2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

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A total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.

Zone Berths Automatic qualifiers Teams entering qualification
North American Zone
(NAFU)
3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
2
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
3
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU) None
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Central American zone

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2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina Sub-20 2017
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityEstelí
Dates18–24 June 2017
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored35 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Fabiola Villalobos (7 goals)
2015
2020

In the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.[1]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6 Classification stage
2   Nicaragua (H) 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3   Belize 2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Nicaragua  5–1  Belize
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)

Belize  0–10  Costa Rica
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Nicaragua  0–1  Costa Rica
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   El Salvador 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Classification stage
2   Honduras 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
3   Panama 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
Panama  0–2  Honduras
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Honduras  1–4  El Salvador
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

El Salvador  1–0  Panama
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

Classification stage

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Winners qualify for 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

Costa Rica  7–0  Honduras
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

El Salvador  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Nicaragua
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Goalscorers

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7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Caribbean zone

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2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017
Tournament details
Host countriesHaiti (group A)
Bermuda (group B)
Dominican Republic (group C)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (final round)
DatesFirst round:
19–23 July 2017
Final round:
22–26 November 2017
Teams13 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Jamaica
Runners-up  Haiti
Third place  Dominican Republic
Fourth place  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored134 (6.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Total:
  Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals)
Final round:
  Nérilia Mondésir
(7 goals)
2015
2020

In the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with Trinidad and Tobago who qualified automatically as hosts.

The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.

Pot 1 (Hosts)
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4

All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.[3]

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Haiti (H) 3 3 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Final round
2   Cuba 3 2 0 1 21 3 +18 6
3   Dominica 3 0 1 2 1 18 −17 1
4   Anguilla 3 0 1 2 1 27 −26 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Cuba  10–0  Dominica
Haiti  16–0  Anguilla

Anguilla  0–10  Cuba
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Haiti  7–0  Dominica

Anguilla  1–1  Dominica
Haiti  3–1  Cuba

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6 Final round
2   Bermuda (H) 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3   Curaçao 2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0
4   Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[4]
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Bermuda  5–1  Curaçao

Jamaica  10–0  Curaçao

Bermuda  1–2  Jamaica
  • Darrell   58'

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Dominican Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Final round
2   Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 17 1 +16 6
3   Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4   Bonaire 3 0 0 3 0 26 −26 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Puerto Rico  11–0  Bonaire
Dominican Republic  1–0  Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda  0–6  Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic  7–0  Bonaire

Antigua and Barbuda  8–0  Bonaire
  • Grant   3', 24', 45', 48', 58', 75'
  • James   9', 90'
Dominican Republic  1–0  Puerto Rico

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2   Haiti 3 2 0 1 16 2 +14 6
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   Saint Kitts and Nevis (H) 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Jamaica  1–0  Dominican Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–12  Haiti

Haiti  0–1  Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–4  Dominican Republic

Haiti  4–1  Dominican Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–9  Jamaica

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1
  Canada Automatic qualifiers N/A 6 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015)
  Mexico Automatic qualifiers N/A 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  United States Automatic qualifiers N/A 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  Trinidad and Tobago Hosts 2017 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015)
  Costa Rica Central American Zone top two 24 June 2017 5 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)
  Nicaragua Central American Zone top two 24 June 2017 1 (2008)
  Jamaica Caribbean Zone top two 24 November 2017 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  Haiti Caribbean Zone top two 26 November 2017 3 (2002, 2012, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Calendario de la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-20 Femenina que se jugará en Estelí, Nicaragua del 18 al 24 de junio". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017". CONCACAF.com. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  3. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017 Schedule" (PDF). St Kitts and Nevis Football Association.
  4. ^ "St Lucia Withdraw From Women's U20 Qualifiers". Bernews. 16 July 2017.
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