2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012
(in Spanish)

Tournament logo

2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country Panama
City Panama City
Dates March 1–11
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance 10,382 (649 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals)

The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012.[1] All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0.

Qualification

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 6th Champion (2004, 2008)
 Mexico Automatic 6th Runner-up (2010)
 United States (TH) Automatic 6th Champion (2006, 2010)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Guatemala Group 1 Winner 2nd First round (2010)
 Panama Group 2 Winner 4th First round (2002, 2004, 2006)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Haiti Group E Winner 2nd First round (2002)
 Cuba Group F Winner 3rd First round (2008, 2010)
 Jamaica Best Group Runner-up 6th Fourth place (2006)

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.[2]

Venue

Panama City, Panama
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000

Match officials

The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]

Country Referee
Mexico Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado
Alondra Arellano
Guyana Guyana Dianne Ferreira-James
Costa Rica Costa Rica Maria Flores Castillo
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Sabina Charles-Kirton
Barbados Barbados Gillian Martindale
Cuba Cuba Annia Navarrete
Jamaica Jamaica Cardella Samuels
Guatemala Guatemala Alicia Villatoro
Suriname Suriname Deborah Zebeda

Country Assistant Referee
El Salvador El Salvador Elizabeth Aguilar
Cuba Cuba Elizabeth Cuff
Mexico Mexico Lixy Enríquez
Guyana Guyana Nikasie Liverpool
El Salvador El Salvador Patricia Pacheco
Honduras Honduras Shirley Perello
United States United States Verónica Pérez
Honduras Honduras Mady Santos Turcios
Guatemala Guatemala Lesvia Tzul
Jamaica Jamaica Antonette Williams

Squads

Group stage

The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida.[4] The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.[5]
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 330080+89
 Mexico 3201132+116
 Jamaica 301215−41
 Haiti 3012015−151

March 1, 2012
17:00
Canada  5–0  Haiti
Ezurike  47', 53'
Charron-Delage  51', 62'
Richardson  59'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

March 1, 2012
19:30
Mexico  3–1  Jamaica
Samarzich  6'
Gómez-Junco  39'
C.Martinez  44'
Report Spence  15'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 250
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)

March 3, 2012
17:00
Mexico  10–0  Haiti
Samarzich  19'
A.Martinez  29', 48'
Jimenez  32'
Gómez-Junco  59', 60', 77'
Franco  64'
Solis  76', 77'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 101
Referee: Sabina Charles-Kirton (Saint Lucia)

March 3, 2012
19:30
Jamaica  0–2  Canada
Report Richardson  75'
Charron-Delage  82'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 101
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)

March 5, 2012
17:00
Haiti  0–0  Jamaica
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deborah Zebeda (Suriname)

March 5, 2012
19:30
Canada  1–0  Mexico
Legault-Cordisco  25' Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 153
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300180+189
 Panama 320158−36
 Guatemala 3102611−53
 Cuba 3003313−100

March 2, 2012
17:00
United States  6–0  Guatemala
Horan  12, 47, 74'
Johnston  29'
Stengel  54'
Roccaro  60'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 250
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

March 2, 2012
19:30
Panama  2–1  Cuba
Evans  16'
Cox  54'
Report Pelaez  27'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 935
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

March 4, 2012
17:00
Cuba  0–6  United States
Report Stengel  4', 37'
Hayes  25', 29'
DiBernardo  53'
Ubogagu  84'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

March 4, 2012
19:30
Panama  3–1  Guatemala
Mills  39'
Zorrilla  48'
Jordan  82'
Report Monterroso  40'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

March 6, 2012
17:00
Guatemala  5–2  Cuba
Monterroso  27'
Argueta  31'
Pérez  32'
López  67' (pen.)
Bayeux  68' (o.g.)
Report Perez  53'
Pelaez  80'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 80
Referee: Maria Flores Castillo (Costa Rica)

March 6, 2012
19:30
Panama  0–6  United States
Report Capelle  29'
DiBernardo  44'
Johnston  53'
Hayes  59', 78'
Mewis  69'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Knockout rounds

The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.

Semi-finals Final
March 9 – Panama City
  United States  4  
  Mexico  0  
 
March 11 – Panama City
      United States  2
    Canada  1
Third place
March 9 – Panama City March 11 – Panama City
  Canada  6   Mexico  5
  Panama  0     Panama  0

Semi-finals

March 9, 2012
17:00
United States  4–0  Mexico
Johnston  11'
Brian  37'
Horan  38'
Ohai  81'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

March 9, 2012
20:00
Canada  6–0  Panama
Ezurike  25'
Richardson  47'
Oduro  49', 84'
Pietrangelo  69'
Sawicki  88'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)

Third place match

March 11, 2012
18:00
Mexico  5–0  Panama
Franco  18', 47'
Gómez-Junco  25', 90+1' (pen.)
Samarzich  44'
Report
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Final

March 11, 2012
21:00
United States  2–1  Canada
Hayes  79'
Ubogagu  88'
Report Richardson  5'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 200
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Awards

 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Winners 

United States
Third title

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

  • Canada Jenna Richardson

3 goals

2 goals

  • Mexico Ariana Martinez
  • Mexico Daniela Solis

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

References

  1. "Panama to host U-20 & Guatemala U-17 Women's Championships". 17 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. "Panama reaches CONCACAF U-20 women's finals" (28 April 2011). CONCACAF. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. "U-20 women's championship refs selected". 5 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. "Host Panama, U.S. drawn for U-20 women". 5 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  5. "U.S. to open U-20 women against Guatemala". 5 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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