CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a single-elimination championship round.
Organizing body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 1962 |
Region | North America |
Number of teams | 35 |
Current champion(s) | United States (3rd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Mexico (13 titles) |
Website | Official website |
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship |
Results
CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era
FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era
The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.
Edition | Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up |
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17 | 1998 | Guatemala (group A) | United States | Costa Rica |
Trinidad (group B) | Mexico | Honduras | ||
18 | 2001 | Canada (group A) | Costa Rica | United States |
Trinidad (group B) | Canada | Jamaica | ||
19 | 2003 | Panama (group A) | Panama | Mexico |
United States (group B) | Canada | United States | ||
20 | 2005 | Honduras (group A) | United States | Panama |
United States (group B) | Canada | Honduras | ||
21 | 2007 | Panama (group A) | United States | Panama |
Mexico (group B) | Mexico | Costa Rica |
CONCACAF U-20 Championship era
Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1] The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate the competition.
Edition | Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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22 | 2009 | Trinidad and Tobago | Costa Rica | United States | Honduras | Trinidad and Tobago |
23 | 2011 | Guatemala | Mexico | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Panama |
24 | 2013 | Mexico | Mexico | United States | El Salvador | Cuba |
The competition changed its format in 2015. The two group winners would secure a place in the final and the U-20 World Cup, the groups' second and third placed teams would compete in a repechage play-off to determine the qualifiers for the U-20 World Cup. The number of guaranteed games per team was increased from 2 to 5 and the semi-final stage was removed.
Edition | Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up | Play-off winners | |
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25 | 2015 | Jamaica | Mexico | Panama | United States | Honduras |
The competition changed its format again in 2017. A second group stage was added, with the winners and runners-up of this stage qualifying for the U-20 World Cup and the winners securing a place in the final.
Edition | Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up | Group runners-up | |
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26 | 2017 | Costa Rica | United States | Honduras | Mexico | Costa Rica |
27 | 2018 | United States | United States | Mexico | Honduras | Panama |
The competition changed its format again in 2020. A knockout stage was added, with the semi-finalists qualifying for the U-20 World Cup.
Edition | Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | |
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28 | 2020 | Honduras | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | |||
28 | 2022 | Honduras | United States | Dominican Republic | Guatemala | Honduras |
Winners by country
Team | Titles | Runners-up |
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Mexico | 13 (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) | 3 (1988, 1996, 2018) |
United States | 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) | 6 (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) |
Honduras | 2 (1982, 1994) | 3 (1964, 1976, 2017) |
Canada | 2 (1986, 1996) | 2 (1978, 1984) |
Costa Rica | 2 (1988, 2009) | 2 (1994, 2011) |
El Salvador | 1 (1964) | |
Guatemala | 2 (1962, 1973) | |
Cuba | 2 (1970, 1974) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1990) | |
Panama | 1 (2015) | |
Dominican Republic | 1 (2022) | |
Note: no championship titles or runners-ups between 1998 and 2007.
Overall team records
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mexico | 27 | 129 | 94 | 23 | 12 | 351 | 75 | 263 | 247 |
2 | United States | 25 | 122 | 76 | 19 | 27 | 292 | 97 | 195 | 213 |
3 | Honduras | 20 | 95 | 61 | 14 | 20 | 199 | 89 | 110 | 160 |
4 | Costa Rica | 21 | 89 | 51 | 16 | 22 | 197 | 89 | 108 | 146 |
5 | Canada | 24 | 101 | 50 | 19 | 32 | 191 | 108 | 73 | 143 |
6 | Guatemala | 20 | 91 | 31 | 19 | 41 | 108 | 133 | −25 | 92 |
7 | El Salvador | 18 | 78 | 30 | 15 | 33 | 120 | 110 | 10 | 88 |
8 | Panama | 12 | 43 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 75 | 45 | 30 | 80 |
9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21 | 83 | 24 | 22 | 37 | 109 | 150 | −41 | 78 |
10 | Cuba | 14 | 62 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 78 | 82 | −4 | 71 |
11 | Jamaica | 21 | 74 | 17 | 17 | 40 | 86 | 129 | −43 | 63 |
12 | Haiti | 10 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 32 |
13 | Netherlands Antilles | 11 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 97 | −61 | 26 |
14 | Dominican Republic | 6 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 22 |
15 | Bermuda | 13 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 46 | 91 | −45 | 21 |
16 | Suriname | 7 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 19 |
17 | Nicaragua | 10 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 101 | −83 | 16 |
18 | Puerto Rico | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 100 | −79 | 11 |
19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 10 |
20 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 9 |
21 | Guyana | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 7 |
22 | Grenada | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 7 |
23 | Curaçao | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Dominica | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 |
25 | Martinique | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 6 |
26 | Aruba | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 50 | −41 | 5 |
27 | Cayman Islands | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 36 | −26 | 4 |
29 | Barbados | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 54 | −39 | 4 |
30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 |
31 | Belize | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 36 | −28 | 3 |
32 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |
33 | Saint Martin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 1 |
34 | Sint Maarten | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 41 | −37 | 1 |
28 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40 | −38 | 0 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
- 5th – Fifth place[lower-alpha 2]
- Top4 – Top 4
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16
- GS – Group stage
- R1 – First round (1st Group stage)
- R2 – Second round (2nd Group stage)
- FS – Final stage (group stage)
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
- — Team did not exist
- — Not part of CONCACAF
Team | 1962 (9) |
1964 (9) |
1970 (5) |
1973 (6) |
1974 (12) |
1976 (15) |
1978 (13) |
1980 (18) |
1982 (12) |
1984 (16) |
1986 (12) |
1988 (10) |
1990 (12) |
1992 (11) |
1994 (12) |
1996 (12) |
1998 (8) |
2001 (8) |
2003 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2007 (8) |
2009 (8) |
2011 (12) |
2013 (12) |
2015 (12) |
2017 (12) |
2018 (34) |
2022 (20) |
Total | |
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North American Football Union (NAFU) members | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | × | × | × | 4th | QF | R2 | 2nd | SF | R2 | 2nd | 1st | GS | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | FS | Top4 | Top4 | Top4 | × | GS | QF | QF | GS | R1 | GS | R16 | 24+1 | |
Mexico | 1st | GS | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | × | 1st | GS | 2nd | 1st | 1st | GS | 2nd | Top4 | FS | Top4 | FS | Top4 | GS | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | 2nd | QF | 27+1 | |
United States | × | GS | × | × | QF | 3rd | R2 | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | GS | 3rd | Top4 | Top4 | Top4 | Top4 | Top4 | 2nd | QF | 2nd | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | 25+1 | |
Central American Football Union (UNCAF) members | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belize | •/× | × | • | × | GS | •/× | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | × | GS | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
Costa Rica | 4th | × | × | × | GS | × | 4th | GS | 3rd | R2 | •/× | 1st | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | Top4 | Top4 | • | FS | Top4 | 1st | 2nd | QF | • | SF | QF | QF | 21+1 | |
El Salvador | GS | 1st | 4th | × | × | R1 | R2 | GS | R2 | 3rd | •/× | •/× | GS | × | 4th | R1 | • | • | FS | • | • | GS | • | 3rd | QF | R2 | QF | R16 | 18+1 | |
Guatemala | 2nd | 3rd | × | 2nd | GS | 4th | × | QF | 4th | R1 | •/× | GS | 4th | × | GS | R2 | FS | FS | FS | • | FS | • | 3rd | • | QF | • | GS | SF | 20+1 | |
Honduras | GS | 2nd | × | × | × | 2nd | 3rd | SF | 1st | R2 | •/× | • | GS | 4th | 1st | R1 | Top4 | FS | • | Top4 | • | 3rd | QF | • | SF | 2nd | SF | SF | 20+1 | |
Nicaragua | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | R2 | × | × | R1 | × | •/× | •/× | •/× | × | • | R1 | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | R16 | 10+1 | |
Panama | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | •/× | •/× | •/× | × | • | •/× | • | • | Top4 | Top4 | Top4 | • | 4th | QF | 2nd | R2 | SF | QF | 12+1 | |
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | ? | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | GS | •/× | •/× | × | • | •/× | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | GS | GS | 5+1 | |||
Aruba | •/× | •/× | •/× | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | × | GS | GS | 3+1 | |||||||||||
Barbados | × | × | × | R1 | × | GS | × | R1 | GS | •/× | GS | • | • | •/× | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | GS | • | 6+1 | |||
Bermuda | 5th | × | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | •/× | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | GS | • | • | 13 | ||
Cayman Islands | •/× | • | • | •/× | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||||
Cuba | × | × | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | × | × | QF | × | R1 | 4th | 3rd | •/× | GS | × | •/× | × | • | FS | • | • | • | QF | 4th | GS | • | GS | R16 | 14+1 | |
Netherlands Antilles | 3rd | 4th | × | GS | × | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | • | GS | •/× | GS | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | ||||||
Curaçao | GS | • | • | GS | • | R16 | 3 (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominica | × | •/× | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | × | × | × | GS | R2 | R1 | GS | × | × | •/× | •/× | •/× | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | 6+1 | ||
Grenada | R1 | GS | × | × | • | •/× | GS | × | •/× | •/× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | 4 | ||||||
Guadeloupe | ? | GS | × | •/× | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | • | • | GS | × | 3+1 | |||||||||||||
Guyana | ? | × | × | × | × | × | × | R2 | •/× | •/× | •/× | • | GS | •/× | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | GS | • | • | 3 | ||
Haiti | GS | × | × | × | × | × | R2 | × | × | R1 | •/× | •/× | •/× | • | × | •/× | × | • | FS | • | FS | • | × | GS | GS | R1 | GS | R16 | 10+1 | |
Jamaica | GS | 3rd | × | GS | R1 | × | GS | R1 | × | GS | GS | •/× | GS | GS | R2 | FS | Top4 | • | FS | FS | GS | GS | QF | GS | • | GS | QF | 21+1 | ||
Martinique | ? | GS | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | GS | × | × | 3 | |||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | × | × | × | GS | R1 | R1 | GS | R1 | R1 | •/× | •/× | •/× | • | × | •/× | • | • | • | × | × | • | × | GS | × | • | GS | • | R16 | 9 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | • | • | •/× | × | × | • | • | FS | • | • | • | • | R1 | GS | GS | 4+1 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Lucia | •/× | •/× | • | • | •/× | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | GS | × | • | 1 | |||||||||||
Saint Martin | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | GS | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | •/× | •/× | •/× | × | × | •/× | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||
Sint Maarten | × | × | • | GS | × | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Suriname | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | GS | × | × | GS | •/× | GS | • | × | •/× | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | × | GS | GS | 7+1 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | × | × | × | 3rd | R2 | R2 | GS | R1 | R2 | 3rd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R1 | FS | FS | • | FS | • | 4th | GS | • | GS | R1 | GS | R16 | 21+1 | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | •/× | •/× | × | × | •/× | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | 1 |
- Notes
- The third-place match was not played in 1980 and 2022.
- 1970 was played as a round-robin tournament between five teams.
Player awards
Year | MVP | Top goalscorer(s) | Best goalkeeper | Fair Play Award | Source |
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2009 | Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez |
[3] | |||
2011 | Joel Campbell (6 goals) | [4] | |||
2013 | Antonio Briseño | Amet Ramírez (4 goals) | Richard Sánchez | El Salvador | [5] |
2015 | Luís Pereira | Hirving Lozano Romain Gall (5 goals) |
Jaime De Gracia | United States | [6] |
2017 | Erik Palmer-Brown | Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals) | Jonathan Klinsmann | Mexico | [7] |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8] | |||||
2022 | Paxten Aaronson | Paxten Aaronson (7 goals) | Chris Brady | Dominican Republic | [9] |
Top goalscorers
- As of 3 July 2022
Rank | Player | Country | Year(s) | Goals |
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1 | José Juan Macías | Mexico | 2018 | 10 |
2 | Paxten Aaronson | United States | 2022 | 7 |
3 | José Alvarado | El Salvador | 1994 | 6 |
Joel Campbell | Costa Rica | 2011 | ||
Ronaldo Cisneros | Mexico | 2017 | ||
Marco Aceituno | Honduras | 2022 | ||
Quinn Sullivan | United States | 2022 | ||
8 | Jewison Bennet | Costa Rica | 1994 | 5 |
Orvin Cabrera | Honduras | 1994 | ||
Steve Green | Jamaica | 1994 | ||
David Xausa | Canada | 1994 | ||
Hirving Lozano | Mexico | 2015 | ||
Romain Gall | United States | 2015 | ||
Arquimides Ordoñez | Guatemala | 2022 | ||
Steevenson Jeudy | Haiti | 2022 | ||
Esteban Lozano | Mexico | 2022 | ||
Title winning coaches
Year | Coach |
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2009 | Rónald González |
2011 | Juan Carlos Chávez |
2013 | Sergio Almaguer[10] |
2015 | Sergio Almaguer |
2017 | Tab Ramos |
2018 | Tab Ramos[11] |
2020 | cancelled |
2022 | Mikey Varas |
See also
References
- CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-11-11
- "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.
- "Technical Report – 2009 Tournament". concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- "Technical Report – 2011 Tournament" (pdf). issuu.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- "Technical Report – 2013 Tournament" (PDF). concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. 25 January 2015.
- "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.
- "2022 CU20 individual awards". CONCACAF. 3 July 2022.
- "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- "Tab Ramos steps down as U.S. men's youth technical director and U-20 men's national team head coach". USA Soccer. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.