2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Year:2023
Other Titles:Premundial CONCACAF Sub-17 2023
Country:Guatemala
Dates:11–26 February
Num Teams:20
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Count:9
Matches:39
Goals:158
Top Scorer:
(8 goals)
Player: Gael Álvarez
Goalkeeper: Norberto Bedolla
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2025

The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF.[1] It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023.[2] [3] The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019.[4] A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[5]

Roundwidth=160pxTeamwidth=150pxQualificationwidth=120px data-sort-type="number"Appearancewidth=400pxPrevious best performancewidth=90pxPrevious FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances
align=center rowspan=16Group stage (title holders)18thChampions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)14
19thChampions (1983, 1992, 2011)17
18thChampions (1994)10
19thRunners-up (2015)5
18thRunners-up (2011)7
10thRunners-up (2013)2
9thFinal group winner (2007)2
15thFinal group winner (1999)2
11thChampions (1988)2
16thFourth place (1999)0
15thRunners-up (1983)2
(host)12thQuarter-finals (2013)0
8thRound of 16 (2019)0
3rdFirst round (2017, 2019)0
4thFirst round (2011, 2013, 2019)0
2ndRound of 16 (2019)0
align=center rowspan=4Round of 163rdFirst round (1996, 2019)0
4thRound of 16 (2019)0
4thRound of 16 (2019)0
3rdRound of 16 (2019)0
Notes

Venues

Antigua GuatemalaGuatemala City
Estadio PensativoEstadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 26,000

Match officials

On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[6]

Referees

Assistant referees

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:[7]

  1. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
  4. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
  5. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
  6. The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches is considered according to the following additions:
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are in GTT (UTC−6).[8] [9]

Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

Winners


The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10]

Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play
+Best XI[11]
GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
valign=top Norberto Bedollavalign=topvalign=topvalign=top

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
14 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
17 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
7 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019)
2 (2011, 2013)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Guatemala host to 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. 3 July 2017. International Soccerway. 16 September 2022. 15 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220915201513/https://int.soccerway.com/international/nc-america/concacaf-u17/2021/s17440/final-stages/. live.
  2. Web site: Guatemala named host for 2023 Concacaf U-17 Championship. 16 August 2022. CONCACAF. 22 January 2023. 24 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230124205218/https://www.concacaf.com/under-17s-men/article/guatemala-named-host-for-2023-concacaf-u-17-championship/. live.
  3. News: Guatemala to host 2023 Concacaf U-17 finals, pre-qualification groups start end August. 16 August 2022. Insidefootball.com. 16 September 2022. 20 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163713/https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2022/08/16/guatemala-host-2023-concacaf-u-17-finals-pre-qualification-groups-start-end-august/. live.
  4. Web site: Men's Under-17 Ranking . 15 December 2020 . . 30 September 2022 . 30 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930021615/https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/men-s-under-17/ . live .
  5. Web site: Draw reveals groups for 2023 Concacaf U-17 Championship . . 30 September 2022 . 29 September 2022 . 30 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930021624/https://www.concacaf.com/under-17s-men/article/draw-reveals-groups-for-2023-concacaf-u-17-championship/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2023 Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship Match Officials . . 2 February 2023 . 31 January 2023 . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164617/https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/chyhynxx/2023mu17matchofficials.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: 2023 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Regulations. CONCACAF. 2023-02-16. 2022-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20221220232815/https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/yvtkt5cs/2023-concacaf-under-17-championship-regulations-eng.pdf. live.
  8. Web site: CONCACAF Under-17 Championship 2023 Match Schedule. CONCACAF. 5 October 2022. 24 December 2022. 2 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230202170312/https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/5m5gmrzh/23_mu17_schedule_v1-no-kickoff-times.pdf. live.
  9. Web site: CONCACAF Under-17 Championship 2023 Match Schedule. CONCACAF. 15 December 2022. 19 February 2023. 19 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230219011342/https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/c1ahoxyo/cu17c-2023-match-schedule-v2.pdf. live.
  10. Web site: TSG announces the 2023 CU17 individual awards. CONCACAF. 26 February 2023. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227042614/https://www.concacaf.com/under-17s-men/article/top-honors-for-mexico-duo-alvarez-and-carrillo-at-cmu17/. live.
  11. Web site: Figueroa, Bedolla and Urias star in CMU17 Best XI. CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 13 April 2023. live. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230413203850/https://www.concacaf.com/under-17s-men/article/figueroa-bedolla-and-urias-star-in-cmu17-best-xi/.

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