Organizing body | CONCACAF |
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Founded | 2008 |
Region | North America, Central America and the Caribbean |
Number of teams | 20 |
Qualifier for | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
Current champion(s) | United States (6th title) |
Most successful team(s) | United States (6 titles) |
Website | CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship |
The CONCACAF Women's Under-17 tournament is a football (soccer) competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean region and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. A tournament is an eight-nation event, with three teams qualifying for the World Cup. [1]
After sanctioning its first women's youth world championship in 2002, FIFA added the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to its calendar of events in 2008. CONCACAF, likewise, began its U-17 Women's Championship the same year, staging the inaugural event in Trinidad & Tobago. The United States won the inaugural U-17 Women's Championship, defeating Costa Rica 4–1 in the final.
The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011. [2]
Year | Host | Final | Third place play-off | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
2008 [3] details | Trinidad and Tobago | United States | 4–1 | Costa Rica | Canada | 1–0 | Mexico | ||
2010 [4] details | Costa Rica | Canada | 1–0 | Mexico | United States | 6–0 | Costa Rica | ||
2012 details | Guatemala | United States | 1–0 | Canada | Mexico | 6–0 | Panama | ||
2013 details | Jamaica | Mexico | 0–0 4–2 ( p ) | Canada | United States | 8–0 | Jamaica | ||
2016 details | Grenada | United States | 2–1 | Mexico | Canada | 4–2 | Haiti | ||
2018 details | Nicaragua United States | United States | 3–2 | Mexico | Canada | 2–1 | Haiti | ||
2020 details | Mexico | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [5] | |||||||
2022 details | Dominican Republic | United States | 2–1 | Mexico | Canada | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | ||
2024 details | Mexico | United States | 4–0 | Mexico | Canada | 4–1 | Haiti |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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United States | 6 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | – | 2 (2010, 2013) | – |
Mexico | 1 (2013) | 5 (2010, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2008) |
Canada | 1 (2010) | 2 (2012, 2013) | 5 (2008, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | – |
Costa Rica | – | 1 (2008) | – | 1 (2010) |
Haiti | – | – | – | 3 (2016, 2018, 2024) |
Panama | – | – | – | 1 (2012) |
Jamaica | – | – | – | 1 (2013) |
Puerto Rico | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | Part. |
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Bahamas | -- | -- | GS | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Bermuda | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | GS | GS | -- | 2 |
Canada | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8 |
Cayman Islands | -- | GS | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Costa Rica | 2nd | 4th | -- | -- | GS | GS | QF | GS | 6 |
Cuba | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | R16 | -- | 1 |
Curaçao | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | R16 | -- | 1 |
Dominican Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | QF | -- | 1 |
El Salvador | GS | -- | -- | GS | -- | -- | QF | GS | 4 |
Grenada | -- | -- | -- | -- | GS | -- | GS | -- | 2 |
Guatemala | -- | -- | GS | GS | GS | -- | GS | -- | 4 |
Guyana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | R16 | -- | 1 |
Haiti | -- | GS | -- | GS | 4th | 4th | R16 | 4th | 6 |
Honduras | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | R16 | -- | 1 |
Jamaica | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | -- | QF | -- | 6 |
Mexico | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 8 |
Nicaragua | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | GS | R16 | -- | 2 |
Panama | -- | GS | 4th | -- | -- | -- | R16 | GS | 4 |
Puerto Rico | GS | -- | -- | -- | -- | GS | 4th | GS | 4 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | R16 | -- | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | GS | -- | GS | GS | -- | -- | GS | -- | 4 |
United States | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 |
Golden Boot
| Golden Ball
| Golden Glove
| CONCACAF Fair Play Award
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Since its inception in 2008, all editions have qualified three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The United States finished 2nd in the 2008 edition in New Zealand, Mexico finished 2nd in the 2018 edition in Uruguay, Canada finished 4th also in 2018, with all other qualified CONCACAF nations getting eliminated in the group stages.
World Cup | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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Canada | QF | GS | QF | QF | GS | 4th | GS | • | 7 | |
Costa Rica | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Dominican Republic | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
Mexico | • | GS | GS | QF | QF | 2nd | GS | Q | 7 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
United States | 2nd | • | GG | • | GS | GS | QF | Q | 6 | |
Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Year | Team | Coach |
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2008 | United States | Kazbek Tambi |
2010 | Canada | Byran Rosenfeld |
2012 | United States | Albertin Montoya |
2013 | Mexico | Leonardo Cuéllar |
2016 | United States | B. J. Snow |
2018 | United States | Mark Carr |
2022 | United States | Natalia Astrain |
2024 | United States | Katie Schoepfer |
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