Guyana to face Dominican Republic in W Gold Cup prelims

…Group Draw set for next Monday

CONCACAF has confirmed important details about the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, including the complete list of participating women’s national teams, the pots and procedures for the official draw, and the three pairings for the Preliminary Round (Prelims).
The inaugural edition of the region’s new flagship competition for women’s national teams will be played between February 17 and March 10, 2024, across four venues in three US metropolitan areas and include the participation of CONCACAF’s and CONMEBOL’s best women’s national teams and some of the world’s top players.
Following the conclusion of the 2023 Road to CONCACAF W Gold Cup, which took place during the FIFA Women’s Match Windows of September, October, and November/December 2023 and included the participation of 34 CONCACAF Member Associations, nine teams have sealed a place in the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, joining six others that had already secured a berth – United States, Canada and CONMEBOL’s four guests.
These 15 women’s national teams are (listed in alphabetical order per round):
Prelims (6): Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
Group Stage (12): Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, United States, and the three Prelims winners.

2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup details
The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup will begin with the Prelims at Dignity Health Sports Park Track and Field Stadium on February 17, 2024. The six national teams participating in this round have been divided into three pairings according to the CONCACAF Women’s Rankings as of December 2023. The three pairings are as follows (highest-ranked teams versus the lowest-ranked teams):
M1: Haiti (1) v Puerto Rico (6)
M2: El Salvador (2) v Guatemala (5)
M3: Guyana (3) v Dominican Republic (4)
After single-match elimination play, the winning team in each match will advance to the Group Stage.
A 12-national team Group Stage will follow the Prelims and will be played February 20-28, 2024, at Dignity Health Sports Park (Group A); Snapdragon Stadium (Group B), and Shell Energy Stadium (Group C). After round-robin play, the group winners, runners-up, and the two best third-place finishers will advance to the tournament’s quarter-finals.
The knockout stage will commence with the quarter-finals at BMO Stadium on March 2 and 3, followed by the semifinals and final at Snapdragon Stadium on March 6 and 10, respectively.

Draw Pots and Procedures
On Monday, December 11, 2023, CONCACAF will conduct the official Draw for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The event will start at 19:00 (7:00 pm) ET and will be widely available for fans across the region to follow and enjoy through the Confederation’s TV partner networks, including CBS | Paramount+ (USA-English) and ESPN (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America).
As previously announced, the draw will be carried out using a single-blind system involving four pots. Based on the CONCACAF Women’s Rankings as of December 2023 and the results of the 2022 CONMEBOL Women’s Copa America, the 12 teams participating in the Group Stage will be distributed in four Pots as follows (three teams per pot):
Pot 1: United States (highest-ranked CONCACAF team), Brazil (2022 CONMEBOL Women’s Copa America winner), and Canada (second highest-ranked CONCACAF team)
Pot 2: Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama (three next-best-ranked CONCACAF teams)
Pot 3: Colombia, Argentina, and Paraguay (second, third, and fourth-place finishers of the 2022 CONMEBOL Women’s Copa America).
Pot 4: Three teams that will qualify for the Group Stage from the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup Prelims
Furthermore, following the regulations governing the draw, the three teams in Pot 1 will each be pre-seeded into a group as follows:
Group A, position A1: United States
Group B, position B1: Brazil
Group C, position C1: Canada
The draw will begin by placing the three pre-seeded teams in pre-assigned group positions. Once confirmed, the draw will continue by drawing the spheres from Pot 2 and placing each team in sequential order in Groups A, B, and C, with no more than one team from each pot in each group. This procedure will be replicated for Pots 3 and 4.
The draw will conclude once all national teams have been assigned a group.