2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	25 February – 12 March 2022
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	184 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(8 goals)
Best player(s)
Best goalkeeper
Fair play award	Mexico
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The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Same as previous edition, the tournament will featured 20 teams and was held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022.^[1]

The top three teams of the tournament will qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and will join host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.^[1]

Qualification[]

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020,^[2] and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying.^[3] The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.

Costa Rica will host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage	United States (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	11th	Champions (, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020)	9
	Mexico	2nd ranked entrant	11th	Champions (2018)	8
	Canada	3rd ranked entrant	9th	Champions (, 2008)	7
	Haiti	4th ranked entrant	6th	Third place (2018)	1
		5th ranked entrant	10th	Fourth place (2014)	0
		6th ranked entrant	11th	Fourth place ()	0
	(hosts)	8th ranked entrant	3rd	Semi-finals (2020)	0
	Honduras	9th ranked entrant	4th	Fourth place (2015)	0
		10th ranked entrant	2nd	Quarter-finals (2020)	0
		11th ranked entrant	5th	Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2020)	0
		12th ranked entrant	3rd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
		13th ranked entrant	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
		14th ranked entrant	6th	Fourth place (2012)	0
		15th ranked entrant	5th	Round of 16 (2020)	0
		16th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020)	0
		17th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2020)	0
Knockout stage		Qualifying Group A winner	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
		Qualifying Group B winner	3rd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
		Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
		Qualifying Group D winner	3rd	Group stage (, )	0

Venues[]

Santo Domingo San Cristóbal	Santo Domingo	San Cristóbal
	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez	Estadio Panamericano
	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 2,800

Draw[]

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:^[1]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (Group E)  Mexico (Group F)  Canada (Group G)  Haiti (Group H)	Honduras

Squads[]

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.^[4][5]

Match officials[]

CONCACAF announced the appointment of the match officials on February 11, 2022.^[6]

Referees

Assistants referees

Video assistant referees

Group stage[]

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.^[5]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
2. Goal difference in all group matches.
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches.
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 point
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
   • Direct red card: −4 points
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9	Knockout stage
2		3	2	0	1	4	8	−4	6
3	(H)	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3
4		3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Knockout stage
2		3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3		3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Honduras	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Knockout stage
2		3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3		3	1	0	2	7	14	−7	3
4		3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

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Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Haiti	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3		3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4		3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, if a 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 Article 12.13).^[5]

Bracket[]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	4 March – Santo Domingo
	United States	14
					8 March – San Cristóbal
		0
					United States	6
	5 March – San Cristóbal
					Haiti	0
	Haiti	2
									10 March – Santo Domingo
		1
									United States	7
	4 March – San Cristóbal
										0
		7
					8 March – San Cristóbal
		0
						3
	5 March – Santo Domingo
						0
		2
													12 March – Santo Domingo
		0
													United States	2
	4 March – Santo Domingo
													Mexico	0
	Canada	13
					8 March – Santo Domingo
		0
					Canada	1
	5 March – San Cristóbal
						0
		3
									10 March – Santo Domingo
		0
									Canada	0
	4 March – San Cristóbal
									Mexico	1			Third place playoff
		5
					8 March – Santo Domingo								12 March – Santo Domingo
		2
						1								0
	5 March – Santo Domingo
					Mexico	5							Canada	2
	Mexico	9
		0

Round of 16[]

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Quarter-finals[]

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Semi-finals[]

Winners qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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3rd Place[]

Winner qualified for 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Final[]

Goalscorers[]

There were 184 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
(H)2	17 November 2020[7]	2 (2010, 2014)
United States	10 March 2022	9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Mexico	10 March 2022	8 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Canada	12 March 2022	7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² (H) qualified as host of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Awards[]

Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Golden Glove
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
Mexico

Best XI^[8]

• Goalkeeper:
• Defender:
• Defender:
• Defender:
• Midfielder:
• Midfielder:
• Midfielder:
• Midfielder:
• Forward:
• Forward: Natalia Mauleón
• Forward:

References[]

External links[]

• Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship, CONCACAF.com