2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying explained
The qualifying competitions for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship were handled by two regional of CONCACAF's bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the Central American Football Union (Central American zone).
Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.
Caribbean zone
Tourney Name: | CFU Men's U-20 Tournament |
Year: | 2016 |
Country: | St. Maarten |
Country2: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Country3: | Haiti |
Country4: | Dominican Republic |
Country5: | Curaçao (final round) |
Dates: | 15 June – 30 October 2016 |
Num Teams: | 17 (total) |
Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
Matches: | 40 |
Goals: | 146 |
Top Scorer: | Ronaldo Damus (6 goals)[1] |
Player: | Roberto Louima |
Goalkeeper: | Jhon Paris |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
The details were announced in April 2016.[2]
Teams
Seeding | Teams | No. of teams |
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No participation | | 14 |
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Group stage entrants | | 16 |
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Final round entrants | | 1 | |
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First round
Group 1
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in St. Maarten.--------
Group 2
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.--------
Group 3
To be held 29 June – 3 July 2016 and hosted in Haiti.--------
Group 4
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Dominican Republic.--------
Ranking of second-placed teams
Three runners-up from the group stage (best three group runners-up) will also qualify for the final round.
Final round
To be held 21–30 October 2016 and hosted in Curaçao.[3]
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Ranking of third-placed teams
The best third-placed team from the final round group stage also qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
Awards
- Golden Boot of Finals
- MVP
- Golden Glove
- Golden Boot of Tournaments
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals
- Keanu Richardson (against Trinidad)
- Ronald Aranda (against Saint Lucia)
Central American zone
Tourney Name: | CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying (Central American zone) |
Year: | 2016 |
Dates: | 8–16 July 2016 |
Num Teams: | 6 |
Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
Matches: | 10 |
Goals: | 29 |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
The format is a single round-robin stage.[4] Costa Rica qualified for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship as hosts and did not enter the qualifying competition. Belize withdrew.[5] Guatemala were prevented from entering the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship due to FIFA suspending National Football Federation of Guatemala.[6] Fourth place Panama qualified in their place.[7] ----------------
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Haiti - U20 Football : The Grenadiers won the Caribbean Cup - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7. HaitiLibre.com. 19 February 2017.
- Web site: Morales. Kevin. Cayman set for CFU Under-20 Championship. Cayman27. en-US. 2016-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413064145/http://cayman27.ky/2016/04/cayman-set-for-cfu-under-20-championship/. 2016-04-13. dead.
- Web site: CFU Men's U20 2016 Draw Results. Caribbean Football Union. 12 April 2016. 16 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190126164452/http://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/men-s-u20/9815-cfu-men-s-u20-2016-draw-results. 26 January 2019. dead.
- Web site: FEPAFUT, UNCAF Y PANDEPORTES se reúnen de cara al eliminatorio Sub 20. fepafut.com. 22 April 2016. Spanish. 21 April 2016.
- Web site: UNCAF da a conocer el Calendario de la Eliminatoria Sub-20 masculina que se jugara en Panama. UNCAF. 21 May 2016. 2016-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160729223554/http://uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-masculino/masculino-sub20/7143-uncaf-da-a-conocer-el-calendario-de-la-eliminatoria-sub-20-masculina-que-se-jugara-en-panama. 2016-07-29. dead.
- Web site: Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031025713/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=10/news=suspension-of-the-guatemala-football-association-2847078.html. dead. October 31, 2016. FIFA.com. 22 November 2016. 28 October 2016.
- Web site: Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Costa Rica 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161123201621/http://www.concacaf.com/article/field-set-and-official-draw-confirmed-for-concacaf-under-20-championship-costa-rica-2017. dead. 23 November 2016. CONCACAF.com. 22 November 2016.