2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Honduras
City San Pedro Sula
Dates 3–13 December 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (5th title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Mallory Pugh (7 goals)
Best player United States Mallory Pugh
Best goalkeeper United States Rosemary Chandler
Fair play award  Canada

The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]

The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.[3]

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification.

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 6th Winner (2004, 2008) 6
 Mexico Automatic 8th Runner-up (2010, 2014) 6
 United States Automatic 8th Winner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) 7
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
 Honduras Hosts 2nd Group stage (2014) 0
 Panama Group winner 5th Fourth place (2012) 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
 Haiti Final round winner 3rd Group stage (2002) 0
 Jamaica Final round runner-up 8th Fourth place (2006) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago Final round 3rd place 7th Fourth place (2014) 0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches.[6] In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.[7]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula.[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  •  Panama
  •  Haiti
  •  Jamaica
  •  Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[9]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).[10]

The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain.[11] As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula.[12]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Honduras (H) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Jamaica 3 1 1 1 8 10 −2 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

3 December 2015 (2015-12-03)
17:00
Canada  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Kinzner  16'
Loncar  81' 		Report

3 December 2015 (2015-12-03)
19:30
Honduras  2–2  Jamaica
Bahr  4', 43' Report Shaw  23' (pen.), 73'

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
10:00
Jamaica  0–7  Canada
Report Yekka  3'
Kinzner  21'
Flynn  27' (pen.)
Pryce  50', 68', 80'
Kats  70'

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
14:00
Trinidad and Tobago  0–2  Honduras
Report Romero  4'
Bahr  67'

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
10:00
Trinidad and Tobago  1–6  Jamaica
Leander  30' Report Shaw  8'
Nelson-Lawes  21', 34', 46', 86'
Hudson-Marks  55'

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
14:00
Honduras  0–2  Canada
Report Stratigakis  5', 16'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 14 3 +11 7 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 3 13 −10 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF

4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
17:00
Haiti  3–2  Panama
Louis  19'
Mondesir  31' (pen.), 53' 		Report Riley  40'
Franco  64'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
19:30
United States  2–2  Mexico
Pugh  20' (pen.)
Fox  22' 		Report Solis  32'
Palacios  66'

7 December 2015 (2015-12-07)
10:00
Mexico  5–0  Haiti
Martínez  12', 88'
Sánchez  31', 77'
Bernal  84' (pen.) 		Report

7 December 2015 (2015-12-07)
14:00
Panama  1–6  United States
Gutiérrez  82' Report Hedge  8'
Pugh  11', 78'
Scarpa  42', 47', 90+3'

9 December 2015 (2015-12-09)
10:00
Panama  0–2  Mexico
Report Solis  40'
Crowther  41'

9 December 2015 (2015-12-09)
14:00
United States  6–0  Haiti
DeMelo  16'
Pugh  35', 44'
Scarpa  48'
Davidson  50'
Stevens  55' 		Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
 Canada (p)0 (5)
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 Mexico0 (4)
 
 Canada0
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 United States1
 
 United States7
 
 
 Honduras0
 
Third Place
 
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Honduras0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
17:00
Canada  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Mexico
Report
  Penalties  
St. Georges
Kats
Pryce
Richards
Pickett 		5–4 Bernal
Flores
González
Palacios
Rodríguez

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
20:00
United States  7–0  Honduras
Sanchez  33', 38'
Pugh  35', 60'
Scarpa  68'
Canales  88'
Velásquez  90+6' (o.g.) 		Report

Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
15:00
Mexico  2–0  Honduras
Palacios  40'
Crowther  71' 		Report
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Final

13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
18:00
Canada  0–1  United States
Report Sanchez  72'

Winners

 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 

United States
Fifth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 United States 11 December 2015 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Canada 11 December 2015 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 Mexico 13 December 2015 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
  • United States Jessie Scarpa
4 goals
  • Jamaica Oshay Nelson-Lawes
3 goals
  • Canada Taylor Pryce
  • Honduras Elexa Bahr
  • Jamaica Khadija Shaw
  • United States Ashley Sanchez
2 goals
1 goal
  • Canada Shana Flynn
  • Canada Vital Kats
  • Canada Martina Loncar
  • Canada Sura Yekka
  • Haiti Batcheba Louis
  • Honduras Fátima Romero
  • Jamaica Chanel Hudson-Marks
  • Mexico Rebeca Bernal
  • Panama Yassiel Franco
  • Panama Keisilyn Gutiérrez
  • Panama Karla Riley
  • Trinidad and Tobago Tsaianne Leander
  • United States Marley Canales
  • United States Tierna Davidson
  • United States Savannah DeMelo
  • United States Emily Fox
  • United States Kelcie Hedge
  • United States Ella Stevens
1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]

Best XI
Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

References

  1. 1 2 "Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship 2015". CONCACAF. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mexico complete PNG line-up". FIFA.com. 13 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF se realizara en Panama del 31 de julio al 8 de agosto" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "CFU 2015 Women's U 20 Qualifiers set to begin on June 19". Caribbean Football Union. June 13, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship Honduras 2015". CONACACAF.com. 4 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "CONCACAF Announces Schedule for Final Stages at CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. December 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Draw: CONCACAF Women's Under 20 Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. 3 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Honduras 2015 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
  10. ↑ "2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
  11. ↑ "CU20W: Rain forces postponement of Saturday games". CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Schedule Changes Announced for CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship Honduras 2015 after Postponements for Extreme Weather". CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "TSG announces CU20W Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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