442|label=[[Port-au-Prince]]|position=bottom}}}}
|-
! [[Port-au-Prince]]
|-
| [[Stade Sylvio Cator]]
|-
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
|-
| [[File:Stade Sylvio Cator after earthquake 2010.jpg|170px]]
|}

==Results==
===Group stage===
====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|USA}}
|3||3||0||0||34||0||+34||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|TRI}}
|3||1||1||1||4||12||−8||'''3'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|MEX}}
|3||1||0||2||9||16||−7||'''2'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|MTQ|snake}}
|3||0||1||2||2||21||−19||'''1''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 18 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}
|score = 12–0
|report = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVhaIva4Qjc Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Mia Hamm|Hamm]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[Michelle Akers|Akers]] {{goal|10||25}}<br>[[April Heinrichs|Heinrichs]] {{goal|21||36}}<br>[[Julie Foudy|Foudy]] {{goal|28}}<br>[[Brandi Chastain|Chastain]] {{goal|40||43||47||66||74}}<br>[[Carin Jennings-Gabarra|Jennings]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20World%20Cup%20Qualifying%20Women%202010.pdf|title=Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament Recap|work=CONCACAF|access-date=2017-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020135227/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/reports/CONCACAF%20World%20Cup%20Qualifying%20Women%202010.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 18 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|MTQ|snake}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fbw|TRI|}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 20 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|TRI|}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fbw|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 20 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}
|score = 12–0
|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/10/25/usa-in-womens-world-cup-qualifying Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|MTQ|snake}}
|goals1 = [[April Heinrichs|Heinrichs]] {{goal|?||?||?}}<br>[[Michelle Akers|Akers]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Mia Hamm|Hamm]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Joy Fawcett|Biefeld]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Julie Foudy|Foudy]] {{goal|?}}<br>[[Wendy Gebauer|Gebauer]] {{goal|?}}<br>[[Brandi Chastain|Chastain]] {{goal|?}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 22 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|MTQ|snake}}
|score = 1–8
|team2 = {{fbw|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 22 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}
|score = 10–0
|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/10/25/usa-in-womens-world-cup-qualifying Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|TRI|}}
|goals1 = [[Mia Hamm|Hamm]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Carin Jennings-Gabarra|Jennings]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Wendy Gebauer|Gebauer]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Michelle Akers|Akers]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Tracey Leone|Bates]] {{goal|?}}<br>[[Brandi Chastain|Chastain]] {{goal|?}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CAN}}
|3||3||0||0||17||0||+17||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|HAI}}
|3||2||0||1||5||2||+3||'''4'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CRC}}
|3||1||0||2||2||11||−9||'''2'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|JAM}}
|3||0||0||3||1||12||−11||'''0''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 16 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}
|score = 6–0
|report = [https://www.canadasoccer.com/this-day-in-football-from-16-22-april-p149880 Report]<br>[https://www.canadasoccer.com/?gid=320&t=match Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Joan McEachern|McEachern]] {{goal|15}}<br>[[Charmaine Hooper|Hooper]] {{goal|22||48}}<br>[[Lydia Vamos|Vamos]] {{goal|29}}<br>[[Fabienne Gareau|Gareau]] {{goal|59}}<br>[[Annie Caron|Caron]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 17 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|JAM}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbw|HAI}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 19 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}
|score = 9–0
|report = [https://www.canadasoccer.com/this-day-in-football-from-16-22-april-p149880 Report]<br>[https://www.canadasoccer.com/?gid=321&t=match Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Fabienne Gareau|Gareau]] {{goal|5||24||75}}<br>[[Charmaine Hooper|Hooper]] {{goal|13||28||59||63}}<br>[[Lydia Vamos|Vamos]] {{goal|66|}}<br>[[Bernadette Mairs|Mairs]] {{goal|?|o.g.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 19 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|HAI}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fbw|CRC}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 21 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://historiasdelfutboltico.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/ni-los-viaticos-le-pagaron-a-la-primera-seleccion-femenina-en-1991/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|CRC}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Karla Alemán|Alemán]] {{goal|?}}<br>[[Maritza Álvarez|Álvarez]] {{goal|?}}
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}

{{footballbox
|date = 21 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|HAI}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.canadasoccer.com/this-day-in-football-from-16-22-april-p149880 Report]<br>[https://www.canadasoccer.com/?gid=322&t=match Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|CAN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Charmaine Hooper|Hooper]] {{goal|20}}<br>[[Lydia Vamos|Vamos]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}

===Knockout stage===
====Bracket====
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
|team-width=220
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2-->
<!--Semi-finals-->
|24 April|{{fbw|CAN}}|6|{{fbw|TRI}}|0
|25 April|{{fbw|USA}}|10|{{fbw|HAI}}|0
<!--Final-->
|27 April|{{fbw|CAN}}|0|{{fbw|USA}}|5
<!--3rd Place-->
|28 April|{{fbw|TRI}}|4|{{fbw|HAI}}|2
}}

====Semi-finals====
{{footballbox
|date = 24 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}
|score = 6–0
|report = [https://www.canadasoccer.com/this-day-in-football-from-23-29-april-p149881 Report]<br>[https://www.canadasoccer.com/?gid=323&t=match Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Annie Caron|Caron]] {{goal|41||54||55}}<br>[[Lydia Vamos|Vamos]] {{goal|51||79}}<br>[[Connie Cant|Cant]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 10000
|referee =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 25 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}
|score = 10–0
|report = [http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/10/25/usa-in-womens-world-cup-qualifying Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|HAI}}
|goals1 = [[April Heinrichs|Heinrichs]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Michelle Akers|Akers]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Carin Jennings-Gabarra|Jennings]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Tracey Leone|Bates]] {{goal|?||?}}<br>[[Kristine Lilly|Lilly]] {{goal|?}}<br>[[Joy Fawcett|Biefeld]] {{goal|?}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee =
}}

====Third place playoff====
{{footballbox
|date = 27 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|TRI|}}
|score = 4–2
|team2 = {{fbw|HAI}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

====Final====
{{footballbox
|date = 28 April 1991
|team1 = {{fbw-rt|CAN}}
|score = 0–5
|report = [http://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers Report]
|team2 = {{fbw|USA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Michelle Akers|Akers]] {{goal|3||13||70}}<br>[[Kristine Lilly|Lilly]] {{goal|15}}<br>[[April Heinrichs|Heinrichs]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 30,000<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers|title=CWC Final: All-Time Results & Scorers|work=CONCACAF|access-date=2017-10-20|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830233841/https://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|referee =
}}'''United States''' won the tournament and qualified for [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]].

==Awards==
{{winners|fbw|1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winners|USA|First}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{incomplete-list|date=October 2021}}
;11 goals
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Akers]]
;8 goals
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[April Heinrichs]]
;7 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Charmaine Hooper]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandi Chastain]]
{{div col end}}
;5 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carin Jennings-Gabarra|Carin Jennings]]
{{div col end}}
;4 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Annie Caron]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Fabienne Gareau]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lydia Vamos]]
{{div col end}}
;3 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracey Leone|Tracey Bates]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett|Joy Biefeld-Fawcett]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Gebauer]]
{{div col end}}
;2 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Foudy]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Connie Cant]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Joan McEachern]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Karla Alemán]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Maritza Álvarez]]
{{div col end}}
;Own goals
*{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Bernadette Mairs]] <small>(playing against {{fbw|CAN}})</small>

===Final ranking===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
! width=25 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|USA}}
|5||5||0||0||49||0||+49||'''10'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CAN}}
|5||4||0||1||23||5||+18||'''8'''
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|TRI}}
|5||2||1||2||8||20||−12||'''5'''
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|HAI}}
|5||2||0||3||7||16||−9||'''4'''
|-
| colspan=10 | '''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|- align=center
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|MEX}}
||3|||1|||0|||2|||9|||16|||−7|||'''2'''
|- align=center
|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|CRC}}
||3|||1|||0|||2|||2|||11|||−9|||'''2'''
|- align=center
|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|MTQ|snake}}
||3|||0|||1|||2|||2|||21|||−19||'''1'''
|- align=center
|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|JAM}}
||3|||0|||0|||3|||1|||12|||−11|||'''0'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cam-women91.html Tables & results] at RSSSF.com

{{CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup}}
{{1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}

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