Campeonato Sub-20 de Concacaf 2024 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Mexico |
Dates | 19 July – 4 August |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (14th title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 82 (3.28 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Santiago López Olger Escobar Anfronit Tatum Gustavo Herrera Rafael Mosquera David Vazquez (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Niko Tsakiris |
Best goalkeeper | Yurdy Hodelin |
Fair play award | United States |
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The 2024 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (29th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was held in Mexico from 18 July to 4 August 2024. [1]
The tournament featured a reduction in the number of participating teams following the format changes adopted by CONCACAF in February 2023. It was contested by 12 teams instead of the 20 that participated in previous editions. [2]
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament (the four semi-finalists) qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States were the three-time defending champions.
In February 2023, CONCACAF announced format changes for its youth competitions approved by its council. The following changes were adopted for the U-17 and U-20 Championships compared to previous editions: [2]
The tournament is divided into two stages: the Group stage and the Knockout stage. [3] The Group stage will feature twelve teams, including the six top-ranked teams that qualified directly and the six teams that qualified via the qualifying round. The twelve teams were split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the Knockout stage which will be played on a single-elimination format and will consist of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The quarter-finals winners will advance to the semi-finals and will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The semi-finals winners will play the final to determine the champion.
Mexico was appointed as the host country for the tournament by CONCACAF on 26 February 2024, [1] with the Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés in Celaya and the Estadio Sergio León Chávez in Irapuato, both located in the state of Guanajuato, as the two initial venues. [4] After a police officer was killed outside of the Cuban team hotel on 24 July 2024, all further matches scheduled to be played in Celaya were moved to the Estadio León in León, also located in Guanajuato, and no further matches took place in Celaya. [5] [6]
Celaya | Irapuato | León |
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Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés | Estadio Sergio León Chávez | Estadio León |
Capacity: 23,182 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 31,297 |
The U-20 Championship qualifying features a new format approved by the CONCACAF Council in February 2023. The qualifying groups were increased to six instead the four qualifying groups from previous editions, with the six group winners qualifying for the final tournament. [2]
A total of 27 (out of 41) CONCACAF national teams entered the qualifying round which took place from 23 February to 2 March 2024.
The six teams from the qualifying round joined the six top-ranked teams (based on the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings as of 12 June 2023) in the group stage of the final tournament for a total of 12 qualified teams.
Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance | |
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Total | Last | |||
United States (title holders) | 1st ranked entrant | 26th | 2022 | Champions (2017, 2018 , 2022) |
Honduras | 2nd ranked entrant | 21st | 2022 | Champions (1982, 1994 ) |
Mexico (hosts) | 3rd ranked entrant | 28th | 2022 | Champions (1962, 1970, 1973 , 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013 , 2015) |
Panama | 4th ranked entrant | 13th | 2022 | Runners-up (2015) |
Costa Rica | 5th ranked entrant | 22nd | 2022 | Champions (1988, 2009) |
Dominican Republic | 6th ranked entrant | 7th | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) |
Cuba | Qualifying Group A winner | 15th | 2022 | Runners-up ( 1970 , 1974) |
El Salvador | Qualifying Group B winner | 19th | 2022 | Champions (1964) |
Guatemala | Qualifying Group C winner | 21st | 2022 | Runners-up (1962, 1973) |
Canada | Qualifying Group D winner | 25th | 2022 | Champions (1986, 1996) |
Haiti | Qualifying Group E winner | 11th | 2022 | Second round/Round of 16 (1978/2022) |
Jamaica | Qualifying Group F winner | 22nd | 2022 | Third place (1970) |
Each team was required to register a squad of up to 21 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 15 to 19) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 9 and 10). [3]
The draw for the groups composition was held on 11 April 2024, 12:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida, United States. [7] The 12 involved teams were drawn into three groups of four. Prior to the draw, the 12 teams had been seeded into four pots of three based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking updated after the completion of the qualifying stage (as of 3 March 2024), [8] with the six teams that entered directly into the group stage being placed into pots 1 and 2 and the six teams coming from the qualifying process being placed into pots 3 and 4. [7]
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The draw started with pot 1 and teams were placed in the first position of Groups A, B, and C according to the order they are drawn. The same procedure was followed to draw pots 2, 3 and 4, with pot 2 teams being placed in second position within their group, pot 3 teams in third position and pot 4 teams in fourth position. [7]
The groups formed as a result of the draw were as follows: [9]
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The top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals.
The ranking of teams in each group will be determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7): [3]
If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 11 April 2024, after the draw. [10] All kick-off times are local times, CST (UTC−6), and the Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF. [11] [12]
Following the incident that led to the change of venue from Celaya to León, the third round matches in Group A were moved from July 25 to 26. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 1–1 | Cuba |
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Cruz 52' | Report | Rodríguez 8' (pen.) |
Jamaica | 0–3 | Costa Rica |
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Report |
Cuba | 0–4 | United States |
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Report |
Cuba | 3–0 | Jamaica |
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Report |
United States | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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Tsakiris 37' | Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 0–1 | El Salvador |
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Report | Argueta 62' |
Canada | 1–0 | Dominican Republic |
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Ciccarelli 86' | Report |
El Salvador | 1–4 | Honduras |
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N. Díaz 40' | Report |
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El Salvador | 1–2 | Canada |
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Castillo 77' | Report |
Honduras | 5–2 | Dominican Republic |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 [a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 [a] | |
3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Panama | 3–0 | Guatemala |
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Guatemala | 1–2 | Mexico |
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Sagastume 56' (pen.) | Report |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | C | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | B | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
In the knockout stage, if a match is tied at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.11). [3]
The quarter-final matchups are (Regulations Article 12.8):
The semi-final matchups are (Regulations Article 12.9):
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
30 July – León | ||||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||
2 August – León | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 0 | |||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||
30 July – León | ||||||||||
Panama | 1 | |||||||||
Panama (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
4 August – León | ||||||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||
31 July – Irapuato | ||||||||||
Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
Honduras | 1 (3) | |||||||||
2 August – León | ||||||||||
Cuba (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
Cuba | 0 | |||||||||
31 July – Irapuato | ||||||||||
Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
Costa Rica | 1 | |||||||||
Winners qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
United States | 1–0 | Guatemala |
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Ramos 49' | Report |
Panama | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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Report | López 78' |
Mexico | 2–1 | Costa Rica |
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Report | Montero 29' (pen.) |
United States | 2–1 | Panama |
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Report | Mosquera 72' (pen.) |
Cuba | 0–2 | Mexico |
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Report |
United States | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
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Berchimas 52' | Report |
There were 82 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.28 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: CONCACAF
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile. [13]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup |
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United States | 30 July 2024 | 17 (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
Panama | 30 July 2024 | 6 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
Mexico | 31 July 2024 | 16 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983 , 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
Cuba | 31 July 2024 | 1 (2013) |
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