2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

The qualifying competitions for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship were handled by two regional of CONCACAF's bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the Central American Football Union (Central American zone).

Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.

Caribbean zone edit

2014 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament
2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying (Caribbean zone)
 
The official logo of the U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countriesCuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Aruba
Curaçao (first round groups)
Trinidad and Tobago (finals)
Dates25 June – 3 August (first round)
12–19 September 2014 (finals)
Teams20 (total)
8 (finals) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Trinidad and Tobago
Runners-up  Haiti
Third place  Cuba
Fourth place  Aruba
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored161 (3.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Travis Meril
(total; 8 goals)
  Kadeem Corbin
(finals; 5 goals)
Best player(s)  Kadeem Corbin
Best goalkeeper  Jean-Marc Antersijn
Fair play award  Aruba
2013
2017

The Caribbean qualification competition (2014 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament) was organised by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

All match times are UTC−4.

Teams edit

A total of 20 teams entered the competition.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Did not enter 11
First round 19
Second round 1
Notes
  1. ^ Jamaica were withdrawn from the Second round, they are to host the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

First round edit

The teams taking part in the first round were announced on 21 June 2014.[1] The group winners and the two best runners-up advanced to the final round.

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba (H) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Qualify to Final round
2   Martinique 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3   Barbados 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Barbados  1–1  Martinique
Hunte   52' Report Sellaye   5'
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)
Cuba  1–1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lopez   46' Report Ledger   90+1'
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Martinique  2–1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Defrel   10'
Thimon   35'
Report Solomon   80'
Referee: Ameth Sanchez (Panama)
Cuba  2–2  Barbados
Lopez   46', 90+2' Report Boyce   43', 55' (pen.)
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0–0  Barbados
Report
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)
Cuba  3–1  Martinique
Lopez   39', 61'
Rosales   85'
Report Thimon   90'
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Dominican Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 Qualify to Final round
2   Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
3   Bermuda 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4   Guadeloupe 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Guadeloupe  3–4  Bermuda
Malpon   16', 84'
Antoine   74'
Report Ratteray-Smith   17'
Simons   40', 50', 65'
Referee: Allan Jacques (Haiti)
Dominican Republic  0–3  Antigua and Barbuda
Report Harriette   15', 76'
Stevens   63'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Antigua and Barbuda  0–1  Guadeloupe
Report Annerose   83'
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Dominican Republic  2–0  Bermuda
Feliz   7'
Quezada   90+4'
Report
Referee: Vivian Robinson (Saint Lucia)

Bermuda  0–0  Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Dominican Republic  1–0  Guadeloupe
Puello   39' Report
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Haiti (H) 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Qualify to Final round
2   Suriname 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3   Saint Lucia 3 1 0 2 20 10 +10 3
4   Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 0 3 0 34 −34 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Suriname  7–0  Turks and Caicos Islands
Faerber   20', 60' (pen.), 72'
Fer   31'
Asoman   48'
Slagveer   75'
Khoen Khoen   90'
Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Hidalgo (Domicican Republic)
Haiti  4–0  Saint Lucia
Valerius   10'
Campoy   34'
Saint-Vil   36'
Cherenfant   43'
Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

Suriname  6–3  Saint Lucia
Faerber   7', 29' (pen.)
Asoman   36'
Khoen Khoen   47'
Fer   66'
Rozenblad   80'
Report Goodman   5'
Joseph   65'
Meril   71'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Haiti  10–0  Turks and Caicos Islands
Valerius   6'
Louima   10'
Herivaux   17'
Salvant   23', 31'
Joseph   36', 60'
St. Fort   47'
St. Jean   73'
Désiré   84'
Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Saint Lucia  17–0  Turks and Caicos Islands
Myers   4'
Meril   6', 7', 15', 27', 39', 55', 70'
Abraham   12'
Goodman   17'
Neptune   22', 33', 38', 54', 86'
Joseph   79', 81'
Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)
Haiti  2–1  Suriname
Joseph   10'
Campoy   58'
Report Asoman   3'
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Aruba (H) 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Qualify to Final round
2   Grenada 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3   Dominica 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Dominica  1–3  Grenada
Soanes   88' Report Charles   43', 57'
Frank   85'
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Aruba  1–0  Grenada
Homoet   7' Report
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Aruba  1–0  Dominica
Homoet   42' Report
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Curaçao (H) 3 2 0 1 12 1 +11 6 Qualify to Final round
2   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6
3   Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
4   Anguilla 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Anguilla  0–7  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report T. Isaac   3', 62'
Saunders   12'
Nelson   23' (pen.), 47' (pen.)
Bertie   61'
Hanley   77'
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Curaçao  0–1  Cayman Islands
Report Webb   45+1'
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

Saint Kitts and Nevis  5–1  Cayman Islands
Barnes   15'
Z. Isaac   28'
Nelson   60'
Francis   83'
T. Isaac   90+3'
Report Suberan   70'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto-Rico)
Curaçao  9–0  Anguilla
Fortin   9'
Stokkel   17'
Marselina   35', 42', 85'
Felomina   39'
Christina   41'
Martis   51', 88'
Report
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Cayman Islands  5–0  Anguilla
Connelly   10'
Suberan   43'
Wilson   65'
Webb   70' (pen.)
Nelson   83'
Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto-Rico)
Curaçao  3–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Albertus   58'
Marselina   65', 71'
Report
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

Ranking of runners-up edit

On 22 June 2014, CFU published that the best ranked runner-up also qualifies for the Second round.[1] On 26 June 2014, CONCACAF published that the best and second best ranked runner-up qualifier for the Second Round.[2] Since Group 4 contains three teams, only the results against the first and third placed teams are counted.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Antigua and Barbuda 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
2   Suriname 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3 Qualify to Final round
3   Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
4   Grenada 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
5   Martinique 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: CFU

Final round edit

The final round was hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

On 22 June 2014, CFU announced that Jamaica would also receive a bye to the Second round,[1] however four days later CONCACAF published that the second-best ranked runner-up would be taking part in the Second round.[2]

The groups and resulting fixtures were changed at a later date. Antigua and Barbuda were removed and Saint Kitts and Nevis added (no explanation given).[3] The top two from each group advanced to the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Trinidad and Tobago (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Final
2   Cuba 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Third place playoff
3   Curaçao 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3[a]
4   Suriname 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[a]
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Curacao wins hth
Curaçao  0–1  Cuba
Report Saname   51'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Suriname
Fortune   27' (pen.)
Mitchell   78'
Report Faerber   5'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Cuba  0–1  Suriname
Report Faerber   45+1'
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Curaçao
Mitchell   33'
Corbin   45' (pen.), 60'
Andrews   84'
Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Suriname  2–3  Curaçao
Faerber   15'
Grando   27'
Report Marselia   22', 53', 80'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)
Trinidad and Tobago  1–1  Cuba
Trimmingham   88' Report Lopez   10'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Haiti 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Final
2   Aruba 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Third place playoff
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: CFU
Haiti  2–1  Dominican Republic
Joseph   20', 36' Report Matos   68'
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)
Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–2  Aruba
Hanley   79' Report Ruiz   33' (pen.)
Wernet   55'
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)

Dominican Republic  3–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Feliz   33', 45'
Llanos   78'
Report Mckoy   4'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Aruba  1–2  Haiti
Hodge   78' Report Fernander   14'
Campoy   20'
Referee: Johannes Dolaini (Suriname)

Dominican Republic  1–2  Aruba
Puello   10' Report Wernet   83'
Geerman   90+2'
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)
Saint Kitts and Nevis  2–5  Haiti
Bertie   74', 76' Report Cherenfant   4', 28'
Monpremier   7'
Désiré   17', 42'
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Third place playoff edit

Cuba  2–1  Aruba
Saname   54'
Lopez   88'
Report Hodge   85'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Final edit

Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Haiti
Corbin   35', 82', 86' Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Awards edit

Golden Boot
  •   Kadeem Corbin
MVP
  •   Kadeem Corbin
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Source:[4]

Central American zone edit

2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
(Central American zone)
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates17 July 2014 – 29 July 2014
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Panama
Runners-up  El Salvador
Third place  Honduras
Fourth place  Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored78 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Ismael Díaz
  Mauro Portillo
(5 goals each)
2013
2017

The Central American qualification competition was organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF). The competition was contested by the seven UNCAF teams in a round-robin tournament, hosted in El Salvador,[5] where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6][7]

By winning this tournament, Panama qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Panama 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 15 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Pan American Games
2   El Salvador (H) 6 3 2 1 18 6 +12 11 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship
3   Honduras 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11
4   Guatemala 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10[a]
5   Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 13 6 +7 10[a]
6   Nicaragua 6 1 0 5 6 21 −15 3
7   Belize 6 0 0 6 0 23 −23 0
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Guatemala wins head-to-head

All match times are UTC−6.

Guatemala  1–0  Costa Rica
Diego Palma   12' Report
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
Honduras  3–4  Panama
Rembrandt Flores   16'
Elis   20'
Fredy Medina   85'
Report Ismael Santos   6' (o.g.)
Josue Hormecha   51'
Fidel Escobar   63'
Díaz   90+1'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
El Salvador  6–0  Belize
Barahona   3' (pen.)
Roberto Domínguez   44'
Bryan Pérez   62'
Josué Hernández   78', 89'
Bryan Tamacas   90+2'
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Panama  5–0  Nicaragua
Josue Hormecha   2'
Díaz   21', 43'
Carlos Small   32'
Rubén Barrow   74'
Report
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras  1–1  Costa Rica
Deybi Flores   23' Report Berny Burke   20'
El Salvador  2–2  Guatemala
Barahona   63' (pen.)
Josué Hernández   78' (pen.)
Report Diego Palma   70'
Mauro Portillo   89' (pen.)
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Belize  0–4  Nicaragua
Report Serapio   6'
Ariagner Smith   65'
Hermes Navarette   74'
Bryan Garcia   83'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica  2–3  Panama
Kenneth Cerdas   71'
Víctor Murillo   90+1'
Report Díaz   1', 50'
Fidel Escobar   84'
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
El Salvador  0–0  Honduras
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Belize  0–2  Panama
Report Carlos Small   17'
Fidel Escobar   45+1'
Referee: Óscar Davilla (Nicaragua)
Nicaragua  0–2  Costa Rica
Report Kenneth Cerdas   66'
Randall Leal   90+1'
Guatemala  0–1  Honduras
Report Junior Lacayo   40'
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Honduras  5–0  Belize
Junior Lacayo   42'
Rolin Alvarez   45'
Róchez   65', 74' (pen.)
Fredy Medina   71'
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Panama  3–0  Guatemala
Jhamal Rodríguez   8'
Ervin Zorrilla   67'
Jesús González   85'
Report
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
El Salvador  7–1  Nicaragua
Bryan Pérez   13' (pen.)
Denis Pineda   28', 46'
Romilio Hernández   34', 44'
Bryan Landaverde   71'
Ronald Ventura   78'
Report Yaser Ortiz   37'
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Costa Rica  6–0  Belize
Randy Chirino   36', 85', 90+2'
Rene Miranda   38', 61'
Marcelo González   47'
Report
Referee: Óscar Davilla (Nicaragua)
Nicaragua  0–4  Guatemala
Report Christopher Paolo Ortíz   69'
Mauro Portillo   82', 85'
Pablo Aguilar   90+3'
El Salvador  2–1  Panama
Denis Pineda   31'
Roberto Domínguez   82'
Report Bryan Tamacas   86' (o.g.)
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Guatemala  3–0  Belize
Pablo Aguilar   26'
Mauro Portillo   36', 63'
Report
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras  3–1  Nicaragua
Róchez   4'
Junior Lacayo   11'
Deybi Flores   54'
Report Yaser Ortiz   43'
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
El Salvador  1–2  Costa Rica
Denis Pineda   57' Report Alberth Villalobos   45'
Juan Vargas   79' (pen.)
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Qualified teams edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "CFU Men's Under 20 Teams Prepare For Battle". Caribbean Football Union. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Caribbean Under-20 Qualifying: Results & Scorers". concacaf.com. 26 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ "CFU Under 20 Finals About To Kick Off". CFU. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 Sep 2014.
  4. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Win CFU Under 20 Championship". cfufootball.org. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ^ Ponce, Franklin (14 February 2014). "El Salvador, sede del Eliminatorio Uncaf Sub 20" (in Spanish). edhdeportes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  6. ^ Hernandez, Elisa (15 July 2014). "El Eliminatorio UNCAF sub 20 arranca el jueves" (in Spanish). El Grafico. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ "El Salvador to host UNCAF U-20 qualifying". Concacaf. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". CONCACAF.com. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

External links edit