2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Teams
A total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.
Zone | Berths | Automatic qualifiers | Teams entering qualification |
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North American Zone (NAFU) |
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Central American Zone (UNCAF) |
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Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
North American Zone (NAFU) | None |
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Central American Zone (UNCAF) |
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Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
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Central American Zone
CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina Sub-20 2017 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Nicaragua |
City | Estelí |
Dates | 18–24 June 2017 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 35 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
In the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.
The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.[1]
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Classification stage | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
(H) Host.
Nicaragua | 5–1 | |
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Belize | 0–10 | |
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Nicaragua | 0–1 | |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Classification stage | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Honduras | 1–4 | |
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El Salvador | 1–0 | |
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Classification stage
Winners qualify for 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.
Costa Rica | 7–0 | |
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Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Mariela Campos Amaya González Maggi Segovia Fátima Romero Alis Cruz Yessenia Flores
- 1 goal
Jada Brown Priscilla Chinchilla María Paula Coto María Paula Elizondo Indira González María Paula Salas Gloriana Villalobos Brenda Cerén Mara Rodríguez Kendra Haylock Sheyla Flores Shanelly Treminio Elizabeth Vega
Caribbean Zone
CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | Haiti (Group A) Bermuda (Group B) Dominican Republic (Group C) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Final round) |
Dates | First round: 19–23 July 2017 Final round: 22–26 November 2017 |
Teams | 13 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 134 (6.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Total: Final round: (7 goals) |
In the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with Trinidad and Tobago who qualified automatically as hosts.
The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.
Pot 1 (Hosts) |
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Pot 2 |
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Pot 3 |
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Pot 4 |
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All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.[3]
First round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | +25 | 9 | Final round | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 1 |
(H) Host.
Cuba | 10–0 | |
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Haiti | 16–0 | |
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Anguilla | 0–10 | |
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Haiti | 7–0 | |
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Anguilla | 1–1 | |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 | Final round | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew[4] |
(H) Host.
Bermuda | 5–1 | |
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Jamaica | 10–0 | |
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Bermuda | 1–2 | |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Final round | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |
(H) Host.
Puerto Rico | 11–0 | |
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Dominican Republic | 1–0 | |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 0–6 | |
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Dominican Republic | 7–0 | |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 8–0 | |
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Dominican Republic | 1–0 | |
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Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
(H) Host.
Jamaica | 1–0 | |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0–12 | |
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Haiti | 0–1 | |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0–4 | |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0–9 | |
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Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1 |
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Automatic qualifiers | N/A | 6 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015) | |
Automatic qualifiers | N/A | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |
Automatic qualifiers | N/A | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |
Hosts | 2017 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015) | |
Central American Zone top two | 24 June 2017 | 5 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014) | |
Central American Zone top two | 24 June 2017 | 1 (2008) | |
Caribbean Zone top two | 24 November 2017 | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |
Caribbean Zone top two | 26 November 2017 | 3 (2002, 2012, 2015) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- "Calendario de la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-20 Femenina que se jugará en Estelí, Nicaragua del 18 al 24 de junio". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 17 May 2017.
- "Official Draw: CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017". CONCACAF.com. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- "CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017 Schedule" (PDF). St Kitts and Nevis Football Association.
- "St Lucia Withdraw From Women's U20 Qualifiers". Bernews. 16 July 2017.
External links
- Under 20s – Women, CONCACAF.com
- Fútbol Femenino Sub-20, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)
- Women's U20, CFUfootball.org