2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying

The qualifying competitions for the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 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

2014 CFU Men's U-17 Tournament
2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying (Caribbean zone)
Tournament details
Host countries	Jamaica Saint Lucia Dominican Republic Bahamas Cuba (first round groups) Haiti (finals)
Dates	18 July – 27 August 2014 (first round) 19–26 October 2014 (finals)
Teams	20 (total) 8 (finals) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Haiti
Runners-up	Jamaica
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Saint Lucia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Goals scored	142 (3.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nicholas Nelson (total; 10 goals finals; 6 goals)
Best player	Alex Marshall
Best goalkeeper	Emmanuel Chery
Fair play award	Guadeloupe

The Caribbean qualification competition (2014 CFU Men's U-17 Tournament) was organised by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

All match times are UTC−4, except Group 1 which are UTC−5.

Teams

A total of 20 teams entered the competition.

Round	Teams entering round	No. of teams
Did not enter	Anguilla Aruba Bonaire British Virgin Islands French Guiana Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint-Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands	11
First round	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Jamaica Martinique Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands	19
Second round	Haiti	1

First round

The group winners and the two best runners-up advanced to the final round.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (H)	3	3	0	27	3	+24	9	Qualify to Final round
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Qualify to Final round
3	Cayman Islands	3	1	2	5	8	−3	3
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	0	3	0	26	−26	0

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Guadeloupe v Cayman Islands

23 August 2014
16:00

Guadeloupe	3–0	Cayman Islands
Julius 54' Fumont 79' (pen.) Bordin 80'	Report

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)

Jamaica v U.S. Virgin Islands

23 August 2014
19:00

Jamaica	19–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Dawkins 5', 32', 43', 67', 70', 86', 89' McMaster 9', 36', 50', 60' Marshall 15', 20', 23' Brown 29' Nelson 68', 79' Talbot 74', 90'	Report

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

U.S. Virgin Islands v Guadeloupe

25 August 2014
16:00

U.S. Virgin Islands	0–5	Guadeloupe
	Report	Zelateur 26', 31', 78' Adelaide 72' Luissint 90+2'

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

Jamaica v Cayman Islands

25 August 2014
19:00

Jamaica	5–3	Cayman Islands
Marshall 15', 62' (pen.), 90' Brown 18' Talbot 74'	Report	Ebanks 5' Seymour 7' Scott 25'

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)

27 August 2014
16:00

Cayman Islands	2–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Ryan Jackson 45' Thomas 55'	Report

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Jamaica v Guadeloupe

27 August 2014
19:00

Jamaica	3–0	Guadeloupe
Nelson 23', 33' Dawkins 55'	Report

Anthony Spalding Sports Complex, Kingston
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Qualify to Final round
2	Saint Lucia (H)	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6	Qualify to Final round
3	Grenada	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Curaçao	3	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Trinidad and Tobago v Grenada

20 August 2014
18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	Grenada
Hoyce 4' Daniel 65'	Report

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Saint Lucia v Curaçao

20 August 2014
20:00

Saint Lucia	4–2	Curaçao
Nicholas 15', 45' Winter 19' Prospere 33'	Report	Lodovica 90+3' Fransinet 90+5'

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Johannes Dolaini (Surinam)

Curaçao v Trinidad and Tobago

22 August 2014
18:00

Curaçao	0–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Mason 47' Celestine 84'

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua & Barbuda)

Saint Lucia v Grenada

22 August 2014
20:00

Saint Lucia	4–0	Grenada
Winter 15', 50' Joseph 67' Albertine 87'	Report

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Grenada v Curaçao

24 August 2014
18:00

Grenada	4–1	Curaçao

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Johannes Dolaini (Surinam)

Saint Lucia v Trinidad and Tobago

24 August 2014
20:00

Saint Lucia	2–3	Trinidad and Tobago

Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barbados	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Qualify to Final round
2	Dominican Republic (H)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Guyana	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Guyana v Barbados

18 July 2014
14:00

Guyana	1–1	Barbados
Keno Washington 61'	Report	Antoine Greaves 49'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

18 July 2014
16:30

Dominican Republic	0–0	Antigua and Barbuda
	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto-Rico)

Antigua and Barbuda v Guyana

20 July 2014
14:00

Antigua and Barbuda	2–3	Guyana
Javorn Stevens 30' Dennie Henry 79'	Report	Joel Dick 6', 37' Keno Washington 90+2'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)

Dominican Republic v Barbados

20 July 2014
16:30

Dominican Republic	0–2	Barbados
	Report	Rajohn Esworth 80' Michael Forde 90+4'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Barbados v Antigua and Barbuda

22 July 2014
14:00

Barbados	2–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Torian Went 34', 57'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto-Rico)

Dominican Republic v Guyana

22 July 2014
16:30

Dominican Republic	3–0	Guyana
Jeudy Marte 45+2', 52', 66'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Martinique	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Qualify to Final round
2	Bermuda	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Bahamas (H)	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Puerto Rico v Martinique

23 July 2014
17:00

Puerto Rico	0–2	Martinique
	Report	Andrew Sainte-Marie 79' Kendrick Agot 90'

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Bahamas v Bermuda

23 July 2014
19:30

Bahamas	0–4	Bermuda
	Report	Jerome Bailey 42', 51' Osagi Bascome 76' (pen.) Kacy Butterfield 90+3'

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)

Bermuda v Puerto Rico

25 July 2014
17:00

Bermuda	0–0	Puerto Rico
	Report

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)

Bahamas v Martinique

25 July 2014
19:30

Bahamas	0–2	Martinique
	Report	Ahlinvi Matteo 49' Marie Andrew 58'

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)

Martinique v Bermuda

27 July 2014
15:00

Martinique	1–1	Bermuda
Rudy Corteau 20'	Report	Oneko Lowe 8'

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)

Bahamas v Puerto Rico

27 July 2014
17:30

Bahamas	0–4	Puerto Rico
	Report	Marco Arocha 17', 90+3' Andre Rivera 76' Alex Martinez 88'

Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field, Nassau
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba (H)	2	2	0	6	0	+6	6	Qualify to Final round
2	Suriname	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Dominica	2	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Dominica v Cuba

25 July 2014
17:00

Dominica	0–4	Cuba
	Report	Jansiel Blanco 14' Carlos Borromeo 37', 90+3' Yosniel Gonzalez 70'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Dominica v Suriname

27 July 2014
17:00

Dominica	0–3	Suriname
	Report	Stefano MacDonald 17' (pen.) Enferny Schmeltz 46' (pen.) Renaldo Tolud 90+' (pen.)

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Cuba v Suriname

29 July 2014
16:00

Cuba	2–0	Suriname
Carlos Borromeo 15' (pen.) Serguey Campillo 45+1'	Report

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Ranking of runners-up

Since Group 5 contains three teams, only the results against the first and third placed teams are counted. The Dominican Republic were given the tie-breaker over Suriname and would play in the final round of qualifying.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint Lucia	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3	Qualify to Final round
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Suriname	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
4	Guadeloupe	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Qualify to Final round
5	Bermuda	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Source: CFU

Final round

The final round was hosted in Haiti.

The CFU released a new fixtures list. Guadeloupe were given the spot assumed to be given to Suriname or The Dominican Republic. The dates of the matches were changed from late September to October 19–26.^[1]^[2] The top two from each group and the best third placed team advanced to the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship & Final
2	Saint Lucia	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship & Third place playoff
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship
4	Barbados	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Saint Lucia v Trinidad and Tobago

19 October 2014
17:00

Saint Lucia	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Noah Nicholas 25', 53'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)

Haiti v Barbados

19 October 2014
19:30

Haiti	2–0	Barbados
Denilson Pierre 5' Denson Ulysse 34'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Trinidad and Tobago v Barbados

21 October 2014
17:00

Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Barbados
Anthony Herbert 19' Tekay Hoyce 50' Dareem Daniel 77'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Marco Brea Despaigne (Cuba)

Haiti v Saint Lucia

21 October 2014
19:30

Haiti	6–1	Saint Lucia
Johnson Jeudy 17' Ronaldo Damus 31' Bicou Bissainthe 45' Jude Maitre 49', 64', 83'	Report	Noah Nicholas 61'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Barbados v Saint Lucia

23 October 2014
17:00

Barbados	1–1	Saint Lucia
Omani Leacock 55'	Report	Antoine Wilfred 72'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Haiti v Trinidad and Tobago

23 October 2014
19:30

Haiti	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Jacques Saul Metellus 14' Davidson Claude 56', 69'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship & Final
2	Cuba	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship & Third place playoff
3	Guadeloupe	3	1	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Martinique	3	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: CFU

Cuba v Guadeloupe

20 October 2014
17:00

Cuba	5–0	Guadeloupe
Yordan Sanchez 23' Serguey Campillo 41' Raycharle Herrera 45' Carlos Borromeo 47' Omar Romero 69'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Leo Clarke (St Lucia)

Jamaica v Martinique

20 October 2014
19:30

Jamaica	4–0	Martinique
Alex Marshall 16' Fabian Grant 75' Nicholas Nelson 84' Deshane Beckford 90'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

Martinique v Cuba

22 October 2014
17:00

Martinique	0–1	Cuba
		Yosniel Gonzalez 60'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Jamaica v Guadeloupe

22 October 2014
19:30

Jamaica	3–2	Guadeloupe
Nicholas Nelson 3', 26', 80'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

Guadeloupe v Martinique

24 October 2014
17:00

Guadeloupe	1–0	Martinique
Ludovic Zelateur 17'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Cuba v Jamaica

24 October 2014
19:30

Cuba	0–3	Jamaica
	Report	Peter Vassell 24' Nicholas Nelson 81' (pen.), 83'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Leo Clarke (St Lucia)

Third place playoff

Saint Lucia v Cuba

26 October 2014
17:00

Saint Lucia	0–2	Cuba
	Report	Carlos Cerbranco 16' Raycharle Herrera 37'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Final

Haiti v Jamaica

26 October 2014
19:30

Haiti	2–0	Jamaica
Jacques Saul Metellus 20', 75'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Awards

Golden Boot

Nicholas Nelson

MVP

Alex Marshall

Golden Glove

Emmanuel Chery

Fair Play Award

Guadeloupe

Source:^[4]

Central American zone

2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying
(Central American zone)
Tournament details
Host countries	Costa Rica Panama
Dates	4–30 July 2014 (first round) 17–24 January 2015 (play-off)
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	29 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo Córdoba Carlos Herrera (3 goals each)

The Central American qualification competition was organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF). Honduras, host of the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, did not participate in the qualifying tournament. The remaining six UNCAF teams were drawn on 19 May 2014 into two triangulars, which were hosted in Costa Rica and Panama, respectively. The first-place teams from each triangular qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, while the second-place teams contested a repechage playoff for the final UNCAF berth.^[5]^[6]

All match times are UTC−6, except Triangular 2 which are UTC−5.

Triangular 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (H)	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	8	2	+6	3	Repechage playoff
3	Belize	2	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: UNCAF
(H) Host.

Costa Rica v Belize

4 July 2014
15:00

Costa Rica	3–1	Belize
Jonathan Martínez 64' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Andy Reyes 88'	Report	Alvin Sifontes 2'

Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Belize v El Salvador

6 July 2014
15:00

Belize	0–7	El Salvador
	Report	Alexis Montes 8' Jordi Blanco 41' Ricardo Bonilla 43' Carlos Herrera 66', 86' Levin Espinal 71' Josué Meléndez 76' (pen.)

Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Referee: Ariel Sánchez (Panama)

Costa Rica v El Salvador

8 July 2014
15:00

Costa Rica	2–1	El Salvador
José Palomo 18' (o.g.) Luis Hernández 67'	Report	Carlos Herrera 42'

Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

Triangular 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama (H)	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6	Qualify to CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2	Guatemala	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3	Repechage playoff
3	Nicaragua	2	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: UNCAF
(H) Host.

Panama v Nicaragua

26 July 2014
20:00

Panama	5–0	Nicaragua
Dámaso Santos 41' Leandro Ávila 74' Carlos Kirtoon 83' Ronaldo Córdoba 89' Adalberto Carrasquilla 90+1'	Report

Estadio Maracaná, Panama City
Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

Nicaragua v Guatemala

28 July 2014
20:00

Nicaragua	0–2	Guatemala
	Report	John Méndez 38' (pen.) Esteban García 71'

Estadio Maracaná, Panama City
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

Panama v Guatemala

30 July 2014
18:00

Panama	4–1	Guatemala
Chamell Asprilla 2' Ronaldo Córdoba 27', 74' José Luis Rodríguez 83'	Report	Abel Lemus 80'

Estadio Maracaná, Panama City
Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Repechage playoff

The two triangular runners-up played a two-legged repechage playoff to determine the last qualifier. The draw for the order of legs was held on 25 November 2014.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guatemala	2–1	El Salvador	0–1	2–0

Guatemala v El Salvador

17 January 2015
15:00

Guatemala	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	Carlos Menendez 8'

Estadio Julio Armando Cobar, San Miguel Petapa
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

El Salvador v Guatemala

24 January 2015
15:00

El Salvador	0–2	Guatemala
	Report	Diego Fernando Raymundo Lima 21' Esteban García 51'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 9,374
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

Guatemala won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Qualified teams

North American zone

Canada (automatic)
Mexico (automatic)
United States (automatic)

Central American zone

Caribbean zone

References

↑ "CFU's Boys Under 17 Fixtures Released". CFU. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
↑ "CFU U-17 Championship postponed to October 19". socawarriors.net. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "Honduras to Host CONCACAF under-17 championship in 2015". CONCACAF. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ "Haiti are CFU Under 17 Champions". CFUFootball.org. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ "Central American Under-17 qualifying draw held". CONCACAF. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
↑ "UNCAF da a conocer el calendario de la Eliminatoria Sub-17". UNCAF. 9 October 2014.
↑ "Se definen las fechas para el Repechaje de la Eliminatoria Sub-17". UNCAF. 26 November 2014.

External links

Under 17s – Men, CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Masculino Sub-17, UNCAFut.com (Spanish)
Men's U17, CFUfootball.org
- First round results
- Final round results

CONCACAF U-16/17 Championship

Under-16 era, 1983–1988

Tournaments	Trinidad and Tobago 1983 Mexico 1985 Honduras 1987 Trinidad and Tobago 1988

Squads	1983 1985 1987 1988

Under-17 era, 1991–1996

Tournaments	Trinidad and Tobago 1991 Cuba 1992 El Salvador 1994 Trinidad and Tobago 1996

Squads	1991 1992 1994 1996

FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying era, 1999–2007

Tournaments	El Salvador / Jamaica 1999 Honduras / United States 2001 Canada / Guatemala 2003 Costa Rica / Mexico 2005 Jamaica / Honduras 2007

Qualification	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007

Squads	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007

CONCACAF Championship era, 2009-

Tournaments	Mexico 2009 Jamaica 2011 Panama 2013 Honduras 2015 Panama 2017

Qualification	2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Squads	2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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