2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
CityCouva
Dates18–28 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Haiti
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Jordyn Huitema (5 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Miriam García
Best goalkeeperMexico Emily Alvarado
Fair play award Mexico
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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th 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 Trinidad and Tobago and took place between 18–28 January 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 31 October 2017.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONCACAF representatives.[2] The tournament also determined which three Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3]

Mexico defeated defending champions United States in the final to win their first title.

Qualification

Further information: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in 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 7th Champions (2004, 2008) 7
 Mexico Automatic 9th Runners-up (2010, 2014) 7
 United States Automatic 9th Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) 8
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
 Costa Rica Classification stage winners 6th Third place (2004, 2010, 2014) 2
 Nicaragua Classification stage winners 2nd Group stage (2008) 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
 Trinidad and Tobago Hosts 8th Fourth place (2014) 0
 Jamaica Final round winners 9th Fourth place (2006) 0
 Haiti Final round runners-up 4th Group stage (2002, 2012, 2015) 0

Venues

All matches of the tournament were played at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.

Couva
Ato Boldon Stadium
Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 7 November 2017, 10:00 AST (UTC−4), at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain.[1][6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams, including the two teams from the Caribbean Zone whose identity were not known at the time of the draw, were allocated to pots 2–4, and drawn to the remaining six positions.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4  Trinidad and Tobago (H) 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica 1–3 Canada
  • Estrada 28'
 Report
Trinidad and Tobago 2–3 Haiti
 Report
Haiti 3–2 Costa Rica
 Report
Canada 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Haiti 0–4 Canada
Report
Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Costa Rica
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Nicaragua 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  Jamaica 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mexico 4–0 Jamaica
 Report
United States 2–0 Nicaragua
 Report
Attendance: 125
Nicaragua 0–2 Mexico
Report
Jamaica 1–2 United States
 Report
Attendance: 245
United States 2–1 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 112
Nicaragua 2–2 Jamaica
 Report

Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 January – Couva
 
 
 United States (p)1 (3)
 
28 January – Couva
 
 Haiti1 (0)
 
 United States1 (2)
 
26 January – Couva
 
 Mexico (p)1 (4)
 
 Canada1 (3)
 
 
 Mexico (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
28 January – Couva
 
 
 Haiti1
 
 
 Canada0

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

United States 1–1 Haiti
 Report
Penalties
 3–0
Canada 1–1 Mexico
 Report
Penalties
 3–4

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Haiti 1–0 Canada
 Report

Final

United States 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 275

Winners

 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 

Mexico
First title

Qualification for international tournaments

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

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8][9]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Mexico 26 January 2018 7 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 United States 26 January 2018 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Haiti 28 January 2018 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games

The competition was used to decide the three teams from the Caribbean Football Union which would qualify for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. As only three Caribbean teams participated in the final tournament, they all qualified:

Goalscorers

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.

Golden Ball[10] Golden Boot[11] Golden Glove[12]
Mexico Miriam García Canada Jordyn Huitema Mexico Emily Alvarado
CONCACAF Fair Play Award[13]
 Mexico


Best XI[14]

References

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  3. ^ "SISTEMAS DE CLASIFICACIÓN" (PDF). Baq2018.com. 6 October 2016. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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  9. ^ "Haiti book CONCACAF's final ticket to France 2018". FIFA.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018.
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  11. ^ "Canada's Huitema wins CU20W Golden Boot". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  12. ^ "Mexico's Alvarado grasps CU20W Golden Glove presented by Allstate". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Mexico takes home CU20W Fair Play Award presented by Scotiabank". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ^ "TSG announces CU20W Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.