2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
City Alajuela
Dates29 May – 8 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored76 (5.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mexico.svg Montserrat Saldívar
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Mexico.svg Montserrat Saldívar
Best goalkeeper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Noelle Henning
Fair play awardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2023
2027

The 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. It took place from 29 May to 8 June 2025. [1]

Contents

Canada defeated the defending champions Mexico in the final.

The four semi-finalist teams from the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CONCACAF representatives. [2] [3]

Qualification

Qualified teams

Twenty-four teams competed for six spots in the final tournament, where they will joined the two highest-seeded teams on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 23 September 2024, the United States and Mexico.

TeamMethod of
qualification
Date of qualificationFinals appearancePrevious best performancePrevious World Cup
appearances
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Two top-ranked entrants31 October 2024
13th
Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022)
11
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
(title holders)
13th
Champions (2018, 2023)
10
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Qualification Group A winners25 February 2025
3rd
Quarter-finals (2020)
0
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Qualification Group B winners24 February 2025
4th
Fourth place (2022)
0
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Qualification Group C winners25 February 2025
8th
Fourth place (2012)
0
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Qualification Group D winners24 February 2025
5th
Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Qualification Group E winners25 February 2025
5th
Champions (2004, 2008)
9
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Qualification Group F winners24 February 2025
8th
Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)
4

Venue

On 6 March 2025, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host the tournament. [4]

Alajuela
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Capacity: 17,895
Morera Soto.jpg

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 26 March 2025 at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking at 6 March 2025. [4] [5] [6]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group A
PosTeam
A1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
A2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
A3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
A4Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Group B
PosTeam
B1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
B2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
B3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
B4Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua

Squads

Players born on or between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. [3] [7]

Format

The tournament had two groups of four teams. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The four semi-finalists also qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [4]

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time was played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10). [3]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches:
    • Yellow card: −1 point
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
    • Direct red card: −4 points
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group stage

All times are local, CST (UTC−6). [8]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300151+149 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (H)311194+54
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 311183+54
4Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 3003024240
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Report
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Report

Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg1–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report
Guyana  Flag of Guyana.svg0–9Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report

Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg7–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Report
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 3300142+129 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3201136+76
3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 310251273
4Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3003214120
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Report
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg6–0Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Report

Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg1–4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report

Panama  Flag of Panama.svg4–1Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Report
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time was played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10). [3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4
 
8 June – Alajuela
 
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (a.e.t.)3
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
 

Semi-finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report

Final

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Third title

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

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

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31 May 20259 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 , 2016, 2022, 2024)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 31 May 202510 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 June 202511 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008 , 2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3 June 20254 (2010, 2014, 2022 , 2024)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove
Flag of Mexico.svg Montserrat Saldívar Flag of Mexico.svg Montserrat Saldívar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Noelle Henning
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada


Best XI [9]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Noelle Henning

Notes

  1. The match was interrupted at the 30th minute due to adverse weather conditions. Play resumed 1 hour later.
  2. The match was interrupted at the 30th minute due to adverse weather conditions. Play resumed at 17:10.

References

  1. "CONCACAF unveils details for region qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA U20 women's world cup". concacaf.com. CONCACAF . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. "Draw reveals groups for 2025 CONCACAF women's U20qualifiers/". concacaf.com. CONCACAF . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Costa Rica to host 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". Concacaf. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. "Women's Under-20". Concacaf. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. "Draw reveals groups for 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". Concacaf. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. "2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship rosters confirmed" (PDF). Concacaf. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  8. "CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship - Match schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  9. "Chukwu, Saldívar, Melenhorst lead Women's U-20 Championship Best XI". concacaf.com. Retrieved 21 June 2025.