The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the third edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup is a football competition sponsored by CONCACAF, and serves as a qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup. It is played every four years since it replaced the CONCACAF's Women's Championship, a tournament that was held in the 1990s, which sometimes included...

, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament finals took place in the United States of America between 19 November and 27 November 2006. The USA

United States women's national soccer team

The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...

 and Canada

Canada women's national soccer team

The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. The team reached its all-time high of 6th in the March 2011 rankings. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team...

 received byes into the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup

2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the second staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, USA and Vancouver, Canada.Second-place team Canada qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. The winner USA qualified as host. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two...

, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.

The United States won the competition with Canada the runner-up. Both squads automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup 2007

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 was an international association football competition for women held in China from September 10, 2007 – September 30, 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United...

, while third place Mexico lost to AFC

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 fourth-place finisher Japan

Japan women's national football team

The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S...

 in a playoff for a spot.

Teams

Pre-qualified	North and Central America Qualifying	Caribbean Qualifying

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	2	2	0	0	17	0	6
	2	1	0	1	2	10	3
	2	0	0	2	1	10	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	2	2	0	0	5	0	6
	2	1	0	1	2	4	3
	2	0	0	2	1	4	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup, there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round

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}}}} Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.
Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.
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US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.
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First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba

Aruba

Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda

Bermuda women's national football team

The Bermuda women's national football team is the national women's football team of Bermuda and is overseen by the Bermuda Football Association.-World Cup record:-CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup record:-References:**...

.

EWLINE Group A Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 9 3 3 0 0 11 2 +11 6 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 0 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11	EWLINE Group B Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9   Netherlands Antilles Curaçao women's national football team The Curaçao women's national football team is the national women's football team of Curaçao and is overseen by the Curaçao Football Federation.-World Cup record:-CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup record:-References:*...   3 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
EWLINE Group C Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 9 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 6 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 3 3 1 0 2 5 16 −11 0 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13	EWLINE Group D Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 9 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19 6 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 1 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15

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Group B
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Playoff
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Group C
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Group D
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Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September. The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11
	3	2	1	0	1	2	7	−5
	0	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
	3	2	1	0	1	5	3
	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12

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First round

Semifinals

Third place play-off

Final