2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

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The qualifying stage of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship competition is handled by two regional bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the UNCAF (Central American zone).

Four teams from Central America and five from the Caribbean will qualify to the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship to be played in Mexico. In addition to hosts Mexico, the United States and Canada will automatically qualify for the competition.

Caribbean zone[]

The qualification for the Caribbean Nations is organised by the Caribbean Football Union. In total five nations will qualify from the Caribbean zone for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]

First Round[]

The first round took place during 23–31 July 2012.

Group A[]

The group was hosted in Antigua and Barbuda and games were played the 8 to 12 August 2012. In addition to Antigua and Barbuda, the group will include Curaçao, Grenada and Dominica. Grenada were originally scheduled to host the group's games but the Grenadian FA could not afford it.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Curaçao 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7
 Antigua and Barbuda 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
  3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Dominica 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Curaçao 3 – 1 
Goal 27'
Maria Goal 30'
Goal 35'		 report Goal 76'
Attendance: 30
Antigua and Barbuda 4 – 0 Dominica
Kirwan Goal 16'
Goal 48', 49'
Harriette Goal 79'		 report
Attendance: 135
Referee: (Trinidad and Tobago)
Dominica 1 – 5 Curaçao
Goal 17' report Martis Goal 2'
Goal 45'
Goal 63'
J. Martina Goal 68', 80'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Suriname)
Antigua and Barbuda 2 – 1 
Goal 83'
Thomas Goal 89'		 report Goal 56'
Attendance: 200
 3 – 1 Dominica
Goal 32'
Goal 40'
Goal 83'		 report Goal 77'
Attendance: 300
Antigua and Barbuda 3 – 3 Curaçao
Goal 31', 35', 60' report Maria Goal 10', 58'
Goal 66'
Attendance: 900

Group B[]

Hosted in Dominican Republic.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cuba 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
  3 1 2 0 6 1 +5 5
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
 Aruba 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Cuba 6 – 1 Aruba
Perez Goal 38'
Goal 53', 78'
Goal 79'
Reyes Goal 87', 90'		 report Goal 13'
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Trinidad and Tobago)
 0 – 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
report
Attendance: 500
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 – 4 Cuba
report A. Hernández Goal 3'
Reyes Goal 50'
Perez Goal 78'
Diz Goal 90'
Attendance: 350
Referee: (Curaçao)
 6 – 1 Aruba
Quezada Goal 10', 39'
Ramirez Goal 20', 45'
Espinal Goal 30'
García Goal 69'		 report Goal 80'
Attendance: 600
Referee: (Haiti)
Aruba 2 – 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Goal 68'
Goal 73'		 report Goal 35'
Goal 55'
Goal 87'
Attendance: 150
 0 – 0 Cuba
report
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: (Haiti)

Group C[]

Hosted in Puerto Rico

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Haiti 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 Puerto Rico 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Bermuda 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
  3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Bermuda 0 – 3 Haiti
report Goal 29'
Goal 30', 60'
Attendance: 50
Referee: (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico 2 – 0 
Strain Goal 63'
Coca Goal 82'		 report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Jamaica)
Haiti 2 – 0 
Goal 9'
Goal 62'		 report
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico 2 – 0 Bermuda
Strain Goal 49'
Marrero Goal 63'		 report
Attendance: 700
Referee: (Jamaica)
 0 – 2 Bermuda
report Goal 85'
Goal 90'
Attendance: 20
Referee: (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico 0 – 0 Haiti
report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Jamaica)

Group D[]

Hosted in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Suriname 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Guyana 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 1 Guyana
Williams Goal 9'
Goal 52'		 Report Bobb Goal 41'
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Barbados)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 – 1 Suriname
Report Apai Goal 45'
Attendance: 400
Suriname 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Eduard Goal 33'
Apai Goal 49', 77'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Saint Lucia)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 – 1 Guyana
Goal 32'
Goal 43'
Goal 83'		 Report Goal 69'
Attendance: 400
Referee: (Grenada)
Guyana 2 – 1 Suriname
Goal 60'
Goal 84'		 Report[permanent dead link] Darson Goal 18'
Attendance: 400
Referee: (Barbados)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 – 3 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Williams Goal 6'
Goal 39'
Goal 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Grenada)

Best three overall second place from first round[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Antigua and Barbuda 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
 Puerto Rico 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  3 1 2 0 6 1 +5 5

Final Round[]

The final round will take place during 3–11 November 2012. It will be hosted in Jamaica. This second qualifying round has been referred to as the Caribbean Under 20 Finals by CONCACAF.[3]

Five of the eight teams who reach this round will qualify for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[4]

Group A[]

Hosted in Kingston, Jamaica

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Haiti 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
 Curaçao 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 3 –1 3
Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 0 Puerto Rico
Goal 32'
Goal 90'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: (Jamaica)
Haiti 2 –1 Curaçao
Goal 13'
Goal 51'		 Report Goal 10'
Attendance: 250
Referee: (Cuba)
Puerto Rico 2 – 1 Curaçao
Marrero Goal 61' (pen.)
Strain Goal 65'		 Report Maria Goal 17'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Suriname)
Haiti 2 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 31'
Pompée Goal 47'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Guyana)
Curaçao 1 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 10' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Cuba)
Puerto Rico 1 – 1 Haiti
Goal 38' Report Goal 86'
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Guyana)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Cuba 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
 Suriname 3 0 0 3 2 8 –6 0
Cuba 2 – 1 Suriname
Hernández Goal 24', 45' Report Darson Goal 46'
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Bahamas)
Jamaica 1 – 0 Antigua and Barbuda
Goal 42' Report
Attendance: 375
Antigua and Barbuda 0 – 2 Cuba
Report[permanent dead link] Vaquero Goal 81'
Goal 90'
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Saint Lucia)
Jamaica 3 – 0 Suriname
McFarlane Goal 44'
Goal 65'
Goal 90'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Suriname 1 – 3 Antigua and Barbuda
Goal 6' Report Goal 48'
Harriette Goal 50'
Goal 56'
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Bahamas)
Jamaica 0 – 0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 1,200

Best runner-up from Final round[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Curaçao 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
 Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3

As Curaçao and Antigua and Barbuda both had equal goal difference and points, Damien Hughes of the CFU tossed a coin to decide which team would participate in the Championship during half-time of the final Jamaica vs Cuba game in Group B. Curaçao won the toss.[5]

Central American zone[]

2013 UNCAF U20 Qualifying
Tournament details
Host countriesGuatemala
Honduras
Dates17–29 July 2012
Teams6 (from 6 associations)

The qualification for the Central American Nations is organised by UNCAF. The top two nations in each group will qualify for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6] Belize chose not to participate. The schedule was published on 25 June 2012.[7]

Key to colours in group tables
Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Group A[]

This group is to be hosted in Honduras and games are scheduled for 17 to 21 July 2012. In addition to Honduras, the group will include Costa Rica and Nicaragua.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
 Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
 Honduras 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Costa Rica 3 – 2 Nicaragua
Flores Goal 59'
Goal 68' Goal 90'		 Report Chavarría Goal 60' Goal 76'
Attendance: 150
Referee: (PAN)
Honduras 0 – 0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (SLV)
Honduras 0 – 1 Nicaragua
Report Chavarría Goal 24'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (GUA)

Group B[]

This group is to be hosted in Guatemala and games are scheduled for 25 to 29 July 2012. In addition to Guatemala, the group will include El Salvador and Panama.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 El Salvador 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
 Panama 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
 Guatemala 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Guatemala 1 – 0 El Salvador
Goal 43' Report
Attendance: 3,853
Referee: (CRC)
El Salvador 4 – 3 Panama
Peña Goal 12'
Henríquez Goal 27'Goal 59'
Goal 45'		 Report Arroyo Goal 6'
Goal 68'
Stephens Goal 73'
Attendance: 359
Referee: Armando Castro (HON)
Guatemala 0 – 1 Panama
Report

Eighteen players were banned for a combined 94 games for their actions following the Panama's 1–0 win over Guatemala.[8]

Player Number of international
games suspended for
  • Guatemala Alvaro Tuna
  • Guatemala Junior Andrade
  • Guatemala Albert Barrientos
 12
  • Panama Jairo Jimenez
  • Panama Joseph Vargas
  • Panama Richard Peralta
  • Panama Rigoberto Esquivel
  • Panama Miguel Camargo
  • Panama Luis Fraiz
  • Panama Jorman Aguilar
  • Guatemala Jose Pinto
 6
  • Guatemala Mynor Padilla
  • Guatemala Franklin Garcia
  • Panama Abdiel Arroyode
 2
  • Guatemala Jose Abreu
  • Panama Alfredo Stephens
  • Panama Pedro Jeanine
  • Panama Amet Ramirez
 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Caribbean U-20 qualifying revealed". concacaf.com. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  2. ^ Baptiste, Neto (13 July 2012). "Antigua to host CFU youth qualifier group". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Cuba reaches Caribbean U-20 finals". CONCACAF.com. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under20s/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2865630,00.html Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Antigua wins; Curacao in U-20s on coin flip". CONCACAF. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "ELIMINATORIA SUB 20 MASCULINA DE UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF.net. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ CONCACAF.com – Costa Rica-Nicaragua to open UNCAF U-20s Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine – 25 June 2012
  8. ^ "UNCAF issues bans for U-20 brawl". CONCACAF.com. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
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