2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams[]

A total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.

Zone Berths Automatic qualifiers Teams entering qualification
North American Zone
(NAFU) 		3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF) 		2
Caribbean Zone
(CFU) 		3
  •   (hosts)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU) None
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
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Caribbean Zone (CFU)
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Central American Zone[]

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina Sub-20 2017
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityEstelí
Dates18–24 June 2017
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored35 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Fabiola Villalobos (7 goals)
← 2015
2020 →

In the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.[1]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6 Classification stage
2   (H) 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3   2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 5–1 
  • 88'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)
 0–10 
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
 0–1 
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Classification stage
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3   2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
 0–2 Honduras
  • 24'
  • 53'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Honduras 1–4 
  • 11'
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
 1–0 
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

Classification stage[]

Winners qualify for 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

 7–0 Honduras
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
 1–2 (a.e.t.) 
Estadio Independencia, Estelí
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Goalscorers[]

7 goals
3 goals
  • Costa Rica
2 goals
1 goal

Caribbean Zone[]

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017
Tournament details
Host countriesHaiti (Group A)
Bermuda (Group B)
Dominican Republic (Group C)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Final round)
DatesFirst round:
19–23 July 2017
Final round:
22–26 November 2017
Teams13 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions 
Runners-up Haiti
Third place 
Fourth place 
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored134 (6.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Total:
Haiti Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals)
Final round:
Haiti Nérilia Mondésir
(7 goals)
← 2015
2020 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with who qualified automatically as hosts.

The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.

Pot 1 (Hosts)
  •  Haiti (Position A1)
  •   (Position B1)
  •   (Position C1)
Pot 2
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Pot 3
Pot 4
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All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.[3]

First round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti (H) 3 3 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Final round
2   3 2 0 1 21 3 +18 6
3   3 0 1 2 1 18 −17 1
4  Anguilla 3 0 1 2 1 27 −26 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 10–0 
Haiti 16–0 Anguilla
Anguilla 0–10 
Haiti 7–0 
Anguilla 1–1 
  • ?'
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Haiti 3–1 

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6 Final round
2   (H) 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3   2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0
4   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[4]
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 5–1 
  • 65'
 10–0 
 1–2 
  • 58'
  • 3', 63'

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Final round
2   3 2 0 1 17 1 +16 6
3   3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4   3 0 0 3 0 26 −26 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 11–0 
  • 1', 38'
  • 4', ?' (pen.)
  • 22'
  • Font 40'
  • 46', ?', ?'
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 1–0 
 0–6 
 7–0 
 8–0 
  • 3', 24', 45', 48', 58', 75'
  • 9', 90'
 1–0 

Final round[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 16 2 +14 6
3   3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   (H) 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 1–0 
 0–12 Haiti
Haiti 0–1 
  • 28'
 0–4 
Haiti 4–1 
 0–9 

Qualified teams[]

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1
 Canada Automatic qualifiers N/A 6 (, , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015)
 Mexico Automatic qualifiers N/A 8 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 United States Automatic qualifiers N/A 8 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  Hosts 2017 7 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015)
  Central American Zone top two 24 June 2017 5 (, , 2008, 2010, 2014)
  Central American Zone top two 24 June 2017 1 (2008)
  Caribbean Zone top two 24 November 2017 8 (, , , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Haiti Caribbean Zone top two 26 November 2017 3 (, 2012, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References[]

  1. ^ "Calendario de la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-20 Femenina que se jugará en Estelí, Nicaragua del 18 al 24 de junio". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017". CONCACAF.com. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  3. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017 Schedule" (PDF). St Kitts and Nevis Football Association.
  4. ^ "St Lucia Withdraw From Women's U20 Qualifiers". Bernews. 16 July 2017.

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