| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Other Titles: | Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 25 |
| Goals: | 74 |
| Player: |  Erik Palmer-Brown |
| Goalkeeper: | Jonathan Klinsmann |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
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 also determined which two Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
| width=135px | Team | width=135px | Qualification | width=135px | Appearances | width=405px | Previous best performances | width=90px | FIFA U-20 World Cup Participations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||||||||
| Automatic | 22nd | Champions (1986, 1996) | 8 | ||||||
| Automatic | 25th | Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) | 14 | ||||||
| Automatic | 23rd | Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) | 14 | ||||||
| Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying | |||||||||
| Host nation | 19th | Champions (1988, 2009) | 8 | ||||||
| First place | 18th | Champions (1982, 1994) | 6 | ||||||
| Second place | 16th | Champions (1964) | 1 | ||||||
| Fourth place | 10th | Runner-up (2015) | 5 | ||||||
| Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying | |||||||||
| Group A winner | 3rd | First Round (1980, 1986) | 0 | ||||||
| Group A runner-up | 12th | Second Round (1974, 1980) | 0 | ||||||
| Group B winner | 8th | Second Round (1978) | 0 | ||||||
| Group B runner-up | 19th | Runners-up (1990) | 2 | ||||||
| Best Third Place | 2nd | First Round (2007) | 0 | ||||||
| San José | ||
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá | |
| Capacity: 35,175 | Capacity: 23,112 | |
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.[3]
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.
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.
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.
See main article: article and 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads.
Each squad can contain 20 players (including two goalkeepers).
The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).
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.
Since the final ended in a tie at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time was played and the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[4]
Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals) Jonathan Klinsmann Marlon Fossey Edson Álvarez Justen Glad
Andrés Andrade Uriel Antuna Erik Palmer-Brown Brooks Lennon Ronaldo Cisneros Uriel Antuna Leandro Ávila
Fernando Castillo Roberto Domínguez Eduardo Aguirre Sebastian Saucedo
Luther Wildin
Shaan Hundal Kris Twardek Josè Contreras Marvin Márquez Josue Rivera Sebastián Córdova Claudio Zamudio Andrés Andrade Isidoro Hinestroza Luca de la Torre Jonathan Lewis Erik Palmer-Brown Emmanuel Sabbi Eryk Williamson Vashami Allen (playing against Mexico) Jarmarlie Stevens (playing against Honduras) Walter Ayala (playing against Mexico)The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015) | |||
| (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015) | |||
| (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) | |||
| (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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.