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Concacaf on Tuesday announced the official match schedule and kickoff times for the 2026 Concacaf W Championship.
MIAMI – Concacaf on Tuesday announced the official match schedule and kickoff times for the 2026 Concacaf W Championship.
The tournament will take place from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium in Mansfield, Texas, and Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas.
The competition will feature the region’s top eight women’s national teams, including the United States and Canada – the two highest-ranked teams in Concacaf – and six additional squads that qualified through the 2025-26 Concacaf W Qualifiers: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Panama.
The competition will kick off at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium with the quarterfinals played across two matchdays on Friday, Nov. 27, and Saturday, Nov. 28. The opening round will feature Jamaica vs. Costa Rica and defending champion United States vs. El Salvador on Friday, followed by Canada vs. Panama and Mexico vs. Haiti on Saturday.
The quarterfinal matchups and each team’s path to the Final were determined based on the FIFA Women’s Rankings of April 2026, with the eight participating teams seeded one through eight and the highest-ranked team facing the lowest-ranked team in the opening round.
The four winners will advance to the semifinals on Dec. 1 and automatically qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil. The four losing teams will progress to the Play-In on Dec. 2, where they will compete for Concacaf’s two berths in the World Cup 2027 Play-Off Tournament.
The four semifinalists will compete in Mansfield on Dec. 1 before the competition moves to Houston for the third-place match and final doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 5.
In addition to Women’s World Cup qualification, the 2026 Concacaf W Championship will determine Concacaf’s representatives for the 2028 LA Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament. The two finalists and third-place finisher will secure Olympic berths. Should the U.S., which already has qualified as host of the Olympic Games, as confirmed by FIFA and the International Olympic Committee – finish among the top three teams, Concacaf’s final Olympic berth will be awarded to the fourth-place finisher.
The United States enters the tournament as the defending champion, having won the 2022 edition in Monterrey, Mexico, with a 1-0 victory over Canada in the final.
The 2026 Concacaf W Championship is the first of three major centralized competitions in Concacaf’s new women’s national team calendar for 2025–2029.
The 2026 Concacaf W Championship will be available to audiences through the confederation’s broadcast partner networks, including the CBS Sports Golazo Network and Paramount+ (USA – English), TelevisaUnivision (USA – Spanish), ESPN and Disney+ (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America), OneSoccer (Canada), and the Concacaf Official Platforms for all other territories (subject to territory restrictions).
2026 Concacaf W Championship Match Schedule
*Kickoff times listed in ET (local time)
QUARTERFINALS – Texas Health Mansfield Stadium, Mansfield, TX
Friday, November 27, 2026
17:00 (16:00) QF4: Jamaica vs. Costa Rica
20:30 (19:30) QF1: United States vs. El Salvador
Saturday, November 28, 2026
13:00 (12:00) QF2: Canada vs. Panama
16:30 (15:30) QF3: Mexico vs. Haiti
SEMIFINALS – Texas Health Mansfield Stadium, Mansfield, TX
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
17:00 (16:00) SF2: Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3
20:30 (19:30) SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4
PLAY-IN – Texas Health Mansfield Stadium, Mansfield, TX
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
13:00 (12:00) PI1: Loser QF1 vs. Loser QF4
16:30 (15:30) PI2: Loser QF2 vs. Loser QF3
THIRD PLACE AND FINAL – Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, TX
Saturday, December 5, 2026
15:00 (14:00) Third Place: Loser SF1 vs. Loser SF2
18:30 (17:30) Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2