The 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification tournaments took place in 2008 to qualify national teams for the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which was played in Mexico from 21 April to 9 May 2009. [1]
Matches in Group A were hosted by Panama's association football governing body, FEPAFUT, the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. All matches took place at Estadio Virgilio Tejeira in the city of Penonomé.
| Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | P | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |
|  Belize   | 0 – 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |  Lozano  López Padilla Fuentes Martínez  | 
|  Panama   | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |  Lozano  | 
Matches in Group B were hosted by El Salvador's association football governing body, Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. All matches took place in the Estadio Cuscatlán in the city of San Salvador.
| Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | |
|  Costa Rica   | 7 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
|  Campbell  Vega Moya Bustos  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | 
|  El Salvador   | 2 – 2 | |
|---|---|---|
|  Guevara  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |  López  Herrarte  | 
|  Costa Rica   | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
|  Campbell  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | 
|  El Salvador   | 5 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
|  Guevara  Barahona Bustillo Urquilla  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | 
|  Guatemala   | 13 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
|  López  Herrate Ceballos Navas Castillo  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] | 
|  El Salvador   | 1 – 2 | |
|---|---|---|
|  Bustillo  | (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |  Rojas  Vega  | 
The runner-up from each Central American group played a two-legged playoff to determine the 8th and final team to qualify for the tournament proper. [2] Guatemala won the two-legged playoff 2:1 on aggregate score. [3]
|  Panama   | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) [ permanent dead link ] |  Navas  | 
Caribbean qualifying was determined in the 2008 CFU Youth Cup. Cuba qualified with Trinidad and Tobago by reaching the final.