2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

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The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification was a women's under-20 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[2]

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[3]

Teams[]

A total of 23 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, four teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 19 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone Teams entering No. of teams
North American Zone
(NAFU)
  •  Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •  Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •  United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)
 3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
  •  Honduras (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
 6
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
14
Notes
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Central American Zone[]

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF 2015
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates31 July – 8 August 2015
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions 
Runners-up 
Third place 
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored36 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica
Costa Rica Melissa Herrera
(4 goals each)
← 2014
2018 →

In the Central American Zone, initially six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into two groups of three teams, as drawn on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.[4] Group A, consisting of Panama, Honduras and El Salvador, was to be played between 23–27 June 2015 in Panama, while Group B, consisting of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala, was to be played between 1–5 July 2015 in Costa Rica.[4] The two group winners would qualify for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

However, after Honduras were named as hosts and qualified automatically, UNCAF changed the format of the qualifying competition. The five remaining teams were placed in a single group, as confirmed on 3 June 2015 by UNCAF.[5] The matches were played between 31 July and 8 August 2015 in Panama.[6] The winner qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representative besides hosts Honduras.

Times UTC−5.

Group[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
2   4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 7
3   4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7
4   4 0 2 2 4 13 −9 2
5   4 0 1 3 5 11 −6 1
Source: UNCAF
(H) Host
 5–1 
11', 75'
Villalobos 20'
Herrera 25', 41'		 Report Cerén 90+1'
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
 0–0 
Report
 1–1 
79' Report Herrera 57'
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
 2–1 
6', 50' Report Cerén 70'
 1–2 
39' Report Herrera 71'
79'
 0–5 
Report 6', 34'
Herrera 10'
Coto 54'
Varela 72'
 6–2 
7', 54'
21'
32'
? 62'
70'		 Report Y. Flores 28'
? 63'
 2–0 
Riley 4'
69'		 Report
 2–2 
55'
Cerén 88'		 Report 34'
S. Flores 68'
 3–0 
46'
Cox 49', 90+2' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Note: One goal each scored by Guatemala and Nicaragua missing goalscorer information.

Caribbean Zone[]

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
2015 CFU Women's Under-20 Qualifier
2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification (Caribbean Zone).png
Tournament details
Host countries Puerto Rico (Group 1)
 Saint Lucia (Group 2)
 Dominican Republic (Group 3)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Group 4)
 Haiti (Final round)
Dates19 June – 23 October 2015
Teams14 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Haiti
Runners-up 
Third place 
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored101 (3.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jamaica Khadija Shaw (7 goals)
← 2014
2018 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 14 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[7] Among them, 13 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into one group of four teams and three groups of three teams. The groups were played between 19–23 June and 26–30 July 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners, the runner-up of the four-team group, and the two best runners-up of the three-team groups advanced to the final round to be joined by final round hosts Haiti.

In the final round, played between 14–23 October 2015 in Haiti, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams of each group advanced to play a single-elimination tournament. The top three teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

Times UTC−4.

First round[]

Group 1[]

Matches played in Puerto Rico.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Final round
2   3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
3  Anguilla 3 0 2 1 1 9 −8 2
4   3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: CFU
(H) Host
Anguilla 0–0 
Report
 5–0 
Tirado 3'
Díaz 30'
Zaragoza 35'
82', 90+2'		 Report
 0–2 
Report 55'
60'
 8–0 Anguilla
9', 35', 76'
Tirado 19'
Díaz 52'
Aponte 79'
87'
90+2'		 Report
 1–1 Anguilla
?' Report ?'
 3–1 
11'
Tirado 35', 82'		 Report 27'

Group 2[]

Matches played in Saint Lucia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 3 Final round
2   2 1 0 1 4 7 −3 3
3   (H) 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0
Source: CFU
(H) Host
 0–5 
Report 4'
Shaw 48', 58', 90+3'
89'
 2–4 
10'
78'		 Report 17'
33', 38'
90+4'
 Cancelled 

The final match was postponed due to heavy rain.[8] It was eventually not played, and Jamaica advanced to the final round.

Group 3[]

Matches played in Dominican Republic.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   2 1 1 0 9 2 +7 4 Final round
2   (H) 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 4
3   2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
Source: CFU
(H) Host
 7–0 
3'
10', 13' (pen.), 55', 70'
25', 45'		 Report
 6–0 
Peralta 15', 43', 83'
54', 71'
86'		 Report
 2–2 
Peralta 64'
80'		 24'
52'

Group 4[]

Matches played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Final round
2   (H) 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: CFU
(H) Host
 0–2 
Report 19', 60'
 6–0 
Matouk 15', 29'
21'
40'
72'
81'		 Report
 3–1 
31'
39', 44'		 ?'

Ranking of second-placed teams[]

In addition to the runner-up of Group 1 (with four teams), the two best runners-up of Groups 2, 3 and 4 (with three teams) also advance to the final round.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 3   2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4 Final round
2 4   2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 2   2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
Source: CFU

Final round[]

Matches played in Haiti.[9][10]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti (H) 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3 Semi-finals
2   2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3   2 1 0 1 1 8 −7 3
4   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CFU
(H) Host
 1–0 
29' Report
Haiti 0–3 
Report 24'
Zaragoza 78'
90+1'
Haiti 8–0 
Destinvil 10'
Mondésir 33', 38', 81'
Éloissaint 44', 85'
78'
Radamaker 90+1'		 Report

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Semi-finals
2   3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3   3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4   3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: CFU
 4–1 
Shaw 15', 45+1' (pen.), 52'
70'		 Report Plummer 29' (o.g.)
 4–1 
37', 48'
Matouk 52'
Johnson 53'		 Report 2'
 1–1 
32' Report 21'
 2–0 
Blackwood 51', 62' Report
 1–0 
68' Report
 2–2 
64'
76'		 Report Shaw 34'
39'

Semi-finals[]

Winners qualified for 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

 2–1 
3'
Blackwood 64'		 Report Carrión 83'
Haiti 2–0 
35'
Mondésir 51'		 Report

Third place playoff[]

Winner qualified for 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

 1–1 (a.e.t.) 
Font 6' (pen.) Report 24'
Penalties
3–4

Final[]

 0–2 Haiti
Report Louis 19'
Destinvil 61'

Goalscorers[]

7 goals
6 goals
  • Bermuda
  • Puerto Rico
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Jamaica Konya Plummer (playing against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Qualified teams[]

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Canada Automatic qualifier N/A 5 (, , 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Mexico Automatic qualifier N/A 7 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 United States Automatic qualifier N/A 7 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Honduras Hosts 7 May 2015[2] 1 (2014)
  Central American Zone 1st place 8 August 2015 4 (, , , 2012)
 Haiti Caribbean Zone 1st place 21 October 2015 2 (, 2012)
  Caribbean Zone 2nd place 21 October 2015 7 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Caribbean Zone 3rd place 23 October 2015 6 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References[]

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Honduras 2015 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  2. ^ a b "Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship 2015". CONCACAF. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF se realizara en Panama del 31 de julio al 8 de agosto" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Definido el calendario de la Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ^ "CFU 2015 Women's U 20 Qualifiers set to begin on June 19". Caribbean Football Union. June 13, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  8. ^ "Rain forces abandonment of young Girlz' match". Jamaica Observer. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  9. ^ "CFU Announces Women's Under 20 Finals Schedule". Caribbean Football Union. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  10. ^ "CFU Women's U-20 Finals Ready to Kick Off". Caribbean Football Union. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

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