2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

The qualifying competitions for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship were handled by two regional of CONCACAF's bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the Central American Football Union (Central American zone).

Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.

Caribbean zone[]

2016 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Host countries	St. Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Haiti Dominican Republic Curaçao (final round)
Dates	15 June – 30 October 2016
Teams	17 (total) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Haiti
Runners-up	Antigua and Barbuda
Third place	Bermuda
Fourth place	Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	146 (3.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo Damus (6 goals)[1]
Best player(s)	Roberto Louima[1]
Best goalkeeper	Jhon Paris[1]
← 2015 2020 →

The details were announced in April 2016.^[2]

Teams[]

Seeding	Teams	No. of teams
No participation	Aruba              Guyana      Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    Suriname  U.S. Virgin Islands	14
Group stage entrants	Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Bermuda    Cuba  Dominica      Haiti  Jamaica  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis    Sint Maarten  Trinidad and Tobago	16
Final round entrants	Curaçao	1

First round[]

Group 1[]

To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in St. Maarten.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Final round
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	1	1	11	3	+8	4
4	Sint Maarten (H)	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0

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Group 2[]

To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7	Final round
2		3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3		3	1	0	2	5	2	+3	3
4		3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Group 3[]

To be held 29 June – 3 July 2016 and hosted in Haiti.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti (H)	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Final round
2	Bermuda	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3		3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Anguilla	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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Group 4[]

To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Dominican Republic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Final round
2	(H)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
4	Dominica	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Three runners-up from the group stage (best three group runners-up) will also qualify for the final round.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	2		3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Final round
2	3	Bermuda	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	1	Cuba	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
4	4		3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6

Final round[]

To be held 21–30 October 2016 and hosted in Curaçao.^[3]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Semi-finals and 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Bermuda	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
4	Curaçao (H)	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Semi-finals and 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5
3	Cuba	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4		3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams[]

The best third-placed team from the final round group stage also qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	B	Cuba	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium
	Antigua and Barbuda (p)	0 (5)
					30 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium
	Trinidad and Tobago	0 (4)
					Antigua and Barbuda	0
	28 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium
					Haiti	4
	Haiti	3
	Bermuda	0
					Third place
					30 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium
					Trinidad and Tobago	1
					Bermuda	2

Semi-finals[]

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Third-place playoff[]

Final[]

Awards[]

Golden Boot of Finals

• Ronaldo Damus (6 goals)

MVP

• Roberto Louima

Golden Glove

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Golden Boot of Tournaments

• Ronaldo Damus (8 goals)
• Roberto Louima (8 goals)
• Nicholas Dillon (8 goals)

Goalscorers[]

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Central American zone[]

2016 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
(Central American zone)

Tournament details
Host country	Panama
Dates	8–16 July 2016
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(3 goals)
← 2015

The format is a single round-robin stage.^[5] Costa Rica qualified for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship as hosts and did not enter the qualifying competition. Belize withdrew.^[6] Guatemala were prevented from entering the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship due to FIFA suspending National Football Federation of Guatemala.^[7] Fourth place Panama qualified in their place.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	El Salvador	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
3	Guatemala	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	Disqualified due to FIFA suspension
4	Panama (H)	4	1	1	2	7	4	+3	4	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
5	Nicaragua	4	1	0	3	1	12	−11	3
6	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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References[]

External links[]

• Under 20s – Men, CONCACAF.com
• Fútbol Masculino Sub-20, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)
• Men's U20, CFUfootball.org