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.
| 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]
| Seeding | Teams | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No participation | 14 | ||
| Group stage entrants | 16 | ||
| Final round entrants | 1 |
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in St. Maarten.
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.
To be held 29 June – 3 July 2016 and hosted in Haiti.
To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Dominican Republic.
Three runners-up from the group stage (best three group runners-up) will also qualify for the final round.
To be held 21–30 October 2016 and hosted in Curaçao.[3]
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The best third-placed team from the final round group stage also qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
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Yvann Macon
Shamar Nicholson
Denie Henry Luther Wildin Zayn Hakeem
Lazaro Yasmani Yoan Godinez Alejandro Morejon
Manny Rodríguez Víctor Polanco
Tyrique Lake Jermaine Browne Vashami Allen Matthew Hall Luis Diaz Eduard Puga Lazano Tuero Darien Guerra
Zion Lander Fitz Jolly Dillon Augustine Arismendy Jiménez Erick Japa Giovanni Dupalan Dimitri Bolivar Nathaniel Adamolekun
Antoine Wilfred Nyrone Winter Ryi Maryat Cassius Joseph Keeroy Lionel Keanu Richardson (against Trinidad) Ronald Aranda (against Saint Lucia)| 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]