The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.
| Zone | Berths | Automatic qualifiers | width=600 | Teams entering qualification | ||
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| North American Zone (NAFU) | 3 | valign=top | valign=top | |||
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) | 2 | valign=top | valign=top | |||
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) | 3 | valign=top |
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| +Did not enter | |||
| North American Zone (NAFU) | valign=top width=600 | None | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) | valign=top |
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| Caribbean Zone (CFU) | valign=top |
| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification (Central American Zone) |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Other Titles: | CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina Sub-20 2017 |
| Country: | Nicaragua |
| City: | Estelí |
| Dates: | 18–24 June 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 8 |
| Goals: | 35 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
In the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.
The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.[1]
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Winners qualify for 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.
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Amaya González Maggi Segovia
Jada Brown Brenda Cerén Mara Rodríguez| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification (Caribbean Zone) |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Other Titles: | CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017 |
| Country: | Haiti |
| Country2: | Bermuda |
| Country3: | Dominican Republic |
| Country4: | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Dates: | First round: 19–23 July 2017 Final round: 22–26 November 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 13 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Goals: | 134 |
| Top Scorer: | Total: Nérilia Mondésir Final round: Nérilia Mondésir |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
In the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with Trinidad and Tobago who qualified automatically as hosts.
The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.
| Pot 1 (Hosts) | valign=top | ||
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| Pot 2 | valign=top | ||
| Pot 3 | valign=top | ||
| Pot 4 | valign=top |
All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.[3]
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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1 |
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| Automatic qualifiers | 6 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015) | |||
| Automatic qualifiers | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |||
| Automatic qualifiers | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |||
| Hosts | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015) | |||
| Central American Zone top two | 5 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014) | |||
| Central American Zone top two | 1 (2008) | |||
| Caribbean Zone top two | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |||
| Caribbean Zone top two | 3 (2002, 2012, 2015) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.