2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
Dates22 February – 8 March
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Haiti
Fourth place Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored198 (5.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Melchie Dumornay
(14 goals)
Best player(s)United States Mia Fishel
Best goalkeeperMexico Wendy Toledo
Fair play award Mexico

The 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was held in the Dominican Republic between 22 February and 8 March 2020.[1]

The final tournament is expanded from eight to 20 teams, using the same format as the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. The top two teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives, along with Costa Rica who would have automatically qualified as hosts.[2] The U-20 Women's World Cup was initially to be co-hosted with Panama,[3] but they backed out from co-hosting due to COVID-19 concerns, due to having the highest cases and deaths in the region.[4] The fourth CONCACAF team to qualify, which would have initially been Panama, was not confirmed. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[5]

Mexico were the defending champions but was defeated by United States in the final.

Qualified teams

The qualifying format has changed since the 2018 edition, and the teams are no longer divided into regional zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 2018.[6] A total of 26 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 10 entrants had to participate in the qualifying stage, where the four group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[7]

On 13 January 2020, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica and Panama, who had automatically qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts, would no longer participate in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. As a result, the following changes to the tournament were made:[8]

Round Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage  United States 1st ranked entrant 10th Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) 9
 Mexico (title holders) 2nd ranked entrant 10th Champions (2018) 8
 Canada 3rd ranked entrant 8th Champions (2004, 2008) 7
 Haiti 4th ranked entrant 5th Third place (2018) 1
 Jamaica 6th ranked entrant 10th Fourth place (2006) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago 7th ranked entrant 9th Fourth place (2014) 0
 Honduras 8th ranked entrant 3rd Group stage (2014) 0
 Guatemala 9th ranked entrant 3rd Group stage (2010, 2012) 0
 Nicaragua 11th ranked entrant 3rd Group stage (2008) 0
 Dominican Republic (hosts) 12th ranked entrant 2nd Group stage (2004) 0
 El Salvador 13th ranked entrant 1st Debut 0
 Cuba 14th ranked entrant 4th Group stage (2008, 2010) 0
 Puerto Rico 15th ranked entrant 1st Debut 0
 Cayman Islands 16th ranked entrant 2nd Group stage (2014) 0
 Guyana Qualifying Group A winner 1st Debut 0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Qualifying Group B winner 1st Debut 0
Knockout stage  Saint Lucia Qualifying Group A runner-up 1st Debut 0
 Grenada Qualifying Group B runner-up 1st Debut 0
 Bermuda Qualifying Group A third place 1st Debut 0
 Barbados Qualifying Group B third place 1st Debut 0

Venues

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

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 19 April 2019, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams.[7] 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:[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Following the exclusion of Costa Rica and Panama from the tournament, their vacated positions in the group stage were replaced by Guyana and Saint Kitts and Nevis respectively. Furthermore, the vacated positions in the round of 16 of Guyana and Saint Kitts and Nevis were replaced by Bermuda and Barbados respectively.[8]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.[10]

Match officials

CONCACAF announced the appointment of the match officials on 14 February 2020.[11]

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying stage.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):[10]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).[12]

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 24 0 +24 9 Knockout stage
2  Dominican Republic (H) 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
3  Cuba 3 1 1 1 6 10 −4 4
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States 9–0 Cuba
  • Fishel 9', 13', 42', 45+1'
  • Pinto 16', 90'
  • Spaanstra 37'
  • Yates 67'
  • Meza 68'
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Honduras 0–7 Dominican Republic
Report
Dominican Republic 0–4 United States
Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Cuba 6–1 Honduras
 Report
  • Menjivar 55'
Referee: Marjorie Ponce (Nicaragua)
Dominican Republic 0–0 Cuba
Report
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
United States 11–0 Honduras
 Report
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Guyana 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mexico 2–1 Puerto Rico
 Report
  • Cimino 53'
Guyana 3–1 Nicaragua
 Report
Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)
Puerto Rico 1–2 Guyana
  • Cimino 87'
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Nicaragua 0–4 Mexico
Report
Nicaragua 0–1 Puerto Rico
Report
  • Oquendo 77'
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Mexico 3–0 Guyana
 Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jamaica 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  Guatemala 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jamaica 4–4 Guatemala
  • Brown 50'
  • Fray 54', 68', 76'
 Report
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)
Canada 2–0 El Salvador
  • Boychuk 57'
  • Novak 71'
 Report
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
El Salvador 1–4 Jamaica
  • Rodriguez 45+3' (pen.)
 Report
  • Brown 2', 11'
  • Murray 58'
  • Parker 82'
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Guatemala 0–0 Canada
Report
Guatemala 0–1 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)
Canada 1–3 Jamaica
  • Boychuk 90+1'
 Report
  • Brown 20'
  • Murray 80'
  • Fray 89'

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Knockout stage
2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Cayman Islands 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Trinidad and Tobago 6–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Haiti 8–0 Cayman Islands
 Report
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Cayman Islands 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–7 Haiti
Report
  • Dumornay 22' (pen.)
  • Pierre 32', 40'
  • Louis 36', 46'
  • Dorce 41'
  • Marcellus 56'
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–3 Cayman Islands
  • Bailey-Williams 4' (pen.)
  • Marshall 70'
 Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Haiti 7–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).[10]

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
29 February – Santo Domingo
 
 
 United States6
 
4 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Saint Lucia0
 
 United States4
 
29 February – San Cristóbal
 
 Canada0
 
 Canada6
 
6 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Cuba0
 
 United States6
 
29 February – San Cristóbal
 
 Dominican Republic0
 
 Jamaica9
 
4 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Bermuda1
 
 Jamaica1
 
29 February – Santo Domingo
 
 Dominican Republic2
 
 Dominican Republic4
 
8 March – Santo Domingo
 
 El Salvador1
 
 United States4
 
1 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Mexico1
 
 Mexico12
 
4 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Grenada1
 
 Mexico4
 
1 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 
 Trinidad and Tobago (p)3 (5)
 
6 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Puerto Rico3 (4)
 
 Mexico (p)1 (4)
 
1 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Haiti1 (2)
 
 Haiti12
 
4 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Barbados0
 
 Haiti3
 
1 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Guyana0
 
 Guyana2
 
 
 Cayman Islands0
 

Round of 16

Jamaica 9–1 Bermuda
  • Murray 12'
  • Brown 13', 61', 76' (pen.), 90+1'
  • Able 41'
  • Parker 53'
  • Clarke 83', 88'
 Report
United States 6–0 Saint Lucia
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Canada 6–0 Cuba
  • Boychuk 7' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
  • Matamoro 36' (o.g.)
  • Wilkinson 82', 83'
  • Portelance 90'
 Report
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
Dominican Republic 4–1 El Salvador
 Report
  • López 22'
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)
Haiti 12–0 Barbados
  • E. Joseph 2'
  • Ornis 16', 38', 67'
  • Pierre 20'
  • Dumornay 24', 25', 33' (pen.), 52' (pen.)
  • Mathurin 48'
  • Dorce 82'
  • Surpris 89'
 Report
Mexico 12–1 Grenada
 Report
  • Charles 49'
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–3 (a.e.t.) Puerto Rico
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Guyana 2–0 Cayman Islands
  • Narine 24', 55'
 Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

Jamaica 1–2 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
United States 4–0 Canada
 Report
Haiti 3–0 Guyana
 Report
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
Mexico 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

United States 6–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) Haiti
 Report
Penalties
 4–2

Final

United States 4–1 Mexico
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Winners

 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 

United States
6th title

Goalscorers

There were 198 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 5.08 goals per match.

14 goals

13 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Cuba Alianne Matamoro (playing against Canada)
  • Grenada Judy McIntosh (playing against Mexico)
  • Grenada Treasher Valcin (playing against Mexico)
  • Honduras Kerlyn de La O (playing against the United States)
  • Honduras Giselle Guzmán (playing against Cuba)
  • Honduras Linda Reyes (playing against the United States)
  • Puerto Rico Cristina Roque (playing against Guyana)
  • Saint Lucia Renala Francis (playing against the United States)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled, including Costa Rica who would have qualified automatically as hosts. The fourth CONCACAF team to qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which would initially have been co-hosts Panama (which had pulled out of hosting), was not confirmed.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Costa Rica20 December 2019[13]2 (2010, 2014)
 United States6 March 2020[14]9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Mexico6 March 2020[14]8 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[15]

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
United States Mia Fishel Haiti Melchie Dumornay Mexico Wendy Toledo
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "Dominican Republic Named Host for 2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Costa Rica and Panama to host FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2020". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Costa Rica 'ready to host the entire tournament' as Panama bows out as U-20 Women's World Cup host". The Tico Times. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Concacaf Women's Under-20 Ranking". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. 1 2 "Draw complete for 2019 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Concacaf Announces Changes to the 2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Official draw – 2019 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  10. 1 2 3 "2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  11. ↑ "Match Officials Appointed for 2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "2020 Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  13. ↑ "Costa Rica and Panama to host FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2020". FIFA.com. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  14. 1 2 "USA and Mexico seal FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup berths". FIFA.com. 7 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  15. ↑ "2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship individual awards". CONCACAF.com. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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