2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates May 2–12, 2012
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada Canada
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance 8,408 (526 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Summer Green
(12 goals)

The 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the third edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. It was held in Guatemala City from May 2 to 12.

The three best-placed teams qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Azerbaijan.[1] Canada were the defending champions from 2010. All matches were played on artificial turf at the Estadio Cementos Progreso.

Qualified teams

The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011.[1]

Region Method of qualification Teams
Caribbean
Caribbean Football Union (CFU)		 2011 Caribbean Football Union
Women's Under-17 Tournament		 The Bahamas Bahamas
Jamaica Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Central America
Central American Football Union (UNCAF)		 2011 UNCAF Women's
Under-17 Tournament		 Panama Panama
North America
North American Football Union (NAFU)		 Automatic qualification Canada Canada
Mexico Mexico
United States United States
Host nation Guatemala Guatemala

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC-06:00).[2]

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[3]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. Drawing of lots
Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Canada Canada 3300161+159
 Panama 31118804
 Jamaica 311145−14
 Guatemala 3003216−140

2 May 2012
14:00
Canada Canada 6–0  Panama
Prince  6'
Dhanda  11'
Clarke  22', 40', 42'
Pierre-Louis  51'		 Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 390
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

2 May 2012
16:30
Guatemala  0–3  Jamaica
Report Gray  13', 42'
Shaw  65'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 390
Referee: Yesli Rivas (El Salvador)

4 May 2012
14:00
Jamaica  0–4 Canada Canada
Report Sanderson  18'
Neff  21'
Clarke  55'
Prince  90+3'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

4 May 2012
16:30
Guatemala  1–7  Panama
Ibarguen  29' Report Riley  4', 36'
Batista  34', 73'
Franco  49'
Cox  61', 90+2'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

6 May 2012
14:00
Panama  1–1  Jamaica
Cox  72' (pen.) Report Bailey  32'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 475
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

6 May 2012
16:30
Guatemala  1–6 Canada Canada
Herrera  28' Report Dhanda  23'
Clarke  31', 64'
Sanderson  77', 81', 90+2'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 475
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 3300180+189
 Mexico 320183+56
 Trinidad and Tobago 301207−71
 Bahamas 3012016−161

3 May 2012
14:00
Bahamas  0–10 United States United States
Report Purce  1', 75', 84'
Green  6', 40', 41', 44', 60'
Sullivan  55'
Payne  77'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 61
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

3 May 2012
16:30
Mexico  2–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández  32'
Duarte  40'		 Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 61
Referee: Irazema Aguilar (Cuba)

5 May 2012
14:00
United States United States 5–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Bruder  20'
Sullivan  65'
Robinson  67'
Green  86'
Boyles  90+3'		 Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 128
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)

5 May 2012
16:30
Mexico  6–0  Bahamas
Cadena  6', 43'
Morales  8', 13'
Vega  26'
Pineda  79'		 Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 128
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

7 May 2012
14:00
Trinidad and Tobago  0–0  Bahamas
Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 184
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

7 May 2012
16:30
United States United States 3–0  Mexico
Green  16' (pen.), 32', 36' Report

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in Azerbaijan.

Semi-finals Final
10 May – Guatemala City
 United States United States  7  
  Panama  0  
 
12 May – Guatemala City
     United States United States  1
   Canada Canada  0
Third place
10 May – Guatemala City 12 May – Guatemala City
 Canada Canada  1   Panama  0
  Mexico  0     Mexico  6

Semi-finals

10 May 2012
13:30
United States United States 7–0  Panama
Payne  9'
Green  44', 45+1', 53'
Andrews  50'
Jenkins  66'
Bruder  77'		 Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 98
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

10 May 2012
16:30
Canada Canada 1–0  Mexico
Sanderson  13' Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 98
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Third place match

12 May 2012
13:30
Panama  0–6  Mexico
Report Morales  13'
Duarte  51', 54', 72', 84'
Hernández  65'
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,768
Referee: Irazema Aguilar (Cuba)

Final

12 May 2012
16:30
United States United States 1–0 Canada Canada
Munerlyn  21' Report
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,768
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)

Goalscorers

12 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals

2 goals
  • Mexico Hallie Hernández
  • Panama Laurie Batista
  • Panama Marta Cox
  • Panama Karla Riley

1 goal

  • Canada Elissa Neff
  • Canada Amanda Pierre-Louis
  • Guatemala Vivían Herrera
  • Guatemala Paula Ibarguen
  • Jamaica Khadija Shaw

References

  1. 1 2 "U-17 Women's qualifying to begin Sunday". CONCACAF. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Canada-Panama to open U-17 women's finals
  3. ↑ "Women’s U-17 CONCACAF Championship – 2012 Regulations" (PDF). FIFA. 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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