| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Size: | 160px |
| Country: | Honduras |
| City: | San Pedro Sula |
| Dates: | 3–13 December |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 5 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 63 |
| Player: | Mallory Pugh |
| Goalkeeper: | Rosemary Chandler |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]
The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.[3]
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 Honduras at the final tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| width=20% | Team | width=20% | Qualification | width=20% | Appearance | width=20% | Previous best performances | width=20% | Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American Zone (NAFU) | |||||||||
| Automatic | 6th | Winner (2004, 2008) | 6 | ||||||
| Automatic | 8th | Runner-up (2010, 2014) | 6 | ||||||
| Automatic | 8th | Winner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) | 7 | ||||||
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4] | |||||||||
| Hosts | 2nd | Group stage (2014) | 0 | ||||||
| Group winner | 5th | Fourth place (2012) | 0 | ||||||
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5] | |||||||||
| Final round winner | 3rd | Group stage (2002) | 0 | ||||||
| Final round runner-up | 8th | Fourth place (2006) | 0 | ||||||
| Final round 3rd place | 7th | Fourth place (2014) | 0 | ||||||
The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.[6]
The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula.[7]
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.[8]
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Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were 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:[9]
All times were local, CST (UTC−6).[10]
The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain.[11] As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula.[12]
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014) | |||
| (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]