2023_CONCACAF_Women's_U-20_Championship
2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
The 12th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. It took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between 25 May and 4 June 2023.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Dominican Republic |
| City | Santo Domingo |
| Dates | 25 May – 4 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Third place |  Canada |
| Fourth place |  Costa Rica |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 76 (4.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sheika Scott (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Alice Soto |
| Best goalkeeper | Itzel Velasco |
| Fair play award | United States |
← 2022 TBC → | |
The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2020 and 2022 editions.
Mexico won the tournament by defeating the United States in the final on 4 June 2023 with a 2–1 score. Canada qualified to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the third place team by defeating Costa Rica with a 5–3 score in the third place match. Costa Rica eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to CONCACAF.
The qualifying competition was held in April 2023.[2] For six of the available eight slots, a record number of thirty–two teams were drawn into six total groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each). and will play in a single round-robin format in centralized venues. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. In addition, the United States and Mexico, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 29, 2022, qualified automatically.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Previous best performance | Previous World Cup appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
Automatic | 17 February 2023 | 12th | Champions (2018) | 9 |
| United States (title holders) |
12th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022) | 10 | ||
 Panama |
Qualification Group B winner | 18 April 2023 | 7th | Fourth place (2012) | 0 |
 Jamaica |
Qualification Group E winner | 12th | Fourth place (2006) | 0 | |
 Puerto Rico |
Qualification Group D winner | 19 April 2023 | 3rd | Fourth place (2022) | 0 |
 Dominican Republic |
Qualification Group C winner | 4th | Semi-finalist (2020) | 0 | |
| Canada |
Qualification Group A winner | 22 April 2023 | 10th | Champions (2004, 2008) | 8 |
| Costa Rica |
Qualification Group F winner | 23 April 2023 | 7th | Third place (2004, 2010, 2014) | 3 |
| Santo Domingo | San Cristóbal | |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez | Estadio Panamericano | |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 2,800 |
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[3]
On 13 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the lunch of a new revamped format for the youth competitions, in which Women's Under-17 and Under-20 competitions will now commence with a six-group Qualifying Stage played amongst teams ranked between 3 and 41, according to the respective CONCACAF Rankings. with the qualifying stage to be played in a round robin format and the six group winners advancing to the main tournament. The Group Stage of the main tournament will be composed of two groups of four teams each (eight teams in total). This will include the two top-ranked teams (pre-seeded into this round) and the six group winners of the Qualifying stage. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals. The knockout stage – semifinals, third place match, and final – will be played in a single match direct elimination format, with the finalists and the third place match winner qualifying for the respective youth FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]
Eight teams will play in the tournament, will be drawn into two groups of four teams, and will play single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, The knockout stage will feature the semi-finals, a third-place match, and the final to determine the champions. the two semi-finalists alongside the third-place match winner will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Although, on 4 October 2023, FIFA expanded the World Cup to 24 teams, meaning the 4 semi-finalists all qualified.[5]
Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
- Goal difference in all group matches.
- Number of goals scored in all group matches.
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
- 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 local, AST (UTC−4).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jamaica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Panama |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 0–4 | United States |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 7–3 | Puerto Rico |
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| Mexico | 4–0 | Dominican Republic |
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| Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
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| Puerto Rico | 0–4 | Mexico |
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| Puerto Rico | 1–2 | Dominican Republic |
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| Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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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).[6]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2 June – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||
| 4 June – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||
| 2 June – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 4 June – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Canada (a.e.t.) | 5 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| United States | 2–1 | Costa Rica |
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Third place match
Winner qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Loser eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to CONCACAF.
| Canada | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Costa Rica |
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Final
| Mexico | 2–1 | United States |
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| 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners |
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 Mexico Second title |
There were 76 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
Annabelle Chukwu- Olivia Smith
Madeline Dahlien- Ally Sentnor
3 goals
Maribel Flores
2 goals
- Amanda Allen
- Florianne Jourde
- Ella Ottey
Verónica Matarrita- Hailey Gordon
- Mailin Orozco
- Fátima Servin
Enasia Colon- Kennedy Garcia
- Onyeka Gamero
- Lauren Martinho
1 goal
- Kayla Briggs
- Zoe Markesini
- Nyah Rose
- Renee Watson
- Josselyn Briceño
- Monserrat Diaz
- Yoselin Fonseca
- Jimena Jiménez
- Priscilla Rodríguez
- Marian Solano
Alexa Castro- Renata Mercedes
- Angelina Vargas
Natoya Atkinson- Maya Raghunandanan
- Davia Richards
- Amelia Van Zanten
- Natalia Colin
- Giselle Espinoza
- Tatiana Flores
- Montserrat Saldivar
- Alice Soto
- Valerie Vargas
Meredith Rosas- Jasmine Aikey
- Tessa Dellarose
- Jordynn Dudley
- Ally Lemos
- Katherine Rader
- Gisele Thompson
1 own goal
- Alejandra Garay (against Canada)
Source: CONCACAF
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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| Mexico | 2 June 2023 | 9 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
| United States | 2 June 2023 | 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
| Canada | 4 June 2023 | 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022) |
| Costa Rica | 4 October 2023[lower-alpha 1] | 3 (2010, 2014, 2022) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Costa Rica took the new fourth spot as CONCACAF representative as they ended fourth in this tournament.
| Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Golden Glove |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Soto |
Sheika Scott |
Itzel Velasco |
| CONCACAF Fair Play Award | ||
| United States | ||
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