2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-17 2023 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	11–26 February
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (9th title)
Runners-up	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	158 (4.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephano Carrillo; (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Gael Álvarez
Best goalkeeper	Norberto Bedolla
Fair play award	Mexico

The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF.[1] It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023.[2][3] The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019.[4] A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[5]

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances
Group stage	Mexico (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	18th	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)[lower-alpha 1]	14
	United States	2nd ranked entrant	19th	Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)[lower-alpha 2]	17
	Costa Rica	3rd ranked entrant	18th	Champions (1994)[lower-alpha 3]	10
	Honduras	4th ranked entrant	19th	Runners-up (2015)	5
	Canada	5th ranked entrant	18th	Runners-up (2011)	7
	Panama	6th ranked entrant	10th	Runners-up (2013)	2
	Haiti	7th ranked entrant	9th	Final group winner (2007)	2
	Jamaica	8th ranked entrant	15th	Final group winner (1999)	2
	Cuba	9th ranked entrant	11th	Champions (1988)	2
	El Salvador	10th ranked entrant	16th	Fourth place (1999)	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	11th ranked entrant	15th	Runners-up (1983)	2
	Guatemala (host)	12th ranked entrant	12th	Quarter-finals (2013)	0
	Curaçao[lower-alpha 4]	13th ranked entrant	8th	Round of 16 (2019)	0
	Suriname	14th ranked entrant	3rd	First round (2017, 2019)	0
	Barbados	15th ranked entrant	4th	First round (2011, 2013, 2019)	0
	Guadeloupe	16th ranked entrant	2nd	Round of 16 (2019)	0
Round of 16	Bermuda	Qualifying Group A winner	3rd	First round (1996, 2019)	0
	Puerto Rico	Qualifying Group B winner	4th	Round of 16 (2019)	0
	Dominican Republic	Qualifying Group C winner	4th	Round of 16 (2019)	0
	Nicaragua	Qualifying Group D winner	3rd	Round of 16 (2019)	0

Notes

Also final group winner in 1999 and 2005.
Also final group winner in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
Also final group winner in 2001 and 2003.
Includes five appearances as the Netherlands Antilles before 2010.

Venues

Antigua Guatemala Guatemala City	Antigua Guatemala	Guatemala City
	Estadio Pensativo	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 26,000

Match officials

On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[6]

Referees

Ken Pennyfeather
Norberto Da Silva
Adonis Carrasco
Filiberto Martínez
José Fuentes
Shavin Greene
Jefferson Escobar
Christopher Mason
Okeito Nicholson
Víctor Cáceres
Daniel Quintero
Fernando Morón
Sanchez Bass
Reginald Gumbs
Sergio Rozenhaut
Kwinsi Williams
Joseph Dickerson
Víctor Rivas

Assistant referees

William Chow
Leonel Garcia
Lendy Taveras
Carlos Vargas
Cristian Alvarado
Aczel Perez
Luis Paz
Kemar Gayle
Joshua Jackson
McKenzie Ricardo
Berman Bermudez
Marco Bisguerra
Leonardo Castillo
Michel Espinoza
Jaden Rouse
Jose Da Silva

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[5] Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (E1) United States (F1) Costa Rica (G1) Honduras (H1)	Canada Panama Haiti Jamaica	Cuba El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala	Curaçao Suriname Barbados Guadeloupe

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:[7]

Greater goal difference in all group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches is considered according to the following additions:
- Yellow card: −1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.

All times are in GTT (UTC−6).[8][9]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Round of 16
2	Panama	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Guatemala (H)	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
4	Curaçao	3	0	0	3	3	21	−18	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

11 February 2023