2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

The 2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023) is the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONCACAF for the men's under-15 national teams of North, Central America and Caribbean. It is held in Dominican Republic and Curaçao from 6 to 13 August 2023.[1]

2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic (Leagues A and C)
Curaçao (League B)
CitySanto Domingo
Willemstad
Dates6–13 August
Teams42 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

The CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship returned after 4 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONCACAF to cancel the tournament in 2021.

UEFA guest team Portugal were the defending champions having won the 2019 League A, however, they were unable to defend their title as they were not invited for this edition..

Teams

A total of 41 teams entered the tournament, 39 out of the 41 CONCACAF member national teams and two invited teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Montserrat was scheduled to participate in League C but finally withdrew. Bahamas did not enter the tournament.

Like previous editions, the teams were split into three divisions, named League A (with 16 teams), League B (with 16 teams) and League C (with 9 teams), according to the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of February 2023,[2] with the two invited teams being included within the League A.

League A (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
1 Mexico6,943
2 United States5,547
3 Canada3,597
4 Honduras3,444
5 Costa Rica3,252
6 Panama3,247
7 Haiti2,537
8 Jamaica1,931
9 El Salvador1,846
10 Cuba1,510
11 Guatemala1,410
12 Puerto RicoRise1,326
13 Trinidad and Tobago1,326
15 Dominican RepublicRise1,121
N/R Qatar (invited from AFC)——
N/R Saudi Arabia (invited from AFC)——
League B (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
14 Nicaragua1,212
16 GuadeloupeFall1,090
17 Bermuda1,090
18 CuraçaoFall931
19 BonaireRise863
20 Aruba850
21 Guyana839
22 SurinameFall832
23 Martinique729
24 BarbadosFall710
26 Cayman Islands637
27 Antigua and Barbuda628
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis613
29 Belize437
30 Saint Lucia397
31 Grenada388
League C (9 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
33 British Virgin Islands356
33 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesFall323
34 Anguilla318
35 Saint Martin292
36 U.S. Virgin Islands227
37 Dominica213
38 Turks and Caicos Islands87
39 French GuianaFall0
40 Montserrat0
41 Sint Maarten0

The groups and match schedule were unveiled on 31 July 2023.[3]

League A
Group A
PosTeam
A1 Mexico
A2 Jamaica
A3 El Salvador
A4 Saudi Arabia
Group B
PosTeam
B1 United States
B2 Haiti
B3 Cuba
B4 Qatar
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Canada
C2 Panama
C3 Guatemala
C4 Dominican Republic
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Honduras
D2 Costa Rica
D3 Puerto Rico
D4 Trinidad and Tobago
League B
Group E
PosTeam
E1 Nicaragua
E2 Suriname
E3 Martinique
E4 Grenada
Group F
PosTeam
F1 Guadeloupe
F2 Guyana
F3 Barbados
F4 Saint Lucia
Group G
PosTeam
G1 Bermuda
G2 Aruba
G3 Cayman Islands
G4 Belize
Group H
PosTeam
H1 Curaçao
H2 Bonaire
H3 Antigua and Barbuda
H4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
League C
Group I
PosTeam
I1 British Virgin Islands
I2 Dominica
I3 Turks and Caicos Islands
Group J
PosTeam
J1 Sint Maarten
J2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
J3 U.S. Virgin Islands
Group K
PosTeam
K1 French Guiana
K2 Anguilla
K3 Saint Martin

Format

In League A, the 16 teams were divided into four groups (A to D) of four, with each group played on a single round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group advanceD to the quarter-finals, where the winners advance to the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals played the final while the losers played the third place match. The eight teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were paired, based on their results in the group stage, to play in a final play-offs round.

In League 2, the 16 teams are also divided into four groups (E to H) of four and the same competition format as in League A was used.

In Division 3, the 9 teams are divided into three groups (I to K) one of three and the same competition format as in League A and B was used, with the difference that only the winners of each group and the best runner-up advanced directly to the semi-finals.

Each match was to last 70 minutes, comprising two periods of 35 minutes with an interval of 10 minutes in between. If a game in quarter-finals, semi-finals or third place match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out. If the final match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time an extra time of two 10 minute periods would be played, if the score was still tied at the end of overtime, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

League A

All match times are in DOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF.[5]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Jamaica 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Saudi Arabia (G) 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Jamaica 1–0 El Salvador
28'
Mexico 5–0 Saudi Arabia
H. Mancilla 2'
G. Mora 9', 17'
M. Reyes 61'
J. Rangel 66'
El Salvador 1–4 Mexico
Germán Argueta 46' H. Mancilla 14', 53'
G. García 71'
G. Mora 73'
Saudi Arabia 1–4 Jamaica
El Salvador 4–1 Saudi Arabia
Germán Argueta 2', 34'
Kerim Torres 30', 36'		 16'
Mexico 2–1 Jamaica
D. Armenta 63'
L. Gamboa 73'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Qatar (G) 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Haiti 3–1 Cuba
United States 3–2 Qatar
Cavan Sullivan 3'
Chase Adams 19'
Julian Hall 38'
Cuba 0–11 United States
Jamir Johnson (x3)
Tanner Rosborough (x2)
Omar Marquez (x2)
Luca Moisa (x2)
Julian Hall
Cavan Sullivan
Qatar 0–1 Haiti
Cuba 1–0 Qatar
United States 3–0 Haiti
Jude Terry
Tanner Rosborough
Chase Adams

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Guatemala 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Play-offs round
4  Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Guatemala scored lower fair play points than Panama to advance to the quarter-finals.[6]
Panama 0–0 Guatemala
Canada 4–1 Dominican Republic
Grady McDonnell 4', 26'
Andre Ali-Gayapersad 13'
Kevin Khan 33'		 Daniel Fernández 21'
Attendance: 200[7]
Guatemala 0–2 Canada
William Daniels 28'
Kemari Record-Wright 63'
Attendance: 75[8]
Dominican Republic 1–3 Panama
Luís Pereyra 52' (pen.) Gerson Gordón 28'
Walter Muñoz 32'
Abraham Altamirano 67' (pen.)
Guatemala 3–0 Dominican Republic
Marvin Ávila Jr 2', 28', 33'
Canada 1–0 Panama
William Daniels 49'
Attendance: 40[9]

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica 2–1 Puerto Rico
Honduras 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico 0–0 Honduras
Puerto Rico 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Honduras 0–0 Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 Costa Rica
Jeremiah Daniel
Jonathan Mason

Play-offs round

Teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were seeded based on their group stage results in order to establish the match-ups for the play-offs round.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Play-offs round
1 C  Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Play-off 1
2 D  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Play-off 2
3 D  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 Play-off 3
4 A  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Play-off 4
5 B  Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3
6 B  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0 Play-off 3
7 C  Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Play-off 2
8 A  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 Play-off 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
El Salvador 3–0 Cuba
Kerim Torres 52'
Matthew Benavides 63', 70'
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Qatar
Costa Rica 3–1 Dominican Republic
Kazmir Foster (x2)
Isaac Badilla
Panama 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Gerson Gordón 29' Ali Al-Shanqeeti 53'
Tarish Hazazi 70'

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 August 2023
 
 
 Honduras1
 
11 August 2023
 
 Jamaica4
 
 Jamaica0
 
10 August 2023
 
 Mexico3
 
 Mexico1
 
12 August 2023
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
 Mexico2
 
10 August 2023
 
 United States4
 
 Canada0
 
11 August 2023
 
 Haiti1
 
 Haiti0
 
10 August 2023
 
 United States1 Third place
 
 United States4
 
12 August 2023
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Jamaica1
 
 
 Haiti3
 

Quarter-finals
Honduras 1–4 Jamaica
Mexico 1–0 Puerto Rico
A. Villa 57'
Canada 0–1 Haiti
Bill Meranvil 53'
United States 4–1 Guatemala
Isaac Tortola
Cavan Sullivan (pen.)
Adrian Sanders
Chase Adams (pen.)		 Marvin Ávila Jr 50'

Semi-finals
Jamaica 0–3 Mexico
B. Rodríguez 33'
G. Mora 42', 56'
Haiti 0–1 United States
Sebasthian Chavez 41'

Third place match
Jamaica 1–3 Haiti

Final
Mexico 2–4 United States

Notes
  1. The Trinidad and Tobago vs Costa Rica match, originally scheduled on 7 August at 20:00 local time (UTC–4), was re-scheduled for 9 August at 14:00 local time by weather conditions.[10][11]

References
  1. "Curaçao and Dominican Republic named hosts for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 12 May 2023.
  2. "Men's Under-17 Ranking As of February 27, 2023". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. "Concacaf announces groups and match schedule for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 31 July 2023.
  4. "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 18 July 2023 [Approved on 2 June 2023]. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 27 July 2023.
  6. Acevedo Rivas, Josue David (9 August 2023). "Guatemala enfrentará a Estados Unidos en el Campeonato Sub-15 de Concacaf" [Guatemala to face the United States in the CONCACAF Under-15 Championship]. agn.gt. Ciudad de Guatemala: Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias.
  7. "Men's U-15 4-1 Dominican Republic". Canadian Soccer Association. 6 August 2023.
  8. "Men's U-15 2-0 Guatemala". Canadian Soccer Association. 7 August 2023.
  9. "Men's U-15 1-0 Panama". Canadian Soccer Association. 8 August 2023.
  10. "Partido de Costa Rica frente a Trinidad y Tobago en campeonato Sub-15 de la Concacaf fue cancelado". everardoherrera.com (in Spanish). 7 August 2023.
  11. Costa Rican Football Federation [@fedefutbolcrc] (9 August 2023). "Hoy se jugará el partido reprogramado de nuestra Selección Sub-15 contra su rival de Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Vamos muchachos!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
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