2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship


The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015. A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over Mexico. Both finalists and third-placed Canada qualified for the World Cup.

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium hosted the matches for Group B.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.
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  • Squads

    Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players.

    Group stage

    The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
    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, AST.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

    Bracket

    Semi-finals

    Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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    Third place playoff

    Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

    Final

    Winners

    Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

    The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1

    Goalscorers

    ;7 goals
    ;5 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;Own goal
    The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
    ;Best XI
    ;Golden Ball
    ;Golden Boot
    ;Golden Glove
    ;Fair Play Award