Jamaica to open 2026 Concacaf W Championship against Costa Rica

Concacaf has confirmed the official match schedule and kickoff times for the 2026 Concacaf W Championship, with tickets now on sale for all five match days.

The tournament will be staged from November 27 to December 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 Concacaf’s two highest-ranked sides, the United States, and Canada, along with six teams that advanced through the 2025-26 Concacaf W Qualifiers: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Panama.

The tournament will begin at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium, with the quarter-finals contested across two match days on November 27 and 28. Jamaica will open its campaign against Costa Rica, while defending champions the United States face El Salvador on the opening day. Canada will take on Panama, and Mexico will meet Haiti on November 28.

The quarterfinal matchups and each team’s route to the final were determined using the FIFA Women’s Rankings of April 2026, with the eight participating teams seeded one to eight and the highest-ranked team drawn against the lowest-ranked team in the opening round.

Following the quarter-finals, the four winners will advance to the semi-finals on December 1 and automatically secure places at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027.

The four losing quarterfinalists will advance to the play-in round on December 2, where they will battle for Concacaf’s two berths in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 Play-Off Tournament.

The four semi-finalists will compete at Texas Health Mansfield Stadium before the tournament shifts to Shell Energy Stadium in Houston for the third-place playoff and final double-header on December 5.

In addition to World Cup qualification, the 2026 Concacaf W Championship will determine the confederation’s representatives at the women’s football tournament at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The two finalists and the third-place finisher will secure Olympic berths.

Should the United States, already qualified automatically as Olympic hosts, finish among the top three teams, Concacaf’s remaining Olympic spot will be awarded to the fourth-place finisher.

The United States enter the tournament as defending champions after defeating Canada 1-0 in the final of the 2022 edition in Monterrey, Mexico.

The 2026 Concacaf W Championship is the first of three major centralised competitions in Concacaf’s new women’s national team calendar for the 2025-2029 cycle.