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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | United States Honduras |
| Dates | January 12–30 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 52,552 (4,379 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
← 2003 2007 → All statistics correct as of March 26, 2009. | |
The 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted by the Netherlands. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in United States and Group B was held in Honduras. On January 16, 2005, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On January 30, 2005, Canada and Honduras achieved qualification.
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
| Region | Qualification | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean qualifying | |
| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American qualifying | |
| host | ||
| North America (NAFU) | ||
| automatically qualified |
| Carson | San Pedro Sula |
|---|---|
| The Home Depot Center | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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United States hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California between January 12–16.
| Team | Played | Win | Draw | Lose | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cordero | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Gun |
| United States | 6–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gaven Adu John | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Crooks |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | |
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| Jagdeosingh | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Chacon Salazar |
| Panama | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report [ permanent dead link ] | Adu Peterson |
| Panama | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gallardo Salazar | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Francois |
| Costa Rica | 0–2 | |
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| Report [ permanent dead link ] | Barrett Szetela |
Honduras hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula between January 26–30.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| Honduras | 4–2 | |
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| Güity Núñez | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Priestley White |
| Mexico | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez | Report [ permanent dead link ] |
| Canada | 1–0 | |
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| Gyaki | Report [ permanent dead link ] |
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