| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Panama United States |
| Dates | 16 October – 17 November |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 27 (2.25 per match) |
← 2001 2005 → All statistics correct as of 2009-08-11. | |
The 2003 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted in United Arab Emirates.
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
| Region | Qualification | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean qualifying |  Cuba  Haiti |
| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American qualifying |  El Salvador  Guatemala |
| host |  Panama | |
| North America (NAFU) |  United States | |
| automatically qualified |  Canada  Mexico |
| # | Team | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | +4 |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | +4 |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -5 |
| Canada | 2 – 0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
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| United States | 2 – 0 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 1 – 2 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| # | Team | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +3 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | +2 |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -4 |