2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 de CONCACAF (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryJamaica
Dates9–24 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (13th title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Honduras
 United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored102 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Hirving Lozano
United States Romain Gall
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Panama Luís Pereira
Best goalkeeperPanama Jaime De Gracia
Fair play award United States

The 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place from 9 to 24 January 2015 in Jamaica. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[1]

Qualification

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-20 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 21st Champions (1986, 1996) 8
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 24th Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013) 13
 United States Automatic 22nd Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) 13
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Panama First place 9th Fourth place (2011) 4
 El Salvador Second place 15th Champions (1964) 1
 Honduras Third place 17th Champions (1982, 1994) 5
 Guatemala Fourth place 18th Runners-up (1962, 1973) 1
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Jamaica Host 19th Third Place (1970) 1
 Trinidad and Tobago Group A winner 18th Runners-up (1990) 2
 Cuba Group A runner-up 12th Runners-up (1970, 1974) 1
 Haiti Group B winner 7th Second Round (1978) 0
 Aruba Group B runner-up 1st 0

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

In March 2014, Enrique Sanz invited nations to bid for the hosting rights of the tournament. The deadline for submissions was 14 April 2014.[2] On 23 July, it was announced that Jamaica would be the host nation.[3]

Kingston Montego Bay
Independence Park Montego Bay Sports Complex
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 7,000

New format

Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. For this tournament, there was two groups of six teams, each team played a minimum of five games and the competition had a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.[3]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, comprised four quarter finals, two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and a final games was replaced with two playoff games and a final.

Draw

The draw took place on 30 October at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica.[4]

On 28 October 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.[5] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Pot Teams
Pot 1 (Caribbean)
Pot 2 (Central America)
Pot 3 (North America)
Pot A (Seeding for Group A)Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
Pot B (Seeding for Group B)Six balls with a group positions, 1-6

Prior to the draw, hosts Jamaica were assigned to position A1. Teams were grouped according to the order in which they were drawn, the odd numbered drawn teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) and the even numbered draws were assigned a position from Pot B (Group B).[5]

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association were required to provide a provisional list of 20-30 players to CONCACAF before 10 December 2014, and a final 20-man selection was required by 30 December 2014.[6]

Group stage

All times local: UTC−05:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 5 5 0 0 9 0 +9 15 Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  United States 5 3 1 1 12 2 +10 10 Playoff stage
3  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10
4  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 7 7 0 4
5  Jamaica (H) 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2
6  Aruba 5 0 1 4 1 19 −18 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Aruba 0–4 Panama
Report Díaz 19', 51'
Zorrilla 30'
Samms 36'
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
United States 1–1 Guatemala
Carter-Vickers 59' Report Ruiz 90'
Jamaica 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Smith 68'
Flemmings 90+4'		 Report Andrews 7'
Corbin 15'
Trinidad and Tobago 5–1 Aruba
Mitchell 3', 78' (pen.)
Andrews 16'
Corbin 29' (pen.)
Muckette 58'		 Report Homoet 90+2'
Panama 1–0 United States
Small 78' Report
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
Jamaica 0–1 Guatemala
Report Robles 27'
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Watson 25' (o.g.)
Portillo 88'		 Report
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Aruba 0–8 United States
Report Gall 16', 23' (pen.), 32'
Spencer 18'
Thompson 26'
Hyndman 30'
Jamieson 48'
Moreno 84'
Jamaica 0–2 Panama
Report Samms 56'
Díaz 86'
Panama 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Murillo 78' Report
Guatemala 2–0 Aruba
Estrada 42'
Bordon 60'		 Report
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
Jamaica 0–2 United States
Report Gall 33' (pen.), 70' (pen.)
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Panama 1–0 Guatemala
Díaz 65' Report
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
United States 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Jamieson 78' Report
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Jamaica 0–0 Aruba
Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 5 4 1 0 18 3 +15 13 Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Honduras 5 3 1 1 11 9 +2 10 Playoff stage
3  El Salvador 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 8
4  Cuba 5 1 1 3 5 17 −12 4
5  Canada 5 1 0 4 8 11 −3 3
6  Haiti 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mexico 9–1 Cuba
Díaz 1', 20'
Martínez 6', 65' (pen.)
Lozano 37', 40'
Ramírez 42', 47'
Márquez 70'		 Report Sanamé 3'
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Honduras 2–2 El Salvador
Róchez 6' (pen.)
Elis 28'		 Report Barahona 84'
Villavicencio 90' (pen.)
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Haiti 1–3 Canada
Désiré 29' Report Hamilton 11', 18'
Petrasso 70' (pen.)
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)
Canada 0–2 Mexico
Report Lozano 30'
Pineda 90+2'
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Cuba 0–3 Honduras
Report Elis 60'
Suazo 65'
Benavidez 83'
El Salvador 1–1 Haiti
Villavicencio 27' Report Désiré 89' (pen.)
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)
El Salvador 3–2 Canada
Pérez 43'
Villavicencio 77'
Hernández 90+4'		 Report Boakai 47'
Froese 79'
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
Díaz 15' (pen.)
Lozano 31'
Guzmán 89'		 Report
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Haiti 2–2 Cuba
Fernander 57'
Cherenfant 79'		 Report Caballero 28'
Torres 90+2'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Cuba 2–1 Canada
López 5', 40' Report Farmer 53'
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)
El Salvador 1–3 Mexico
Moreno 89' Report Ramírez 62'
Díaz 65'
Lozano 68' (pen.)
Haiti 2–3 Honduras
Désiré 40', 69' Report Elis 5'
Chirinos 38'
Róchez 72'
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Cuba 0–2 El Salvador
Report Barahona 57', 87'
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Honduras 3–2 Canada
Róchez 23', 83'
Castillo 68'		 Report Bustos 19'
Hamilton 41'
Haiti 1–1 Mexico
Saint-Vil 53' Report Laínez 39'
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[6]

Playoff stage

The second-and third-place teams from each group were re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A  United States 5 3 1 1 12 2 +10 10
2 A  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10
3 B  Honduras 5 3 1 1 11 9 +2 10
4 B  El Salvador 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 8
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Guatemala 1–2 Honduras
Álvarez 74' Report Chirinos 39'
Elis 56'
United States 2–0 El Salvador
Spencer 37'
Arriola 68'		 Report

Honduras and the United States qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Final

Panama 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Escobar 73' (pen.) Report Martínez 50'
Penalties
Díaz soccer ball with check mark
Escobar soccer ball with check mark
Samms soccer ball with red X
Small soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Martínez
soccer ball with check mark Díaz
soccer ball with check mark Aguirre
soccer ball with check mark Robles
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Both Mexico and Panama qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Awards

Golden Ball
  • Panama Luis Pereira[7]
Golden Boot

The award was shared.[7]

  • United States Romain Gall
  • Mexico Hirving Lozano
Golden Glove
  • Panama Jaime De Gracia[7]
Fair Play Award
Best XI

Top goal scorers

Players with three or more goals:[8]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Mexico 6 4 2 0 19 4 +15 14 Champions
2  Panama 6 5 1 0 10 1 +9 16 Runners-up
3  United States 6 4 1 1 14 2 +12 13 Won in
Qualifying Round
4  Honduras 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
5  Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 Lost in
Qualifying Round
6  El Salvador 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
7  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 7 7 0 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
8  Cuba 5 1 1 3 5 17 −12 4
9  Canada 5 1 0 4 8 11 −3 3
10  Haiti 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
11  Jamaica (H) 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2
12  Aruba 5 0 1 4 1 19 −18 1
Source: CONCACAF.com
(H) Hosts

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Qualifiers". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Costa Rica podría ser sede de un torneo juvenil de CONCACAF". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Jamaica Set to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Championships in January". CONCACAF.com. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Under-20 Championship draw held in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "U-20 Championship draw Thursday in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Regulations". CONCACAF (via issuu.com). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 25 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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