2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Grenada
CitySt. George's
Dates3–13 March 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored79 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nérilia Mondésir
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Ashley Sanchez
Best goalkeeper Laurel Ivory
Fair play award Mexico

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

The United States won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over Mexico. Both finalists and third-placed Canada qualified for the World Cup.[3]

Qualification
Further information: 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 5th Winner (2010) 4
 Mexico Automatic 5th Winner (2013) 3
 United States Automatic 5th Winner (2008, 2012) 2
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
 Guatemala Group A winner 3rd Group stage (2012, 2013) 0
 Costa Rica Group B winner 3rd Runner-up (2008) 2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
 Grenada Hosts 1st Debut 0
 Jamaica Final round winner 5th Fourth place (2013) 0
 Haiti Final round runner-up 3rd Group stage (2010, 2013) 0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium hosted the matches for Group B.[6]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST (UTC−4) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  •  Grenada (Position A1)
  •  Haiti
  •  Jamaica

Squads
Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[8]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[8]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti 3 3 0 0 18 3 +15 9 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
3  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 3
4  Grenada (H) 3 0 0 3 0 27 −27 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Guatemala 0–3 Canada
Report Riviere  6'
Stratigakis  34'
Kats  64'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Grenada 0–13 Haiti
Report Saint-Félix  4', 14'
Mondésir  8', 37', 40', 41'
Dumonay  13'
Olivier  27'
Dacius  33', 54'
Éloissaint  52'
Pierre  70', 83'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Lola Simmons (Anguilla)
Haiti 3–2 Guatemala
Saint-Félix  6', 11'
Mondésir  88'		 Report Herrarte  53'
Mayén  73'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Yanely Chavez (Cuba)
Canada 7–0 Grenada
Baalbaki  3'
Akindoju  11', 12', 26'
Huitema  71', 88'
Faulknor  85'		 Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
Canada 1–2 Haiti
Stratigakis  78' Report Saint-Félix  81'
Dacius  84' (pen.)
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
Grenada 0–7 Guatemala
Report Ordóñez  13'
Oliva  34', 60'
Mayén  45+2'
Herrarte  49'
Charles  72' (o.g.)
Martínez  87'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Mexico 4–2 Costa Rica
Hernández  2'
Cazares  18'
Espinosa  80', 87'		 Report G. Villalobos  23', 61'
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Joanne Monestime (Haiti)
Jamaica 1–8 United States
Smart  32' Report Kuhlmann  15', 49'
Sanchez  34', 56'
Tagliaferri  72', 75', 81', 87'
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)
Costa Rica 3–2 Jamaica
Del Campo  29' (pen.)
Alvarado  76'
Salas  90+1'		 Report E. Clarke  22'
T. Clarke  34'
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
United States 1–0 Mexico
Sanchez  73' Report
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
United States 2–0 Costa Rica
Spaanstra  7'
Sanchez  38' (pen.)		 Report
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)
Mexico 1–0 Jamaica
Ovalle  42' Report
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Lola Simmons (Anguilla)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).[8]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 March – St. George's
 
 
 Haiti0
 
13 March – St. George's
 
 Mexico3
 
 Mexico1
 
11 March – St. George's
 
 United States2
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada0
 
Third place
 
 
13 March – St. George's
 
 
 Haiti2
 
 
 Canada4

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Haiti 0–3 Mexico
Report Cazares  5'
Reyes  13'
Hernández  75'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 5–0 Canada
Spaanstra  33'
Canniff  45+1'
Kuhlmann  54'
Smith  90+1'
Tagliaferri  90+3'		 Report
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)

Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Haiti 2–4 Canada
Mondésir  80', 89' Report Raimondo  55', 75'
Kats  60'
Flynn  73'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

Final
Mexico 1–2 United States
Ovalle  70' Report Sanchez  43'
Kuhlmann  86'
Grenada Athletic Stadium, St. George's
Attendance: 1,500

Winners
 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 

United States
Third title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 United States11 March 20162 (2008, 2012)
 Mexico11 March 20163 (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Canada13 March 20164 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
  • Civana Kuhlmann
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Resheda Charles (playing against Guatemala)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]

Best XI
Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
  • Laurel Ivory
Fair Play Award

References
  1. "Grenada to host Under-17 Women's Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. "Canada qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 13 March 2016.
  4. "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015.
  6. "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016". CONACACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. "Official Draw: CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship Grenada 2016". CONCACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  9. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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