2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | 10–21 February 2016 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 United States (4th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Canada
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 78 (5.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Crystal Dunn Raquel Rodríguez(6 goals each) |
| Best player |
Morgan Brian
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| Best goalkeeper |
Hope Solo
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| Fair play award |
United States
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The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 12 August 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 10–21 February 2016 in Houston and Frisco, Texas. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Canada. Both teams qualified for the Olympics, their sixth and third in a row respectively.
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
The two venues were announced by CONCACAF on 12 August 2015.
The draw for the tournament took place on 23 November 2015 at 10:00 EST (UTC−5) at the InterContinental Doral in Doral, Florida. The draw was conducted by Cat Whitehill and Tiffany Roberts.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host, defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.
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