2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2017 (in Spanish) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Costa Rica |
Dates | 17 February – 5 March 2017 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (1st title) |
Runners-up | Honduras |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 74 (2.96 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals) |
Best player | Erik Palmer-Brown |
Best goalkeeper | Jonathan Klinsmann |
Fair play award | Mexico |
The 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (26th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Costa Rica between 17 February and 5 March 2017.[1]
The competition determined the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. The United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica qualified.
The tournament determined which two Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
Qualification
Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performances | FIFA U-20 World Cup Participations |
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North American zone | ||||
Canada | Automatic | 22nd | Champions (1986, 1996) | 8 |
Mexico (TH) | Automatic | 25th | Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) | 14 |
United States | Automatic | 23rd | Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) | 14 |
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying | ||||
Costa Rica | Host nation | 19th | Champions (1988, 2009) | 8 |
Honduras | First place | 18th | Champions (1982, 1994) | 6 |
El Salvador | Second place | 16th | Champions (1964) | 1 |
Panama[lower-alpha 1] | Fourth place | 10th | Runner-up (2015) | 5 |
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | Group A winner | 3rd | First Round (1980, 1986) | 0 |
Bermuda | Group A runner-up | 12th | Second Round (1974, 1980) | 0 |
Haiti | Group B winner | 8th | Second Round (1978) | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Group B runner-up | 19th | Runners-up (1990) | 2 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Best Third Place | 2nd | First Round (2007) | 0 |
- Notes
- ↑ On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[3] CONCACAF had set the deadline of 20 November 2016 for the suspension to be lifted, otherwise by rule, Guatemala would be disqualified from the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, and any replacement team or revision to the tournament format would be discussed once the deadline had passed.[4] On 22 November, CONCACAF announced that Panama, fourth place in Central America qualifying, would take the place of Guatemala, third place in Central America qualifying.[5]
Venues
San José | ||
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Estadio Nacional |
Estadio Nacional Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
9°56′11″N 84°06′28″W / 9.936389°N 84.107778°W | 9°57′56″N 84°04′32″W / 9.965427°N 84.075455°W | |
Capacity: 35,175 | Capacity: 23,112 |
Draw
The draw took place on November 29, 2016 at 18:00 CST (UTC−6) at El Cubo, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, and was streamed live via CONCACAF.com.[5][6]
Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States were seeded into each of the three groups.
- Mexico, as champions of the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, were seeded in position A1.
- United States, as the best-ranked CONCACAF team in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, were seeded in position B1.
- Costa Rica, as hosts, were seeded in position C1.
The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.[5]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups (D and E) for the classification stage.
The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Squads
Each squad can contain 20 players (including two goalkeepers).
Group stage
The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.
- Tiebreakers (for both group stage and classification stage)
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 are applied in the following order:
- Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
- Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
- Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal in points);
- Greater goal difference in all group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Classification stage |
2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
20 February 2017 17:00 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1–4 | Honduras |
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Wildin 57' | Report | Jar. Stevens 8' (o.g.) Martínez 47' Vuelto 60' Álvarez 83' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Panama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Classification stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
18 February 2017 12:00 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–5 | Haiti |
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Sutton 54' | Report | Sanon 5' Chevreuil 24' Campoy 48' Désiré 86' Damus 90+4' |
21 February 2017 14:00 |
Panama | 4–0 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Andrade 39' L. Ávila 48' R. Ávila 57' (pen.), 65' |
Report |
21 February 2017 16:30 |
United States | 4–1 | Haiti |
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Lennon 28' (pen.), 53', 58' de la Torre 52' |
Report | Dede 15' |
24 February 2017 14:00 |
Panama | 3–1 | Haiti |
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R. Ávila 12' (pen.), 73' (pen.) L. Ávila 88' |
Report | Désiré 36' |
24 February 2017 16:30 |
United States | 4–1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Lennon 16' Lewis 20' Saucedo 35', 41' |
Report | Martin 77' |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Classification stage |
2 | Costa Rica (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
22 February 2017 16:30 |
El Salvador | 3–1 | Bermuda |
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Domínguez 21' Castillo 65' Rivera 67' |
Report | Burchall 75' |
25 February 2017 13:30 |
El Salvador | 1–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Contreras 50' | Report | Mitchell 47' St. Hillaire 72' |
Classification stage
The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
3 | El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
1 March 2017 16:30 |
Mexico | 6–1 | El Salvador |
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Antuna 10', 16', 89' Ayala 17' (o.g.) Aguirre 33' Cisneros 78' (pen.) |
Report | Castillo 65' |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Honduras | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
2 | Costa Rica (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup |
3 | Panama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Final
If the final is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
5 March 2017 15:00 |
United States | 0–0 | Honduras |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Lennon Craft Sabbi De La Torre Acosta |
5–3 | Álvarez Martínez Grant Flores |
Awards
Winners
2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Winners |
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United States First title |
Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]
- Golden Ball
- Golden Boot
- Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals)
- Golden Glove
- Fair Play Award
Best XI
- Goalkeeper: Jonathan Klinsmann
- Right Defender: Marlon Fossey
- Central Defender: Edson Álvarez
- Central Defender: Justen Glad
- Left Defender: Andrés Andrade
- Right Midfielder: Uriel Antuna
- Central Midfielder: Jorge Álvarez
- Central Midfielder: Erik Palmer-Brown
- Left Midfielder: Brooks Lennon
- Attacking Midfielder: Randall Leal
- Forward: Ronaldo Cisneros
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Randall Leal
- Jorge Daniel Álvarez
- Uriel Antuna
- Leandro Ávila
- 2 goals
- Oneko Lowe
- Fernando Castillo
- Roberto Domínguez
- Jonel Désiré
- Darixon Vuelto
- Eduardo Aguirre
- Kathon St. Hillaire
- Sebastian Saucedo
- 1 goal
- Luther Wildin
- Mazhye Burchall
- Shaan Hundal
- Kris Twardek
- Andy Reyes
- Josè Contreras
- Marvin Márquez
- Josue Rivera
- Alessandro Campoy
- Brian Chevreuil
- Ronaldo Damus
- Kenley Dede
- Jimmy-Shammar Sanon
- Foslyn Grant
- Denil Maldonado
- Douglas Martínez
- Francisco Córdova
- Claudio Zamudio
- Andrés Andrade
- Isidoro Hinestroza
- Romario Martin
- Javier Sutton
- Jabari Mitchell
- Luca de la Torre
- Jonathan Lewis
- Erik Palmer-Brown
- Emmanuel Sabbi
- Eryk Williamson
- 1 own goal
Source: CONCACAF.com[8]
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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United States | 3 March 2017 | 14 (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015) |
Honduras | 1 March 2017 | 6 (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015) |
Mexico | 1 March 2017 | 14 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
Costa Rica | 3 March 2017 | 8 (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games
The competition was used to decide the two teams from the Caribbean Football Union which would qualify for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. As none of the five Caribbean teams reached the classification stage, all teams were ranked by their group stage performance.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
2 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
References
- ↑ Benavides, Evelyn (22 April 2016). "Costa Rica Named Host for 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.
- ↑ "SISTEMAS DE CLASIFICACIÓN" (PDF). Baq2018.com. 6 October 2016. p. 67. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ "Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association". FIFA. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT". CONCACAF.com. 9 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Costa Rica 2017". CONCACAF. 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for Under-20 Championship 2017". CONCACAF.com. 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF.com. March 8, 2017.
- ↑ "CONCACAF Under-20 Championship — Statistics". CONCACAF.com.
- ↑ "CONCACAF quartet set for Korea Republic". FIFA.com. 4 March 2017.
External links
- Under 20s – Men, CONCACAF.com