1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 9 April - 24 April
Teams 10
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up  Mexico
Third place  United States
Fourth place  Cuba

The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship 1988 was held in Guatemala,[1] although it has also been reported that the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago.[2] It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Honduras  2–5  Costa Rica 1–2 1–3

Other qualification matches may have been played.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)  Bermuda
 Cuba
 Jamaica
 Netherlands Antilles
 Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)  Costa Rica
 Guatemala (host)
North America (NAFU)  Canada
 Mexico
 United States

Round 1

Group 1

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 431092+77
 United States 430173+46
 Trinidad and Tobago 4211106+45
 Guatemala 410339–62
 Jamaica 4004110–90


9 April Costa Rica  3–0  Jamaica
United States  4–1  Trinidad and Tobago
11 April Costa Rica  1–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica  0–1  Guatemala
13 April Costa Rica  1–0  United States
Trinidad and Tobago  4–1  Guatemala
15 April Jamaica  1–2  United States
Guatemala  1–4  Costa Rica
17 April Jamaica  0–4  Trinidad and Tobago
Guatemala  0–1  United States

Group 2

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 4400151+148
 Cuba 430143+16
 Canada 41124403
 Bermuda 411258–33
 Netherlands Antilles 4004113–120


10 April Netherlands Antilles  1–2  Bermuda
Canada  0–1  Cuba
12 April Canada  3–0  Netherlands Antilles
Bermuda  1–4  Mexico
14 April Canada  1–1  Bermuda
Cuba  0–2  Mexico
16 April Netherlands Antilles  0–7  Mexico
Cuba  2–1  Bermuda
18 April Cuba  1–0  Netherlands Antilles
Canada  0–2  Mexico

Final round

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 3300102+86
 Mexico 320145–14
 United States 310246–22
 Cuba 300338–50


20 April Costa Rica  3–1  United States
Mexico  2–1  Cuba
22 April United States  2–1  Cuba
Costa Rica  3–0  Mexico
24 April Costa Rica  4–1  Cuba
Mexico  2–1  United States
 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 

Costa Rica
First title

Mexico disqualification

For more details on this topic, see 1988 Mexico national football team scandal.

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

  1. "CONCACAF, about U-20 Tournament". Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. "Results by RSSSF". Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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