2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2017 (Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country  Costa Rica
Dates 17 February – 5 March 2017
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is an association football tournament scheduled to take place in Costa Rica in February and March 2017.[1]

It will determine the four CONCACAF teams that will participate at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

The tournament may also be used to determine which Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-20 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 22nd Champions (1986, 1996) 8
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 25th Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) 14
 United States Automatic 23rd Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) 14
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Costa Rica Host nation 19th Champions (1988, 2009) 8
 Honduras First place 18th Champions (1982, 1994) 6
 El Salvador Second place 16th Champions (1964) 1
 Panama[lower-alpha 1] Fourth place 9th Runner-up (2015) 5
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Antigua and Barbuda Group A winner 3rd First Round (1980, 1986) 0
 Bermuda Group A runner-up 12th Second Round (1974, 1980) 0
 Haiti Group B winner 8th Second Round (1978) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago Group B runner-up 19th Runners-up (1990) 2
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Best Third Place 2nd First Round (2007) 0
Notes
  1. ↑ On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[2] CONCACAF has set the deadline of 20 November 2016 for the suspension to be lifted, otherwise by rule, Guatemala would be disqualified from the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, and any replacement team or revision to the tournament format would be discussed once the deadline is passed.[3] On 22 November, CONCACAF announced that Panama would take the place of Guatemala.[4]

Venues

San José
Estadio Nacional
Estadio Nacional
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
9°56′11″N 84°06′28″W / 9.936389°N 84.107778°W / 9.936389; -84.107778 (Estadio Nacional) 9°57′56″N 84°04′32″W / 9.965427°N 84.075455°W / 9.965427; -84.075455 (Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá)
Capacity: 35,175 Capacity: 23,112

Draw

The draw took place on November 29, 2016 at 18:00 CST (UTC−6) at El Cubo, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, and was streamed live via CONCACAF.com.[4][5]

Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. The hosts Costa Rica, and Mexico and the United States, as the two teams with the best results in recent under-20 championships using a co-efficient developed by CONCACAF, were seeded into each of the three groups.

The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups (D and E) for the classification stage.

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group stage

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Classification stage
2  Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
17:30
Honduras  v  Canada
Report

20 February 2017 (2017-02-20)
19:30
Mexico  v  Canada
Report

23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)
19:30
Mexico  v  Honduras
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Classification stage
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18)
12:30
Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Haiti
Report

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18)
15:00
United States  v  Panama
Report

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21)
14:00
Panama  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21)
16:30
United States  v  Haiti
Report

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
14:00
Panama  v  Haiti
Report

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
16:30
United States  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Classification stage
2  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
16:00
Costa Rica  v  El Salvador
Report

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)
16:30
El Salvador  v  Bermuda
Report

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25)
16:00
Costa Rica  v  Bermuda
Report

Classification stage

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Second Place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 First Place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3 First Place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 27 February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)
16:00
Second Place Group B v First Place Group A
Report

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)
16:30
First Place Group A v First Place Group C
Report

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
17:30
Second Place Group B v First Place Group C
Report

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 First Place Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 Second Place Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3 Second Place Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 27 February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)
18:30
First Place Group B v Second Place Group A
Report

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)
19:00
Second Place Group A v Second Place Group C
Report

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
20:00
First Place Group B v Second Place Group C
Report

Final

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)
15:00
Winner Group D v Winner Group E
Report

References

  1. ↑ Benavides, Evelyn (22 April 2016). "Costa Rica Named Host for 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.
  2. ↑ "Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association". FIFA. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT". CONCACAF.com. 9 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Costa Rica 2017". CONCACAF. 22 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for Under-20 Championship 2017". CONCACAF.com. 29 November 2016.

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