CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Founded	1962
Region	North America (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	35
Current champions	United States (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (13 titles)
Website	CONCACAF
	2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a single-elimination championship round.

Results[]

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era[]

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
1	1962	Panama	Mexico	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles	Costa Rica
2	1964	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Guatemala	Netherlands Antilles
3	1970	Cuba	Mexico	Cuba	Jamaica	El Salvador
4	1973	Mexico	Mexico	Guatemala	Cuba	Canada
5	1974	Canada	Mexico	Cuba	Trinidad and Tobago
6	1976	Puerto Rico	Mexico	Honduras	United States	Guatemala
7	1978	Honduras	Mexico	Canada	Honduras	Costa Rica
8	1980	United States	Mexico	United States
9	1982	Guatemala	Honduras	United States	Costa Rica	Guatemala
10	1984	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Canada	El Salvador	United States
11	1986	Trinidad and Tobago	Canada	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba
12	1988	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States	Cuba
13	1990	Guatemala	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	Guatemala
14	1992	Canada	Mexico	United States	Canada	Honduras
15	1994	Honduras	Honduras	Costa Rica	Canada	El Salvador
16	1996	Mexico	Canada	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era[]

The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up
17	1998	Guatemala (Group A)	United States	Costa Rica
17	1998	Trinidad (Group B)	Mexico	Honduras
18	2001	Canada (Group A)	Costa Rica	United States
18	2001	Trinidad (Group B)	Canada	Jamaica
19	2003	Panama (Group A)	Panama	Mexico
19	2003	United States (Group B)	Canada	United States
20	2005	Honduras (Group A)	United States	Panama
20	2005	United States (Group B)	Canada	Honduras
21	2007	Panama (Group A)	United States	Panama
21	2007	Mexico (Group B)	Mexico	Costa Rica

CONCACAF U-20 Championship era[]

Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[1] The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate the competition.

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
22	2009	Trinidad and Tobago	Costa Rica	United States	Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago
23	2011	Guatemala	Mexico	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Panama
24	2013	Mexico	Mexico	United States	El Salvador	Cuba

The competition changed its format in 2015. The two group winners would secure a place in the final and the U-20 World Cup, the groups' second and third placed teams would compete in a repechage play-off to determine the qualifiers for the U-20 World Cup. The number of guaranteed games per team was increased from 2 to 5 and the semi-final stage was removed.

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	Play-off winners
25	2015	Jamaica	Mexico	Panama	United States	Honduras

The competition changed its format again in 2017. A second group stage was added, with the winners and runners-up of this stage qualifying for the U-20 World Cup and the winners securing a place in the final.

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	Group runners-up
26	2017	Costa Rica	United States	Honduras	Mexico	Costa Rica
27	2018	United States	United States	Mexico	Honduras	Panama
28	2020	Honduras	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]

Winners by country[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Mexico	13 (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015)	3 (1988, 1996, 2018)
United States	2 (2017, 2018)	6 (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013)
Honduras	2 (1982, 1994)	3 (1964, 1976, 2017)
Canada	2 (1986, 1996)	2 (1978, 1984)
Costa Rica	2 (1988, 2009)	2 (1994, 2011)
El Salvador	1 (1964)
Guatemala		2 (1962, 1973)
Cuba		2 (1970, 1974)
Panama		1 (2015)
Trinidad and Tobago		1 (1990)

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.

Participating nations[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semifinals^[a]
5th – Fifth place^[b]
QF – Quarterfinals
GS – Group stage
R1 – First round (1st Group stage)
R2 – Second round (2nd Group stage)
FS – Final Stage (Group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew before qualification
— Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
— Team did not exist
— Not part of CONCACAF

Team	1962 (9)	1964 (9)	1970 (5)	1973 (6)	1974 (12)	1976 (15)	1978 (13)	1980 (18)	1982 (12)	1984 (16)	1986 (12)	1988 (10)	1990 (12)	1992 (11)	1994 (12)	1996 (12)	1998 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2007 (8)	2009 (8)	2011 (12)	2013 (12)	2015 (12)	2017 (12)	2018 (34)	2020 (20)	Total
North American Football Union (NAFU) members
Canada	×	×	×	4th	QF	R2	2nd	SF	R2	2nd	1st	R1	R1	3rd	3rd	1st	FS	FS	FS	FS	×	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	GS	q	24
Mexico	1st	GS	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	×	1st	R1	4th	1st	1st	R1	2nd	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	GS	1st	1st	1st	FS	2nd	q	27
United States	×	GS	×	×	QF	3rd	R2	2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	R1	3rd	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	2nd	QF	2nd	SF	1st	1st	q	25
Central American Football Union (UNCAF) members
Costa Rica	4th	×	×	×	GS	×	4th	GS	3rd	R2	×																	q	7
El Salvador	GS	1st	4th	×	×	R1	R2	GS	R2	3rd	×																	q	9
Guatemala	2nd	3rd	×	2nd	GS	4th	×	QF	4th	R1	×																	q	9
Honduras	GS	2nd	×	×	×	2nd	3rd	SF	1st	R2	×																	q	8
Nicaragua	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	R2	×	×	R1	×	×																	q	7
Panama	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×																	q	4
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members
Antigua and Barbuda	?			×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	R1																	q	3
Aruba																												q	1
			×	×	×	R1	×	GS	×	R1	R1																	q	5
Bermuda			5th	×	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1																	×	8
Cuba	×	×	2nd	3rd	2nd	×	×	QF	×	R1	4th																	q	7
		×	×	×	GS	R2	R1	GS	×	×	×																	q	5
							R1	GS	×	×	×																	×	2
																												q	1
Guyana			×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R2	×																	×	1
Haiti	GS	×	×	×	×	×	R2	×	×	R1	×																	q	4
Jamaica		GS	3rd	×	GS	R1	×	GS	R1	×	R1																	q	8
Netherlands Antilles	3rd	4th	×	GS	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	×																	×	7
Puerto Rico		×	×	×	GS	R1	R1	GS	R1	R1	×																	×	6
Saint Kitts and Nevis																												q	1
Suriname	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	GS	×	×	R1																	q	4
Trinidad and Tobago		×	×	×	3rd	R2	R2	GS	R1	R2	3rd																	q	7

Notes

^ The third-place match was not played in 1980.
^ 1970 was played as a round-robin tournament between five teams.

Overall statistics[]

As of 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	116	86	19	11	297	68	229	219
2	United States	107	62	18	27	215	93	122	169
3	Honduras	82	51	13	18	153	77	76	129
4	Canada	92	46	17	29	174	98	66	129
5	Costa Rica	78	45	14	19	174	79	95	126
6	Guatemala	81	27	15	39	88	117	−29	76
7	El Salvador	68	25	14	29	100	96	4	72
8	Trinidad and Tobago	74	20	21	33	89	126	−37	65
9	Panama	31	17	6	8	47	35	12	54
10	Cuba	53	18	12	23	52	73	−21	53
11	Jamaica	64	11	15	38	57	119	−62	43
12	Netherlands Antilles	41	10	6	25	36	97	−61	26
13	Bermuda	35	8	4	23	46	81	−35	20
14	Haiti	24	4	5	15	26	53	−27	15
15	Suriname	14	5	0	9	20	27	−7	10
16	Nicaragua	26	2	6	18	14	83	−69	10
17	Guyana	9	2	0	7	6	20	−14	4
18	Antigua and Barbuda	8	1	2	5	7	23	−16	4
19		14	2	0	12	10	59	−49	4
20		6	1	0	5	6	18	−12	3
21		16	1	1	14	14	46	−32	3
22	Puerto Rico	16	1	0	15	5	79	−74	2
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
24	Aruba	5	0	1	4	1	19	−18	1
25		8	0	1	7	5	32	−27	1
26	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
27		4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0
28	Belize	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Qualifications by country[]

Number of FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifications by country.

Nation	No.	Qualifying years
United States	16	1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Mexico	16	1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Costa Rica	9	1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017
Canada	8	1979, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Honduras	8	1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019
Panama	6	2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1991, 2009
Jamaica	1	2001
Guatemala	1	2011
El Salvador	1	2013
Cuba	1	2013

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Total
Canada		R1			R1	R1					R2		R1	QF	R1	R1							8
Costa Rica							R1			R1	R1	R2	R2			R1	4th	R2			R2		9
Cuba																			R1				1
El Salvador																			R1				1
Guatemala																		R2					1
Honduras	R1									R1		R1			R1		R1			R1	R1	R1	8
Jamaica													R1										1
Mexico	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF			QF	QF		R2	QF		R1		QF		3rd	R2	R1	QF	R1	16
Panama														R1	R1	R1		R1		R1		R2	6
Trinidad and Tobago								R1									R1						2
United States			R1	R1		R1	4th		QF		R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1		R1	QF	QF	QF	16

Player awards[]

Year	MVP	Lead Goalscorer	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award	Source
2009		Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals)			^[3]
2011		Joel Campbell (6 goals)			^[4]
2013	Antonio Briseño	Amet Ramírez (4 goals)	Richard Sánchez	El Salvador	^[5]
2015	Luís Pereira	Hirving Lozano Romain Gall (5 goals)		United States	^[6]
2017	Erik Palmer-Brown	Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals)	Jonathan Klinsmann	Mexico	^[7]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Country	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1		El Salvador	1994	6
1	Joel Campbell	Costa Rica	2011	6
1	Ronaldo Cisneros	Mexico	2017	6
4		Costa Rica	1994	5
4	Orvin Cabrera	Honduras	1994	5
4	Steve Green	Jamaica	1994	5
4		Canada	1994	5
4	Hirving Lozano	Mexico	2015	5
4	Romain Gall	USA	2015	5
10	Ryan Gyaki	Canada	2005	4
10	Freddy Adu	USA	2005–2007	4
10	Ulises Dávila	Mexico	2011	4
10	Cecilio Waterman	Panama	2011	4
10	Amet Ramírez	Panama	2013	4
10	Jonel Désiré	Haiti	2015	4
10	Alberth Elis	Honduras	2015	4
10	Bryan Róchez	Honduras	2015	4
10	Alejandro Díaz	Mexico	2015	4
10	Ismael Díaz	Panama	2015	4

Title winning coaches[]

Year	Name
2009	Rónald González Brenes
2011	Juan Carlos Chávez
2013	Sergio Almaguer^[8]
2015	Sergio Almaguer
2017	Tab Ramos

References[]

^ CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-11-11
^ "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.
^ "Technical Report – 2009 Tournament". concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Technical Report – 2011 Tournament" (pdf). issuu.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Technical Report – 2013 Tournament" (PDF). concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. 25 January 2015.
^ "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-25.

External links[]

[1980_sf-3] The third-place match was not played in 1980.

[1970_format-4] 1970 was played as a round-robin tournament between five teams.

[1] CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-11-11

[2] "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.

[5] "Technical Report – 2009 Tournament". concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[6] "Technical Report – 2011 Tournament" (pdf). issuu.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[7] "Technical Report – 2013 Tournament" (PDF). concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[8] "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. 25 January 2015.

[9] "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[10] "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-25.

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