Draw maps Women’s Gold Cup groups

The three top-ranked English-speaking Caribbean women’s teams are set to face tough opponents in the first stage of the Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup later this year.

The official draw for the inaugural tournament took place on

Wednesday in the

United States, and 35 women’s senior national teams in the confederation have been divided into three leagues according to the Concacaf rankings of March 2023 and subdivided into groups.

The road to the

Women’s Gold Cup is set to begin this September, after the conclusion of the

FIFA Women’s World Cup, which takes place in Australia and New Zealand and will include a record six Concacaf women’s national teams.

For the Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup, No. 4 Jamaica, No. 8 Trinidad & Tobago, and No. 12 St Kitts & Nevis, the three top-ranked English-speaking Caribbean teams in the confederation, will play in League A, which features nine of the leading teams.

The Reggae Girlz could face No. 6 Panama and No. 9 Guatemala in Group C if they fail to beat Canada in a play-off in September to qualify for the Olympic Games next year in Paris.

According to a Concacaf media release, the two teams in the Olympic women’s football tournament – the United States of America and either the Jamaicans or Canadians – will skip the qualifying rounds for the Women’s Gold Cup.

The Women’s Soca

Warriors, as T&T are known, have been drawn in Group A with No. 5 Mexico and No. 11 Puerto Rico, and St Kitts & Nevis have been drawn in Group B with No. 3 Costa Rica and No. 7 Haiti.

League B of the Gold Cup features the next 12 best-ranked teams divided into three groups of four.

Group A comprises Guyana, Antigua & Barbuda, Suriname and Dominica; Group B is El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Martinique; and Group C features Dominican Republic, Bermuda, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Barbados.

The 14 remaining teams have been divided into two groups of four and two groups of three teams to play in League C.