2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	23 April – 8 May
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	231 (5.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rosa Maalouf (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Riley Jackson
Best goalkeeper	Victoria Safradin
Fair play award	Mexico
	← 2018 2024 →

The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 7th 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.^[1]

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CONCACAF representatives.^[1]

Qualification

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking as of 1 July 2019,^[2] and 26 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 10 entrants participated in qualifying.

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage	Mexico	1st ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2013)	5
	Canada	2nd ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2010)	6
	United States (title holders)	3rd ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)	4
	Haiti	4th ranked entrant	5th	Fourth place (2016, 2018)	0
	Costa Rica	5th ranked entrant	5th	Runners-up (2008)	2
	Jamaica	6th ranked entrant	6th	Fourth place (2013)	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	7th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2008, 2012, 2013)	1
	Guatemala	8th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2012, 2013, 2016)	0
	Puerto Rico	9th ranked entrant	3rd	Group stage (2008, 2018)	0
	Bermuda	10th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2018)	0
	El Salvador	11th ranked entrant	3rd	Group stage (2008, 2013)	0
	Panama	12th ranked entrant	3rd	Fourth place (2012)	0
	Dominican Republic	13th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
	Cuba	14th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
	Grenada	15th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2016)	0
	Nicaragua	16th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2018)	0
Knockout stage	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Qualifying Group A winner	1st	Debut	0
	Curaçao	Qualifying Group B winner	1st	Debut	0
	Honduras	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Guyana	Qualifying Group C runner up	1st	Debut	0

Venues

Santo Domingo San Cristóbal	Santo Domingo	San Cristóbal
	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez	Estadio Panamericano
	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 2,800

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 18 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:^[1]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (Group E) Canada (Group F) United States (Group G) Haiti (Group H)	Costa Rica Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala	Puerto Rico Bermuda El Salvador Panama	Dominican Republic Cuba Grenada Nicaragua

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.^[3]
2022 U17 W Squads-Official

Match officials

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification.^[3]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
Goal difference in all group matches.
Number of goals scored in all group matches.
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 point
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
- Direct red card: −4 points
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	27	0	+27	9	Knockout stage
2	Panama	3	2	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Nicaragua	3	1	2	4	12	−8	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 April 2022