The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification was a women's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]
- Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically
- Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
- Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts
The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan.[2]
Teams
A total of 27 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, four teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 23 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.
Zone | Teams entering | No. of teams |
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North American Zone (NAFU) |
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3 |
Central American Zone (UNCAF) |
|
7 |
Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
|
17 |
Did not enter | |
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North American Zone (NAFU) |
None |
Central American Zone (UNCAF) |
None |
Caribbean Zone (CFU) |
- Notes
- 1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.
Central American zone
Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF 2015 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | Guatemala (group A) Honduras (group B) |
Dates | 4–15 November 2015 |
Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 44 (7.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Merilyn Alvarado Gloriana Villalobos (5 goals each) |
In the Central American Zone, all seven UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into one group of four teams and one group of three teams, as drawn on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.[3] Group A was played between 4–8 November 2015 in Guatemala, while Group B was played between 11–15 November in Honduras (originally between 27–31 October 2015 before Panama withdrew).[4] The two group winners qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.
Times UTC−6.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Guatemala (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship |
2 | El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | |
3 | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
Nicaragua | 1–7 | El Salvador |
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Flores 74' | Report | MacNally 2' Cruz 18', 51', 84', ?' López 28' Tobar 68' |
Guatemala | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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Mayén 90' | Report |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship |
2 | Honduras (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | Belize | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 | |
4 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
(H) Hosts
Honduras | 9–1 | Belize |
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Romero 9', 75' Ponce 12', 15' Martínez 22' Mejía 37', 57' Bonilla 47', 51' |
Report | Vernon 81' |
Costa Rica | 15–0 | Belize |
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M. Salas 1', 45+1' Villalobos 3', 27', 36' Del Campo 23' (pen.) Alvarado 35', 61', 72', 88' Corrales 48', 82' Y. Salas 57' Marín 86' Sanabria 88' |
Report |
Honduras | 0–6 | Costa Rica |
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Report | M. Salas 16', 22' Alvarado 46' Villalobos 51', 70' Del Campo 87' |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- Merilyn Alvarado
- Gloriana Villalobos
- 4 goals
- María Paula Salas
- Ashley Cruz
- 2 goals
- Hillary Corrales
- Valeria del Campo
- Karla Moulds
- Niurka Oliva
- Lisbeth Bonilla
- Katherine Mejía
- Sandra Ponce
- Fátima Romero
- 1 goal
- Shandy Vernon
- Carmen Marín
- Yedry Salas
- María Sanabria
- Astrid López
- Kali MacNally
- Ashley Tobar
- Yuvitza Mayén
- Kiara Martínez
- Yessenia Flores
Caribbean zone
2015 CFU Women's Under-17 Qualifier | |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | Dominican Republic (group 1) Haiti (group 2) Saint Kitts and Nevis (group 3) Suriname (group 4) Puerto Rico (final round) |
Dates | 15 July – 22 November 2015 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Jamaica |
Runners-up | Haiti |
Third place | Trinidad and Tobago |
Fourth place | Cuba |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 164 (4.43 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals) |
In the Caribbean Zone, 16 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition (Dominica was not included in the original draw, but was later added).[5] Among them, 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 15–19 July and 22–26 August 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners, the two best runners-up of the four-team groups, and the runner-up of the three-team group advanced to the final round to be joined by final round hosts Puerto Rico.
In the final round, played between 13–22 November 2015 in Puerto Rico, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams of each group advanced to play a single-elimination tournament. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives besides hosts Grenada.
Times UTC−4; UTC−3 for Group 4.
First round
Group 1
Matches played in Dominican Republic.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Final round |
2 | Dominican Republic (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Bahamas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 2–0 | Bahamas |
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Balbuena 44', 90+2' | Report |
Dominican Republic | 3–2 | Cayman Islands |
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Taveras 37' Balbuena 43' López 47' (pen.) |
Report | Green 89' Suberan 90+2' |
Bahamas | 0–2 | Cayman Islands |
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Report | Green ?' Suberan ?' |
Dominican Republic | 0–2 | Cuba |
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Report | Sablon 10' Ramos 60' |
Group 2
Matches played in Haiti.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Haiti (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | Final round |
2 | Bermuda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Curaçao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Haiti | 7–1 | Curaçao |
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Mondésir 33', 58', 67' Dacius 56' Dumornay 61' Jean-Thomas 77', 80' |
Report | Martina 4' |
Group 3
Matches played in Saint Kitts and Nevis. In the original draw, the group included only three teams,[5] but Dominica was later added to this group.[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Final round |
2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | Dominica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | British Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4–0 | Dominica |
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Jack 66' Campbell 68' Honore 72' Ward 88' |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3–1 | British Virgin Islands |
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Pemberton 19', 36' Browne 46' |
K. Lowery 85' (pen.) |
British Virgin Islands | 0–8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Jack 19', 67' Honore 29', 47', 65' Ward 44' Theodore 88' Henry 90+1' |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–0 | Dominica |
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Phillip 68' |
British Virgin Islands | 1–2 | Dominica |
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E. Lowery ?' | ? ?' ? ?' |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0–4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Honore 25', 90' Henry 36' Theodore 73' |
The second round of matches, originally scheduled for 24 August (17:30 and 20:00), were delayed to 25 August due to a tropical storm.[7]
Group 4
Matches played in Suriname.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 9 | Final round |
2 | Barbados | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Suriname (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | |
4 | Saint Lucia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 |
Barbados | 1–2 | Jamaica |
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Clarke 14' | Report | Gordon 22', 31' |
Suriname | 5–0 | Saint Lucia |
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Dompig ?', ?', ?' Renfrum ?' Tjoen A Choy ?' |
Report |
Jamaica | 14–0 | Saint Lucia |
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Brown 5', 3', 38', 54' S. Clarke 8', 34' T. Clarke 16', 27', 29' Nelson 19', 21', 90+3' Pitter 63' Perrier 65' |
Report |
Suriname | 1–2 | Barbados |
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Righters ?' | Report | Jarvis ?' Carrington ?' |
Saint Lucia | 0–3 | Barbados |
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Report | Clarke ?' Jarvis ?' Carrington ?' |
Suriname | 0–1 | Jamaica |
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Report | Perrier 62' |
Ranking of second-placed teams
In addition to the runner-up of Group 2 (with three teams), the two best runners-up of Groups 1, 3 and 4 (with four teams) also advance to the final round.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | Barbados | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Final round |
2 | 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
Final round
Matches played in Puerto Rico.[8]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Puerto Rico (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Cuba | 1–0 | Bermuda |
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Pérez 62' |
Jamaica | 5–1 | Bermuda |
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Fray 6', 14' T. Clarke 44' Brown 59' Gordon 67' |
Report | Christopher 50' |
Cuba | 1–2 | Jamaica |
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Sablon 61' | Gordon 68', 71' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Haiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 9 | Semi-finals |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4–1 | Dominican Republic |
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Ward 34', 45' Theordore 43' James 61' |
Report | Cambiazo 2' |
Haiti | 13–0 | Barbados |
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Mondésir 2', 40', 43', 68' Nicolas 32' Dacius 42', 45' Pierre 55', 74' Éloissaint 85', 88' Saint-Félix 67', 90' |
Report |
Dominican Republic | 0–3 | Haiti |
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Nicolas 17' Éloissaint 20' Millien 90+3' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 7–1 | Barbados |
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John 4' Ellis 18', 45' Fortune 56', 58' Honore 67', 70' |
Carrington 60' |
Barbados | 1–4 | Dominican Republic |
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Padmore 25' | Ureña 5' (pen.) López 6', 86' Balbuena 43' (pen.) |
Haiti | 4–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Nicolas 9', 26' Mondésir 39' Pierre 50' |
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.
Jamaica | 1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Fray 83' | Report |
Third place playoff
Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | Cuba |
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Theodore 25', 76' Paul 69' |
Report |
Final
Goalscorers
- 14 goals
- 7 goals
- Nia Honore
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- Yilianny Sablon
- Nelourde Nicolas
- Tarania Clarke
- Rena Gordon
- Laurelle Theodore
- Ranae Ward
- 4 goals
- Dayarí Balbuena
- Lovelie Pierre
- Marlee Fray
- Ángela Díaz
- 3 goals
- Shaunte Carrington
- Leilanni Nesbeth
- María López
- Melissa Dacius
- Roseline Éloissaint
- Shanhaine Nelson
- Chayenne Dompig
- Kaydeen Jack
- 2 goals
- Nashandi Clarke
- Felicia Jarvis
- Chelsea Green
- Sabrina Suberan
- Dolores Jean-Thomas
- Mikerline Saint-Félix
- Sherice Clarke
- Monique Perrier
- Zynzelle Pemberton
- Amaya Ellis
- Alexis Fortune
- Kelsey Henry
- 1 goal
- Hannan Simms
- Caitlin Padmore
- Nia Christopher
- Zakiyah Durham
- Teyah Lindo
- Symira Lowe-Darrell
- Emily Lowery
- Katie Lowery
- Nahomi Aguilar
- Braysi Cabrera
- Wendy Corcho
- Maidevis Espinosa
- Sairy Ferrer
- Maristiania Mengana
- Yenifer Ramos
- Yilien Sarria
- Lindsay Hart
- Sjulienne Martina
- Carmen Cambiazo
- Ana Taveras
- Minely Ureña
- Melchie Dumornay
- Wagnelada Millien
- Tateyana Pitter
- Shayla Smart
- Josephine Cotto
- Shaniqua Browne
- Zhane Phillip
- Brandy Renfrum
- Nancy Righters
- Shania Tjoen A Choy
- Raenah Campbell
- Asha James
- Natisha John
- Shenieka Paul
Note: Two goals scored by Dominica missing goalscorer information.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Canada | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
Mexico | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
United States | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
Grenada | Hosts | 15 May 2015[1] | 0 (debut) |
Guatemala | Central American Zone Group A winner | 8 November 2015 | 2 (2012, 2013) |
Costa Rica | Central American Zone Group B winner | 15 November 2015 | 2 (2008, 2010) |
Jamaica | Caribbean Zone 1st place | 20 November 2015 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
Haiti | Caribbean Zone 2nd place | 20 November 2015 | 2 (2010, 2013) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
References
- 1 2 "Grenada to host Under-17 Women's Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Definido el Calendario para la Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF". UNCAF. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- 1 2 "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Group 3 CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers begins in St Kitts & Nevis on August 22". CFU. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Matches Postponed". ZIZ. August 25, 2015.
- ↑ "U17 female footballers set for CFU finals". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
External links
- Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com
- Fútbol Femenino Sub-17, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)
- Women's U17, CFUfootball.org