2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CitySan Pedro Sula
Dates3–13 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Mallory Pugh (7 goals)
Best player(s)United States Mallory Pugh
Best goalkeeperUnited States Rosemary Chandler
Fair play award Canada
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The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]

The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.[3]

Qualification

Further information: 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 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 Honduras at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 6th Winner (2004, 2008) 6
 Mexico Automatic 8th Runner-up (2010, 2014) 6
 United States Automatic 8th Winner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) 7
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
 Honduras Hosts 2nd Group stage (2014) 0
 Panama Group winner 5th Fourth place (2012) 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
 Haiti Final round winner 3rd Group stage (2002) 0
 Jamaica Final round runner-up 8th Fourth place (2006) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago Final round 3rd place 7th Fourth place (2014) 0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches.[6] In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.[7]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula.[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Squads

Main article: 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

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:[9]

  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, CST (UTC−6).[10]

The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain.[11] As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula.[12]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Honduras (H) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Jamaica 3 1 1 1 8 10 −2 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Canada 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Kinzner 16'
Loncar 81'		 Report
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)
Honduras 2–2 Jamaica
Bahr 4', 43' Report Shaw 23' (pen.), 73'
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
Jamaica 0–7 Canada
Report Yekka 3'
Kinzner 21'
Flynn 27' (pen.)
Pryce 50', 68', 80'
Kats 70'
Referee: Melissa Pérez (Panama)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Honduras
Report Romero 4'
Bahr 67'
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–6 Jamaica
Leander 30' Report Shaw 8'
Nelson-Lawes 21', 34', 46', 86'
Hudson-Marks 55'
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Honduras 0–2 Canada
Report Stratigakis 5', 16'
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 14 3 +11 7 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 3 13 −10 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Haiti 3–2 Panama
Louis 19'
Mondésir 31' (pen.), 53'		 Report Riley 40'
Franco 64'
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
United States 2–2 Mexico
Pugh 20' (pen.)
Fox 22'		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (US Soccer)		 Solis 32'
Palacios 66'
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Mexico 5–0 Haiti
Martínez 12', 88'
Sánchez 31', 77'
Bernal 84' (pen.)		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT)
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Panama 1–6 United States
Gutiérrez 82' Report Hedge 8'
Pugh 11', 78'
Scarpa 42', 47', 90+3'
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Panama 0–2 Mexico
Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT)		 Solis 40'
Crowther 41'
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
United States 6–0 Haiti
DeMelo 16'
Pugh 35', 44'
Scarpa 48'
Davidson 50'
Stevens 55'		 Report
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
 Canada (p)0 (5)
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 Mexico0 (4)
 
 Canada0
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 United States1
 
 United States7
 
 
 Honduras0
 
Third place
 
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Honduras0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Canada 0–0 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Report (CONCACAF)
Report (CanadaSoccer)
Penalties
St. Georges soccer ball with check mark
Kats soccer ball with check mark
Pryce soccer ball with check mark
Richards soccer ball with check mark
Pickett soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Bernal
soccer ball with red X Flores
soccer ball with check mark González
soccer ball with check mark Palacios
soccer ball with check mark Rodríguez
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
United States 7–0 Honduras
Sanchez 33', 38'
Pugh 35', 60'
Scarpa 68'
Canales 88'
Velásquez 90+6' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Mexico 2–0 Honduras
Palacios 40'
Crowther 71'		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT)
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Final

Canada 0–1 United States
Report Sanchez 72'
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Winners

 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 

United States
Fifth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 United States 11 December 2015 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Canada 11 December 2015 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 Mexico 13 December 2015 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
United States Mallory Pugh United States Mallory Pugh United States Rosemary Chandler
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 Canada
Best XI

References

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