Tuesday 19 July 2022, 18:00

FIFA President attends 2022 Concacaf W Championship final in Mexico

  • Gianni Infantino watched the match at the BBVA stadium in Monterrey

  • USA defeated Canada 1-0 to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games

  • Both teams had already qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand

Gianni Infantino attended the 2022 Concacaf W Championship final in Monterrey on Monday night, watching the game alongside FIFA Vice-President and Concacaf President Victor Montagliani. USA beat Canada 1-0 in front of a 17,000 crowd at the Estadio BBVA to qualify for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in Paris as well as the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. Canada will face third-placed Jamaica in a play-off next year to decide Concacaf's second berth at the Olympics. Both finalists had already qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand ™ alongside Jamaica and Costa Rica by reaching the semi-finals. Eight teams took part in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, which was held in two stadiums in the metropolitan region of Monterrey. It was a ninth title for USA with Canada having won two. Accelerating the growth of the women’s game, maximising impact on global football development and increasing global competitiveness at all levels of the game form key goals of the FIFA President’s Vision 2020-2023. The BBVA stadium, opened in 2015, is one of three in Mexico which will host matches at the FIFA World Cup 2026™. “It’s a phenomenal stadium, a fantastic football stadium,” said the FIFA President, while leaving the venue.