| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Other Titles: | Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012 |
| Size: | 160px |
| City: | Panama City |
| Country: | Panama |
| Dates: | March 1–11 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Top Scorer: | Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
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.
See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying.
| width=16.67% | Team | width=16.67% | Qualification | width=16.67% | Appearances | width=50% | Previous best performances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||||||
| Automatic | 6th | Champion (2004, 2008) | |||||
| Automatic | 6th | Runner-up (2010) | |||||
| (TH) | Automatic | 6th | Champion (2006, 2010) | ||||
| Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying | |||||||
| Group 1 Winner | 2nd | First round (2010) | |||||
| Group 2 Winner | 4th | First round (2002, 2004, 2006) | |||||
| Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying | |||||||
| Group E Winner | 2nd | First round (2002) | |||||
| Group F Winner | 3rd | First round (2008, 2010) | |||||
| Best Group Runner-up | 6th | Fourth place (2006) | |||||
| Panama City | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Rommel Fernández | |
| Capacity: 32,000 | |
The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]
| width=110 | Country | width=130 | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mexico | Quetzalli Alvarado | ||
| Alondra Arellano | |||
 Guyana | Dianne Ferreira-James | ||
| Costa Rica | Maria Flores Castillo | ||
 Saint Lucia | Sabina Charles-Kirton | ||
 Barbados | Gillian Martindale | ||
 Cuba | Annia Navarrete | ||
 Jamaica | Cardella Samuels | ||
| Guatemala | Alicia Villatoro | ||
 Suriname | Deborah Zebeda |
| width=110 | Country | width=130 | Assistant Referee |
|---|---|---|---|
 El Salvador | Elizabeth Aguilar | ||
| Cuba | Elizabeth Cuff | ||
| Mexico | Lixy Enríquez | ||
| Guyana | Nikasie Liverpool | ||
| El Salvador | Patricia Pacheco | ||
| Honduras | Shirley Perello | ||
 United States | Verónica Pérez | ||
| Honduras | Mady Santos Turcios | ||
| Guatemala | Lesvia Tzul | ||
| Jamaica | Antonette Williams |
See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship squads.
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 . The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT .
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | |
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| Team | ||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |
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The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.