2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Grenada
City St. George's
Dates 3–13 March 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship will be the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament will be hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 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 Grenada at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 5th Winner (2010) 4
 Mexico Automatic 5th Winner (2013) 3
 United States Automatic 5th Winner (2008, 2012) 2
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[3]
 Guatemala Group A winner 3rd Group stage (2012, 2013) 0
 Costa Rica Group B winner 3rd Runner-up (2010) 2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[4]
 Grenada Hosts 1st Debut 0
 Jamaica Final round winner 5th Fourth place (2013) 0
 Haiti Final round runner-up 3rd Group stage (2010, 2013) 0

Venues

The tournament is hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosts the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium host the matches for Group B.[5]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 CST (UTC−5) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.[5]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  •  Grenada (Position A1)
  •  Haiti
  •  Jamaica
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Guatemala

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[7]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams are 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:[7]

  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 are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Grenada (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 March 2016. Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)
17:00
Guatemala  v  Canada
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)
19:30
Grenada  v  Haiti
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
13:00
Haiti  v  Guatemala
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
15:30
Canada  v  Grenada
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

7 March 2016 (2016-03-07)
17:00
Canada  v  Haiti
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

7 March 2016 (2016-03-07)
19:30
Grenada  v  Guatemala
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 March 2016. Source: CONCACAF

4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)
13:00
Mexico  v  Costa Rica
Report

4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)
15:30
Jamaica  v  United States
Report

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)
13:00
Costa Rica  v  Jamaica
Report

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)
15:30
United States  v  Mexico
Report

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)
13:00
United States  v  Costa Rica
Report

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)
15:30
Mexico  v  Jamaica
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).[7]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 March – St. George's
 
 
Winner Group B
 
13 March – St. George's
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
11 March – St. George's
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group A
 
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Third Place
 
 
13 March – St. George's
 
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)
17:00
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)
20:00
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

Third place playoff

Winner qualifies for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)
15:00
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

Final

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)
18:00
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's

References

  1. 1 2 "Grenada to host Under-17 Women’s Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "CFU 2015 Women’s U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016". CONACACAF.com. 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship Grenada 2016". CONCACAF.com. 21 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.

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