Concacaf Information
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF; /
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CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico by the fusion of the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became one of the six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Its primary administrative functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct World Cup qualifying tournaments. In recent years, men's football in the region has been dominated by the United States and Mexico, who have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The United States has been very successful in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win any of the three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (twice), the Olympics (three times), and the Algarve Cup (eight times).
Leadership
Since 1990 Jack Warner has been the President of CONCACAF. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.[2] A power struggle developed at CONCACAF following the allegations against Warner. The allegations against Warner were reported to the FIFA ethics committee by Chuck Blazer, the secretary general of CONCACAF. The acting president of CONCACAF, Lisle Austin, sent Blazer a letter saying he was "terminated as general secretary with immediate effect".[3] Austin described Blazer's actions as "inexcusable and a gross misconduct of duty and judgement" and said the American was no longer fit to hold the post.[4] The executive committee of CONCACAF later issued a statement saying that Austin did not have the authority to fire Blazer, and the decision was unauthorised.[3] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, is now the acting president.[5] On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned the presidency of CONCACAF, all posts with FIFA, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from the 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union.[6]
Member nations
National teams
- North American Zone (NAFU)
- Central American Zone (UNCAF)
- Caribbean Zone (CFU)
1:Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2:South American country, but CONCACAF member.
3:Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.
Competitions
National teams
Confederation
Regional unions
Beach Soccer
Defunct
Clubs
Confederation
Regional unions
Defunct
CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors
National teams
Clubs
World Cup Participation and Results
- Legend
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third Place[7]
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- GS – Group Stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978 and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
- 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
- — Hosts
World Cup Qualifiers
See also:
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, five of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the final at the World Cup, but the United States has reached the semifinal in a FIFA World Cup in the first edition in 1930, where they were awarded third place, and they also reached the quarterfinal round in 2002. Mexico and Cuba have also reached the quarterfinal round. Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals in their only appearance, the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Mexico did so both times they hosted the World Cup, 1970 and 1986.
The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the World Cup, sorted by number of appearances:
Women's World Cup Qualifiers
The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by number of appearances.
Confederations Cup Qualifiers
- Q – Qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederation's Cup
Rankings
- Last updates:
- Men's national teams: 19 October 2011
- Women's national teams: 23 September 2011
- Clubs: 30 September 2011
Titles by national team
North America
Mexico, the United States, and Canada have not participated in regional union tournaments since 1991
Regional Honors
- Winners (2): 1985, 2000
- Winners (1): 1990
International Honors
- Gold Medal (1): 1904
Regional Honors
- Winners (2): 1998, 2010
International Honors
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- 1999
- Third Place (1): 1995
Regional Honors
- Winners (9): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011
- Winners (1): 1991
- Runners-Up (1): 1990
- Winners (3): 1967, 1975, 1999
International Honors
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- 1977
- Third Place (1): 2011
International Honors
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- 2005, 2011
- Silver Medal (1): 1904
- Bronze Medal (1): 1904
- Third Place (1): 1930
- Runners-Up (1): 2009
- Third Place (2): 1992, 1999
- Winners (4): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007
- Runners-Up (1): 1991
- Gold Medal (1): 1991
- International Honors
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- 1991, 1999
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- 1996, 2004, 2008
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- 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
- Regional Honors
- Winners (6): 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006
- Gold Medal (1): 1999
- International Honors
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- 2002, 2008
Central America
Regional
- Winners (3): 1963, 1969, 1989
- Winners (6): 1991 Champions, 1997 Champions, 1999 Champions, 2003 Champions, 2005 Champions, 2007 Champions
- World Cup qualification First place (2): 1990,2002:
Main articles:
1989 CONCACAF Championship and
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
Main article:
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF final round
- Winners (7): 1941, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1961
Regional
- Winners (1): 2001 Champions
Regional
- Winners (1): 2009 Champions
Caribbean
Regional
- Winners (1): 1973 Champions
See also
Regional Unions
Former Confederations
Related articles
References
- ^ Concacaf Main | CONCACAF Home | About Us | National Associations. Concacaf.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Bin Hammam and Warner suspended after FIFA investigation". CNN. 29 May 2011. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/29/football.fifa.hammam.warner/index.html.
- ^ a b "Chuck Blazer 'survives sacking attempt', says Concacaf". BBC News Online. 1 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13608081.stm.
- ^ "Concacaf bans president Austin after Blazer 'sacking'". BBC News Online. 4 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13653437.stm.
- ^ "Concacaf Suspends Its Acting President on Eve of Gold Cup". The New York Times. 4 June 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/sports/soccer/concacaf-suspends-its-acting-president-lisle-austin.html.
- ^ FIFA announces Jack Warner resignation 20 June 2011. Fifa.com (2011-06-20). Retrieved on 2011-10-14.
- ^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
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