2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

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2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesNicaragua
United States
CityManagua
Bradenton, Florida
Dates19–21 April, 6–12 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored69 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Melchie Dumornay
United States
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Haiti Melchie Dumornay
Best goalkeeperUnited States
Fair play award United States
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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by Nicaragua, and was planned to take place between 19–29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017.[1] A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.

On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[2][3] On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.[4]

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives.[5]

Defending champions United States defeated Mexico in the final to win their fourth title.

Qualification[]

Further information: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams[]

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 6th Champions (2010) 5
 Mexico Automatic 6th Champions (2013) 4
 United States Automatic 6th Champions (2008, 2012, 2016) 3
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[6]
  Hosts 1st Debut 0
 Costa Rica Group stage winners 4th Runners-up (2008) 2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[7]
 Haiti Final round winners 4th Fourth place (2016) 0
  Final round runners-up 1st Debut 0
  Final round third place 2nd Group stage (2008) 0

Venues[]

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Draw[]

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Squads[]

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).[11]

Group stage[]

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5):[11]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT (UTC−4) for the United States.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 16 1 +15 7 Knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3   2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
4   (H) 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
 1–4 Haiti
  • 69'
 Report
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
 0–8 Mexico
Report
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Mexico 7–0 
 Report
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
 0–2 Haiti
Report
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
Mexico 1–1 Haiti
 Report
  • 19'
 Cancelled 
Report

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
4   3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Canada 3–0 
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
United States 4–0 Costa Rica
  • 4' (o.g.)
  • 15'
  • 60'
  • Jones 79'
 Report
Attendance: 160
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 1–2 Canada
 Report
  • 18', 51'
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
United States 10–1 
  • 6'
  • 25'
  • 32', 48'
  • 41'
  • 44'
  • 47'
  • 85'
  • 86', 90'
 Report
  • 17'
Attendance: 480
Referee: Ronide Henrius (Haiti)
Costa Rica 6–1 
 Report
  • 90+5'
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 1–0 Canada
  • 65'
 Report
Attendance: 380
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Knockout stage[]

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).[11]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 June – Bradenton
 
 
 Mexico2
 
12 June – Bradenton
 
 Canada1
 
 Mexico2
 
10 June – Bradenton
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Haiti2
 
Third place
 
 
12 June – Bradenton
 
 
 Canada2
 
 
 Haiti1

Semi-finals[]

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Mexico 2–1 Canada
 Report
  • 37'
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 3–2 Haiti
  • 32', 50'
  • 49'
 Report
Attendance: 377
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Third place match[]

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Canada 2–1 Haiti
 Report
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Final[]

Mexico 2–3 United States
 Report
  • 34'
  • 46'
  • 76'

Winners[]

 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 

United States
Fourth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[]

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[12][13]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 United States 10 June 2018 3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
 Mexico 10 June 2018 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Canada 12 June 2018 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Costa Rica (playing against the United States)
  • Nicaragua (playing against Haiti)

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[14]

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
Haiti Melchie Dumornay Haiti Melchie Dumornay
United States 		United States
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 United States
Best XI[15]
  • Goalkeeper: United States
  • Right Back: Mexico Reyna Reyes
  • Center Back: United States
  • Center Back: Mexico
  • Left Back: United States
  • Center Midfielder: United States Sophia Jones
  • Center Midfielder: Haiti Melchie Dumornay
  • Center Midfielder: Mexico Nicole Pérez
  • Winger/Right Midfielder: United States
  • Winger/Left Midfielder: Mexico Natalia Mauleón
  • Forward: United States

Notes[]

  1. ^ The final was delayed from 16:30 to 18:00 due to inclement weather.

References[]

  1. ^ "Nicaragua Named Host for 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Concacaf Cancels Remainder of Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship 2018 for Security Concerns". CONCACAF.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Tournament Suspended, Bermuda Team Safe". bernews.com. Bernews. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship to Resume Play in June". concacaf.com.
  5. ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Calendario para la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-17 Femenina de CONCACAF que se jugará en Chitré, Panamá del 24 al 28 de octubre 2017". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-17 Qualifier 2017". CONCACAF.com. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  8. ^ "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Nicaragua". CONCACAF.com. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship draw held in Miami". CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship 2018". CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  11. ^ a b c "Regulations: Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship Nicaragua 2018 (English Edition)" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  12. ^ "Mexico, USA qualify for Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 10 June 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  13. ^ "Canada pull off late heroics to qualify for Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "TSG reveals CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Awards". CONCACAF. 12 June 2018.
  15. ^ "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 14 June 2018.

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