The 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was expanded to 12 teams beginning in 2011. The tournament determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia. In addition, the top three finishers from Central America or the Caribbean, in addition to hosts Mexico, qualified to participate at the 2011 Pan American Games. The Executive Committee approved that for men's U-20 championships all three North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals. Central America received four berths, and the Caribbean received five.
| Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2011 (in Spanish) | |
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 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Guatemala |
| Dates | 28 March – 10 April |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (11th title) |
| Runners-up |  Costa Rica |
| Third place |  Guatemala |
| Fourth place |  Panama |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 62 (3.1 per match) |
| Attendance | 85,290 (4,265 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Joel Campbell (6 goals) |
The new allocations give Central America one more berth than it had in 2009 and the Caribbean three more.[1] On 1 September 2010 CONCACAF announced Guatemala as host of the championship, played from 3–17 April.[2]
The championship was scheduled to be held a week later but was moved ahead one week due to a scheduling conflict.[3]
Qualified teams edit
| Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
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| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament |  Jamaica  Guadeloupe Cuba Trinidad and Tobago  Suriname
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| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American U-20 qualifying tournament | Guatemala (hosts) Panama  Honduras Costa Rica
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| North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified |  Canada Mexico United States
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Squads edit
Venues edit
The tournament was hosted in two stadium.
| Guatemala City | ||
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| Estadio Mateo Flores | Estadio Cementos Progreso | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
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Draw edit
The draw for the final tournament took place on February 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.[3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Status of Guadeloupe edit
Guadeloupe is a member of CONCACAF but not a member of FIFA. As such, they are eligible to compete for CONCACAF Championships but are not eligible to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage. If two or more teams had been tied, then a drawing of lots would have been be used.[4][5]
Group stage edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals | |
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Honduras
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Guatemala
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamaica
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United States
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| Panama
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Suriname
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| United States | 2 – 0 | Panama |
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Rowe  13', 18' |
Report |
Group C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Costa Rica
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| Canada
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 0 – 3 | Costa Rica |
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| Report | Campbell 57', 62' D. Vega 74' |
Group D edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Mexico
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
| Cuba
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 0 | Cuba |
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| Report |
| Mexico | 5 – 0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Guarch 7', 25', 49' Pulido 31', 41' |
Report |
Knockout stage edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April—Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 April—Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Panama | 1 | |||||||||
| Honduras | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Panama | 2 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 6 | |||||||||
| 8 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Cuba | 1 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 April — Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 2 | |||||||||
| Panama | 0(6) | |||||||||
| Guatemala (pen.) | 0(7) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
| Costa Rica | 6 – 1 | Cuba |
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| Campbell 29' (pen.), 58', 87' Miller 32' (pen.) B. Vega 51' Diaz 75' |
Report | Lahera 3' |
Semifinals edit
Third-place match edit
| Panama | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Guatemala |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Cummings  Álvarez Botello Waterman Dixon Chen Jiménez  |
6 – 7 | Ramirez Vásquez Rivas C. Lima Herrarte Andrade Lemus |
Final edit
Goalscorers edit
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Derrick Bassi- Lucas Cavallini
Joshua Diaz- Juan Golobio
- Joseph Mora
- Deyver Vega
Yaudel Lahera
Christophe Houelche
Henry Lopez- Elías Vásquez
Ever Alvarado- Anthony Lozano
- Nestor Martinez
Neco Brett
Kristian Álvarez- Diego de Buen
- David Izazola
- Jorge Mora
- Carlos Emilio Orrantía
- Edson Rivera
José Álvarez- Javier Caicedo
Joseph Gyau- Bobby Wood
- Own goals
- Renay Malblanche for Mexico
- Jhamie Hyde for Guatemala
- Oscar Linton for Mexico
Final ranking edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Mexico
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 12 | Champions |
| 2 | Costa Rica
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Guatemala (H)
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Panama
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | United States
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Honduras
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Canada
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 8 | Cuba
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Jamaica
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 11 | Guadeloupe
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
| 12 | Suriname
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup edit
Top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Countries to participate in 2011 Pan American Games edit
4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games. The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region
- Mexico (host nation)
- Cuba (The highest finisher from Caribbean Region)
- Guatemala (The highest finisher from Central American Region)
- Costa Rica (best qualifying team from both Region)
° Note: Guatemala withdrew from the Pan American Games and was replaced by Trinidad and Tobago.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ CONCACAF.com – Men's youth, women's tournaments expanded Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 20 April 2010
- ^ CONCACAF.com – Guatemala to host U-20 finals; Jamaica gets U-17s Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 1 September 2010
- ^ a b "CONCACAF U-20s to start earlier, draw set". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Concacaf Main | CONCACAF Home | Tournaments | Under 20s | News | Under 20s News | 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Lookahead – Day One". Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ CBC.ca Sports - Canadians rally for win at CONCACAF U-20