Tournament details | |
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Host country | Costa Rica |
City | Alajuela |
Dates | 29 May – 8 June |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 76 (5.07 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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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]
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]
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.
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Previous best performance | Previous World Cup appearances |
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![]() | Two top-ranked entrants | 31 October 2024 | 13th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022) | 11 |
![]() (title holders) | 13th | Champions (2018, 2023) | 10 | ||
![]() | Qualification Group A winners | 25 February 2025 | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2020) | 0 |
![]() | Qualification Group B winners | 24 February 2025 | 4th | Fourth place (2022) | 0 |
![]() | Qualification Group C winners | 25 February 2025 | 8th | Fourth place (2012) | 0 |
![]() | Qualification Group D winners | 24 February 2025 | 5th | Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022) | 0 |
![]() | Qualification Group E winners | 25 February 2025 | 5th | Champions (2004, 2008) | 9 |
![]() | Qualification Group F winners | 24 February 2025 | 8th | Third place (2004, 2010, 2014) | 4 |
On 6 March 2025, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host the tournament. [4]
Alajuela | |
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Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto | |
Capacity: 17,895 | |
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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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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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]
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]
The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):
All times are local, CST (UTC−6). [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 |
United States ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Puerto Rico ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Guyana ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
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Puerto Rico ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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United States ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Canada ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Nicaragua ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Panama ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Panama ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Mexico ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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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]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 June – Alajuela | ||||||
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8 June – Alajuela | ||||||
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6 June – Alajuela | ||||||
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United States ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Mexico ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners |
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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
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1 |
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![]() | 31 May 2025 | 9 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014 , 2016, 2022, 2024) |
![]() | 31 May 2025 | 10 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
![]() | 1 June 2025 | 11 ( 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008 , 2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
![]() | 3 June 2025 | 4 (2010, 2014, 2022 , 2024) |
Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Golden Glove |
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CONCACAF Fair Play Award | ||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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