The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the sixth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, Washington, United States and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The winning team, the United States, and runners-up, Canada, qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The U.S. were later awarded hosting rights to the 2003 tournament, replacing China due to the SARS outbreak. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two play-off matches for qualification.
Nicaragua and Belize withdrew. The first-placed Costa Rica and the second-placed Panama qualified for the Women's Gold Cup.
and withdrew, causing and to win by walkover.
Winners qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Winner advanced to CONCACAFâÂÂAFC play-off.