1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in Honduras in August 1994. It determined the two CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1994 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
Dates (1994-08-17) (1994-08-28)17 August – 28 August 1994
(11 days)
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula & Puerto Cortés host cities)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored111 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) José Alvarado

Qualification

As in 1992 a qualifying stage was organised for the Caribbean and for the first time as well for Central America. The format was smaller than for the previous tournament, with teams only having to play one or two opponents. 12 Caribbean teams entered, of which 4 qualified in two rounds. 6 Central American teams entered, of which 4 qualified as well, but in one round.

Caribbean

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles  2–4  Aruba 1–1 1–3
Barbados  0–5  Grenada 0–1 0–4
Martinique  6–0  Saint Lucia 5–0 1–0
Antigua and Barbuda  1–3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 0–2

Second round

Four winners from the first round participated here. The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago entered as well.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Martinique  8–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis 5–0 3–1
Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Grenada 0–0 3–0
Guyana  6–0  Aruba 4–0 2–0
Cayman Islands  0–7  Jamaica 0–4 0–3

Central America
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
El Salvador  8–1  Nicaragua 6–0 2–1
Costa Rica  14–0  Panama 8–0 6–0
Belize  2–5  Guatemala 1–2 1–3

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

RegionQualificationQualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) 1 or 2 play-off rounds  Guyana
 Jamaica
 Martinique
 Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) 1 play-off round  Belize1
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
host  Honduras
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified  Canada
 Mexico
 United States

1Belize qualified for Central America by achieving the smallest loss

Squads

Group phase

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
3  Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source:
Day 1
Belize 0–7 Canada
report Capasso  8', 59'
Nash  15', 33'
Xausa  28'
Pizzolitto  40'
Allegranza  68'
Day 1
Honduras 3–1 Martinique
Day 2
Belize 3–5 Martinique
Day 2
Honduras 3–2 Canada
Medina  37'
 45' (o.g.)
Bailey  65'		 report Xausa  48'
Nash  72'
Day 3
Canada 4–0 Martinique
Xausa  7'
Nash  64'
Bosch  70'
Brennan  85'		 report
Day 3
Honduras 5–0 Belize
Cabrera
Oseguera
Umanzor

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 13 3 +10 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source:
Day 1
Guatemala 0–2 Mexico
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Day 1
Costa Rica 3–1 Jamaica
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Day 2
Costa Rica 5–1 Guatemala
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Day 2
Jamaica 1–5 Mexico
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Day 3
Guatemala 5–6 Jamaica
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Day 3
Costa Rica 5–1 Mexico
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source:
Day 1
El Salvador 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Day 1
Guyana 1–4 United States
Day 2
Guyana 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Day 2
El Salvador 3–1 United States
Day 3
El Salvador 5–0 Guyana
Day 3
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 United States

Final phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4  El Salvador 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source:
Day 1
Honduras 4–2 El Salvador
Cabrera  8'
Guevara  47'  79'
Oseguera  66'		 Portillo  9'  73'
Day 1
Canada 2–4 Costa Rica
Thompson  7'
Xausa  18'		 report
Day 2
Honduras 2–1 Canada
report Xausa
Day 2
Costa Rica 1–1 El Salvador
Wallace  43' Portillo  9'
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Referee: René Parra (CAN)
Day 3
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
Day 3
Canada 2–1 El Salvador
Pizzolitto  21'  31' Alvarado  43'
Referee: Obando (GUA)

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Honduras (H) 6 6 0 0 18 6 +12 18 Champions
2  Costa Rica 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 13 Runners-up
3  Canada 6 3 0 3 18 10 +8 9 Third place
4  El Salvador 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10 Fourth Place
5  United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
7  Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
8  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
9  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
10  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
11  Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
12  Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host.

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

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References
  1. RSSSF.com – CONCACAF U-20 Championship 1994 – 15 June 2002
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