1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1994 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	(1994-08-17) (1994-08-28)17 August – 28 August 1994 (11 days)
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula & Puerto Cortés host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	111 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)
← 1992 1996 → All statistics correct as of 28 August 1994.

The 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in Honduras in August 1994. It determined the two CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1]

Venues[]

Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula Puerto Cortés	Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula	Puerto Cortés
	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	Estadio Francisco Morazán	Estadio Excélsior
	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 7,910

Qualification[]

As in 1992 a qualifying stage was organised for the Caribbean and for the first time as well for Central America. The format was smaller than for the previous tournament, with teams only having to play one or two opponents. 12 Caribbean teams entered, of which 4 qualified in two rounds. 6 Central American teams entered, of which 4 qualified as well, but in one round.

Caribbean[]

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles	2–4	Aruba	1–1	1–3
	0–5		0–1	0–4
	6–0		5–0	1–0
Antigua and Barbuda	1–3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	0–2

Second round[]

Four winners from the first round participated here. The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago entered as well.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	8–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5–0	3–1
Trinidad and Tobago	3–0		0–0	3–0
Guyana	6–0	Aruba	4–0	2–0
	0–7	Jamaica	0–4	0–3

Central America[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
El Salvador	8–1	Nicaragua	6–0	2–1
Costa Rica	14–0	Panama	8–0	6–0
Belize	2–5	Guatemala	1–2	1–3

Qualified teams[]

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region	Qualification	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	1 or 2 play-off rounds	Guyana  Jamaica    Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	1 play-off round	Belize1  Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala
	host	Honduras
North America (NAFU)	Automatically qualified	Canada  Mexico  United States

¹Belize qualified for Central America by achieving the smallest loss

Squads[]

Group phase[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Qualified to the Final phase
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
3		3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Belize	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Qualified to the Final phase
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Qualified to the Final phase
2	United States	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Guyana	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Final phase[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

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Final ranking[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Honduras (H)	6	6	0	0	18	6	+12	18	Champions
2	Costa Rica	6	4	1	1	18	7	+11	13	Runners-up
3	Canada	6	3	0	3	18	10	+8	9	Third place
4	El Salvador	6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	10	Fourth Place
5	United States	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Eliminated in Group stage
6	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
7		3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
8	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
9	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
10	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0
11	Guyana	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0
12	Belize	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website