2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament

The 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Canada. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in Panama and Group B was held in Mexico. On January 21, 2007, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On February 23, 2007, Mexico and Costa Rica achieved qualification as well.

2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesPanama
Mexico
DatesJanuary 7 – February 25
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance96,571 (8,048 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Andre Akpan (3 goals)
Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano
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2009
All statistics correct as of March 18, 2009.

Qualification

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean qualifying   Haiti
  Jamaica
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central America (UNCAF) Central American qualifying   Costa Rica
  Guatemala
host   Panama
North America (NAFU)   Mexico
automatically qualified   United States

Squads

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Group A

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Panama hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City between January 17–21.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
  Panama 3 1 1 1 4 8 −4 4
  Haiti 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
  Guatemala 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Haiti  1 – 4  United States
Yveson   73' (pen.) Report[permanent dead link] Akpan   25'   38'   61'
Wallace   48'
Panama  1 – 1  Guatemala
Barahona   65' Report Ovalle   2' (o.g.)

United States  0 – 0  Guatemala
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Panama  3 – 2  Haiti
Wallace   22'
Saintilus   72' (o.g.)
Brown   83'
Report Saintilus   60'
Yveson   77'

Guatemala  0 – 2  Haiti
Report Augustin   52'   83'
Panama  0 – 5  United States
Report Adu   7'   90'
Rogers   49'
Smith   60'
Villanueva   70'

Group B

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Mexico hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Banorte in Culiacán, Sinaloa between February 21–25.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
  Jamaica 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Jamaica  0 – 2  Costa Rica
Report Borges   3' (pen.)
Solórzano   90+'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Mexico  2 – 0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Villaluz   28'
dos Santos   86'
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Attendance: 12,833

Costa Rica  3 – 2  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cordero   5'
Solórzano   43'
Herrera   55'
Report Berkeley   2'
Hanley   14'
Mexico  2 – 0  Jamaica
Villaluz   31'
dos Santos   56'
Report
Attendance: 17,425

Saint Kitts and Nevis  1 – 1  Jamaica
Berkeley   77' Report Grant   36'
Mexico  1 – 1  Costa Rica
Esqueda   70' Report Solórzano   6'

See also

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