2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012
(in Spanish)
Tournament logo
2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
CityPanama City
DatesMarch 1–11
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance10,382 (649 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals)
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2014 →

The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012.[1] All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating in the third place match, 5–0.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 6th Champion (, 2008)
 Mexico Automatic 6th Runner-up (2010)
 United States (TH) Automatic 6th Champion (, 2010)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
  Group 1 Winner 2nd First round (2010)
  Group 2 Winner 4th First round (, , )
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Haiti Group E Winner 2nd First round ()
  Group F Winner 3rd First round (2008, 2010)
  Best Group Runner-up 6th Fourth place ()

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.[2]

Venue[]

 Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000
Estadio Rommel FernándezA2.jpg

Match officials[]

The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]

Squads[]

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship squads

Group stage[]

The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida.[4] The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.[5]
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6
  3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
 Haiti 3 0 1 2 0 15 −15 1
Canada 5–0 Haiti
Ezurike Goal 47', 53'
Goal 51', 62'
Goal 59'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Guyana)
Mexico 3–1 
Samarzich Goal 6'
Gómez Junco Goal 39'
Goal 44'		 Report Goal 15'
Attendance: 250
Referee: (Guatemala)
Mexico 10–0 Haiti
Samarzich Goal 19'
A. Martínez Goal 29', 48'
Goal 32'
Gómez Junco Goal 59', 60', 77'
Franco Goal 64'
Solís Goal 76', 77'		 Report
Attendance: 101
Referee: (Saint Lucia)
 0–2 Canada
Report Goal 75'
Goal 82'
Attendance: 101
Referee: (Cuba)
Haiti 0–0 
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Suriname)
Canada 1–0 Mexico
Legault-Cordisco Goal 25' Report
Attendance: 153
Referee: (Guyana)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9
  3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
  3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
  3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
United States 6–0 
Horan Goal 12, 47, 74'
Johnston Goal 29'
Stengel Goal 54'
Roccaro Goal 60'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: (Barbados)
 2–1 
Evans Goal 16'
Cox Goal 54'		 Report Pelaez Goal 27'
Attendance: 935
Referee: (Mexico)
 0–6 United States
Report Stengel Goal 4', 37'
Hayes Goal 25', 29'
DiBernardo Goal 53'
Ubogagu Goal 84'
Attendance: 1,170
 3–1 
Mills Goal 39'
Goal 48'
Goal 82'		 Report Monterroso Goal 40'
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: (Jamaica)
 5–2 
Monterroso Goal 27'
Goal 31'
Pérez Goal 32'
López Goal 67' (pen.)
Goal 68' (o.g.)		 Report Pérez Goal 53'
Peláez Goal 80'
Attendance: 80
Referee: (Costa Rica)
 0–6 United States
Report Goal 29'
DiBernardo Goal 44'
Johnston Goal 53'
Hayes Goal 59', 78'
Mewis Goal 69'
Attendance: 1,380

Knockout rounds[]

The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 
 United States4
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 Mexico0
 
 United States2
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada6
 
 
 0
 
Third place
 
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 
 Mexico5
 
 
 0

Semi-finals[]

United States 4–0 Mexico
Johnston Goal 11'
Brian Goal 37'
Horan Goal 38'
Ohai Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: (Barbados)
Canada 6–0 
Ezurike Goal 25'
Goal 47'
Oduro Goal 49', 84'
Pietrangelo Goal 69'
Goal 88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: (Cuba)

Third place match[]

Mexico 5–0 
Franco Goal 18', 47'
Gómez-Junco Goal 25', 90+1' (pen.)
Samarzich Goal 44'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Guyana)

Final[]

United States 2–1 Canada
Hayes Goal 79'
Ubogagu Goal 88'		 Report Goal 5'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Mexico)

Awards[]

 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Winners 

United States
Third title

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Cuba (playing against Guatemala)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Panama to host U-20 & Guatemala U-17 Women's Championships". 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Panama reaches CONCACAF U-20 women's finals". CONCACAF. Archived from the original (28 April 2011) on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ^ "U-20 women's championship refs selected". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Host Panama, U.S. drawn for U-20 women". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  5. ^ "U.S. to open U-20 women against Guatemala". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

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