2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage Tournament details Host countries Nicaragua (Group A) Dominican Republic (Group B) Curaçao (Group C) Puerto Rico (Group D) Dates 15–23 February 2020 Teams 17 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics Matches played 28 Goals scored 113 (4.04 per match) Top scorer(s) Edry Centeno (5 goals)
International football competition
The 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage took place between 15–23 February 2020.[ 1] The teams competed for four of the 20 berths in the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.
Teams The qualifying format changed from the 2016 edition (no qualifying was held for the 2018 edition), and the teams were no longer divided into regional zones.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019.[ 2] A total of 33 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 17 entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[ 3]
Exempt from qualifying (16 teams) Rank Team Points 1 United States 7,092 2 Mexico 6,167 3 Panama 5,065 4 Honduras 4,794 5 Costa Rica 3,466 6 El Salvador 3,395 7 Cuba 2,644 8 Haiti 2,455 9 Canada 2,404 10 Trinidad and Tobago 2,395 11 Guatemala 2,187 12 Jamaica 2,089 13 Antigua and Barbuda 1,535 14 Suriname 1,327 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,325 16 Aruba 1,248
Did not enter tournament (8 teams) Rank Team Points 23 Saint Lucia 871 29 Martinique[ a] 681 34 Sint Maarten [ a] 466 35 Turks and Caicos Islands 67 37 Bahamas 0 38 Bonaire[ a] 0 39 British Virgin Islands 0 40 French Guiana[ a] 0
Notes ^ a b c d e f Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.
Draw The draw for the qualifying round took place on 20 November 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami .[ 4] The 17 teams which entered the qualifying stage were drawn into four groups: one group of five teams and three groups of four teams.[ 5]
Qualifying stage The winners of each group qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship , where they enter the round of 16 of the knockout stage.
Group A All times are local, UTC−6.[ 6]
Source: CONCACAF(H) Hosts
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15 )
19:30
Referee: Okeito Nicholson (
Jamaica )
17 February 2020 (2020-02-17 )
16:30
17 February 2020 (2020-02-17 )
19:30
Nicaragua 4–0 Montserrat Medina 5' , 32' Centeno 19' , 53' Report
Referee: Selvin Antonio Brown Chavarria (
Honduras )
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
16:30
Referee: Okeito Nicholson (
Jamaica )
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
19:30
Referee: Oliver Vergara (
Panama )
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21 )
16:30
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21 )
19:30
Referee: Selvin Antonio Brown Chavarria (
Honduras )
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
16:30
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
19:30
Referee: Oliver Vergara (
Panama )
Group B All times are local, UTC−4.[ 6]
Source: CONCACAF(H) Hosts
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
14:00
Grenada 3–1 Dominica Clyne 14' Maitland 43' Richardson 88' Report Lockhart 40'
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (
Mexico )
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
16:00
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21 )
16:00
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
14:00
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
16:00
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (
Mexico )
Group C All times are local, UTC−4.[ 6]
Source: CONCACAF(H) Hosts
18 February 2020 (2020-02-18 )
19:30
Curaçao 5–0 Saint Martin Zimmerman 3' , 5' , 9' Noslin 14' Caciano 90+3' Report
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (
Canada )
20 February 2020 (2020-02-20 )
16:30
Saint Martin 1–4 Guadeloupe Edwards 41' Report Casimir 29' , 45' Janky 86' Pezeron 90'
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (
Guyana )
20 February 2020 (2020-02-20 )
19:30
Referee: Ricangel de Leça (
Aruba )
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22 )
16:30
Belize 4–0 Saint Martin Galvez 22' Zelaya 69' August 77' Pou 90+1' Report
Referee: Jose Antonio Kellys Marquez (
Panama )
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22 )
19:30
Curaçao 0–1 Guadeloupe Report Montantin 59'
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (
Canada )
Group D All times are local, UTC−4.[ 6]
Source: CONCACAF(H) Hosts
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
16:30
Bermuda 2–3 Barbados Swan 23' , 73' Report Griffith 34' Gale 69' , 87'
Referee: Hector Rodriguez Hernandez (
Honduras )
19 February 2020 (2020-02-19 )
19:30
21 February 2020 (2020-02-21 )
19:30
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
16:30
Barbados 3–0 Cayman Islands Report
23 February 2020 (2020-02-23 )
19:30
Goalscorers There were 113 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 4.04 goals per match.
5 goals
Edry Centeno 4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Donte Greenidge Nigel Griffith Niall Reid-Stephen Jesse August Corey Smith Luchenthly Vrutaal Audel Laville Kadimel Paul Josué Báez Franklin Rodríguez Jesús Rosas Willcyd Janky Chiesa Clyne Benjamin Ettienne Kevon Maitland Osafa Simpson Lewis Duberry Alec Díaz 1 goal
Sedu Bradshaw Tyrique Belle Ayleal Dill Wilfredo Galvez Ian Pou Alwin Zelaya Cyrus Conolly D'Andre Rowe Lentini Caciano Tyrese Noslin Coann Lockhart Jayson Made Joel Sánchez Dennis Valdéz Brady Charles Jayden Gibbs Christian James Rondel Richardson Dustin Bourgeois Aymerik Kissy Menael Lorquin Loann Lunion Kenjy Montantin William Pezeron Ravon Bayley Dorwin George Justing Cano Alejandro Rabell Nailon Edwards Jerron Dopwell Alpheus Medica Joel Quashie Jahiem Pompey Mekeal Williams Shomari Francis Jimson St. Louis Arthbert Williams 1 own goal
Mekeal Williams (against the U.S. Virgin Islands) 2 own goals
Ahijah Daley (against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
References ^ "Host Venues and Scheduled Announced for 2020 Concacaf Under-20 Championship Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 16 January 2020. ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Ranking". CONCACAF.com. ^ "Concacaf Announces Details for 2020 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 12 November 2019. ^ "Draw determines groups for 2020 Concacaf Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 12 November 2019. ^ "Official Draw for the 2020 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. ^ a b c d "CONCACAF Under-20 Qualifiers 2020 Match Schedule" (PDF) . CONCACAF.com.
External links Concacaf Under-20 Championship, CONCACAF.com