2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship


The 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Costa Rica between 17 February and 5 March 2017.
The competition determined the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. The United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica qualified.
The tournament also determined which two Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Qualification

;Notes

Venues

Draw

The draw took place on November 29, 2016 at 18:00 CST at El Cubo, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, and was streamed live via CONCACAF.com.
Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States were seeded into each of the three groups.
The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.
Pot [|1]Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups for the classification stage.
    The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

    Squads

    Each squad can contain 20 players.

    Group stage

    The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.
    ;Tiebreakers
    The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
    1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
    2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams ;
    3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams ;
    4. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
    5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
    6. Drawing of lots.
    All times are local, CST.

    Group A


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    Group B


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    Group C


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    Classification stage

    The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

    Group D


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    Group E


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    Final

    If the final is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

    Awards

    Winners

    Individual awards

    The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
    ;Golden Ball
    ;Golden Boot
    ;Golden Glove
    ;Fair Play Award

    Best XI

    ;6 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals
    ;2 goals
    ;1 goal
    ;1 own goal

    Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

    The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1

    Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games

    The competition was used to decide the two teams from the Caribbean Football Union which would qualify for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. As none of the five Caribbean teams reached the classification stage, all teams were ranked by their group stage performance.