2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
City San Pedro Sula
Dates3–13 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third placeFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Fourth placeFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Mallory Pugh (7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of the United States.svg Mallory Pugh
Best goalkeeper Flag of the United States.svg Rosemary Chandler
Fair play awardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015. [1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Contents

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea. [2]

The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup. [3]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: [1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Automatic6thWinner (2004, 2008)6
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Automatic8thRunner-up (2010, 2014)6
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Automatic8thWinner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)7
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition [4]
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Hosts2ndGroup stage (2014)0
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Group winner5thFourth place (2012)0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition [5]
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Final round winner3rdGroup stage (2002)0
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Final round runner-up8thFourth place (2006)0
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Final round 3rd place7thFourth place (2014)0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. [6] In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano. [7]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula. [6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B. [8]

Pot 1Pot 2

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers). [9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: [9]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6). [10]

The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain. [11] As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula. [12]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300110+119 Knockout stage
2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (H)31114404
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 3111810−24
4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 3003110−90
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Kinzner Soccerball shade.svg16'
Loncar Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg2–2Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bahr Soccerball shade.svg4', 43' Report Shaw Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.), 73'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg0–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report Yekka Soccerball shade.svg3'
Kinzner Soccerball shade.svg21'
Flynn Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.)
Pryce Soccerball shade.svg50', 68', 80'
Kats Soccerball shade.svg70'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Melissa Pérez (Panama)
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg0–2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Report Romero Soccerball shade.svg4'
Bahr Soccerball shade.svg67'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg1–6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Leander Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Shaw Soccerball shade.svg8'
Nelson-Lawes Soccerball shade.svg21', 34', 46', 86'
Hudson-Marks Soccerball shade.svg55'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg0–2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report Stratigakis Soccerball shade.svg5', 16'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3210143+117 Knockout stage
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 321092+77
3Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 3102313−103
4Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 3003311−80
Source: CONCACAF
Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg3–2Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Louis Soccerball shade.svg19'
Mondésir Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.), 53'		 Report Riley Soccerball shade.svg40'
Franco Soccerball shade.svg64'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Pugh Soccerball shade.svg20' (pen.)
Fox Soccerball shade.svg22'		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (US Soccer) 		Solis Soccerball shade.svg32'
Palacios Soccerball shade.svg66'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg5–0Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg12', 88'
Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg31', 77'
Bernal Soccerball shade.svg84' (pen.)		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT)
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg1–6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Gutiérrez Soccerball shade.svg82' Report Hedge Soccerball shade.svg8'
Pugh Soccerball shade.svg11', 78'
Scarpa Soccerball shade.svg42', 47', 90+3'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT) 		Solis Soccerball shade.svg40'
Crowther Soccerball shade.svg41'
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–0Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
DeMelo Soccerball shade.svg16'
Pugh Soccerball shade.svg35', 44'
Scarpa Soccerball shade.svg48'
Davidson Soccerball shade.svg50'
Stevens Soccerball shade.svg55'		 Report
Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. [9]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (p)0 (5)
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0 (4)
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
11 December – San Pedro Sula
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7
 
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 0
 
Third place
 
 
13 December – San Pedro Sula
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2
 
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Sanchez Soccerball shade.svg33', 38'
Pugh Soccerball shade.svg35', 60'
Scarpa Soccerball shade.svg68'
Canales Soccerball shade.svg88'
Velásquez Soccerball shade.svg90+6' (o.g.)		 Report
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Palacios Soccerball shade.svg40'
Crowther Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report (CONCACAF)
Report (FEMEXFUT)
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Final

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report Sanchez Soccerball shade.svg72'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Winners

 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Fifth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11 December 20157 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008 , 2010, 2012 , 2014)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11 December 20156 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 )
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13 December 20156 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [13]

Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove
Flag of the United States.svg Mallory Pugh Flag of the United States.svg Mallory Pugh Flag of the United States.svg Rosemary Chandler
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Best XI

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