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
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	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	184 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michelle Cooper; (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Michelle Cooper
Best goalkeeper	Anna Karpenko
Fair play award	Mexico
	← 2020 2023 →

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 qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and joined host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.^[1]

Qualification edit

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 (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020)	9
	Mexico	2nd ranked entrant	11th	Champions (2018)	8
	Canada	3rd ranked entrant	9th	Champions (2004, 2008)	7
	Haiti	4th ranked entrant	6th	Third place (2018)	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	5th ranked entrant	10th	Fourth place (2014)	0
	Jamaica	6th ranked entrant	11th	Fourth place (2006)	0
	Dominican Republic (hosts)	8th ranked entrant	3rd	Semi-finals (2020)	0
	Honduras	9th ranked entrant	4th	Fourth place (2015)	0
	Guyana	10th ranked entrant	2nd	Quarter-finals (2020)	0
	Guatemala	11th ranked entrant	5th	Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2020)	0
	El Salvador	12th ranked entrant	3rd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Puerto Rico	13th ranked entrant	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Panama	14th ranked entrant	6th	Fourth place (2012)	0
	Cuba	15th ranked entrant	5th	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Nicaragua	16th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020)	0
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2020)	0
Knockout stage	Bermuda	Qualifying Group A winner	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Cayman Islands	Qualifying Group B winner	3rd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Curaçao	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Suriname	Qualifying Group D winner	3rd	Group stage (2002, 2006)	0

Venues edit

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

Draw edit

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)	Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Dominican Republic Honduras	Guyana Guatemala El Salvador Puerto Rico	Panama Cuba Nicaragua Saint Kitts and Nevis

Squads edit

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 edit

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

Referees

Carly Shaw-MacLaren
Marianela Araya Cruz
Astrid Gramajo
Melissa Borjas
Odette Hamilton
Katia García
Francia González
Diana Pérez
Priscilla Pérez
Tatiana Guzmán
Sandra Benítez
Mirian León
Crystal Sobers
Ekaterina Koroleva
Tori Penso
Natalie Simon

Assistants referees

Krystal Evans
Natasha Trott
Chantal Boudreau
Ivette Santiago Rodríguez
Santa Medina
Iris Vail
Lourdes Noriega
Shirley Perelló
Princess Brown
Jassett Kerr
Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
Yudilia Briones
Enedina Caudillo
Karen Díaz
Mayra Mora
Sandra Ramírez
Lidia Ayala
Mijensa Rensch
Carissa Douglas-Jacobs
Felisha Marsical
Brooke Mayo
Meghan Mullen
Kathryn Nesbitt

Video assistant referees

Benjamin Whitty
Ricardo Montero
Bejamín Pineda
Said Martínez
Adonai Escobedo
Eduardo Galván
Ismael Cornejo
Allen Chapman
Tim Ford

Group stage edit

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):

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
Goal difference in all group matches.
Number of goals scored in all group matches.
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
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
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group E edit

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

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

25 February 2022