1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in Honduras in August 1994. It determined the two CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1994 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
Dates (1994-08-17) (1994-08-28)17–28 August 1994
(11 days)
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored111 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador José Alvarado
1992
1996
All statistics correct as of 28 August 1994.

Venues

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Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula Puerto Cortés
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Estadio Francisco Morazán Estadio Excélsior
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 7,910
     

Qualification

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As in 1992 a qualifying stage was organised for the Caribbean and for the first time as well for Central America. The format was smaller than for the previous tournament, with teams only having to play one or two opponents. 12 Caribbean teams entered, of which 4 qualified in two rounds. 6 Central American teams entered, of which 4 qualified as well, but in one round.

Caribbean

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles   2–4   Aruba 1–1 1–3
Barbados   0–5   Grenada 0–1 0–4
Martinique   6–0   Saint Lucia 5–0 1–0
Antigua and Barbuda   1–3   Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 0–2

Second round

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Four winners from the first round participated here. The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago entered as well.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Martinique   8–1   Saint Kitts and Nevis 5–0 3–1
Trinidad and Tobago   3–0   Grenada 0–0 3–0
Guyana   6–0   Aruba 4–0 2–0
Cayman Islands   0–7   Jamaica 0–4 0–3

Central America

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
El Salvador   8–1   Nicaragua 6–0 2–1
Costa Rica   14–0   Panama 8–0 6–0
Belize   2–5   Guatemala 1–2 1–3

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) 1 or 2 play-off rounds   Guyana
  Jamaica
  Martinique
  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) 1 play-off round   Belize1
  Costa Rica
  El Salvador
  Guatemala
host   Honduras
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified   Canada
  Mexico
  United States

1Belize qualified for Central America by achieving the smallest loss

Squads

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Group phase

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Honduras 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
3   Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4   Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Day 1
Belize  0–7  Canada
report Capasso   8', 59'
Nash   15', 33'
Xausa   28'
Pizzolitto   40'
Allegranza   68'

Day 2
Honduras  3–2  Canada
Medina   37'
  45' (o.g.)
Bailey   65'
report Xausa   48'
Nash   72'

Day 3
Canada  4–0  Martinique
Xausa   7'
Nash   64'
Bosch   70'
Brennan   85'
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 13 3 +10 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2   Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4   Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]


Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   El Salvador 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2   United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4   Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]


Final phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Honduras 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
2   Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3   Canada 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4   El Salvador 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Day 1
Honduras  4–2  El Salvador
Cabrera   8'
Guevara   47'   79'
Oseguera   66'
Portillo   9'   73'
Day 1
Canada  2–4  Costa Rica
Thompson   7'
Xausa   18'
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Day 2
Honduras  2–1  Canada
report Xausa  

Day 3
Honduras  1–0  Costa Rica
Day 3
Canada  2–1  El Salvador
Pizzolitto   21'   31' Alvarado   43'

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Honduras (H) 6 6 0 0 18 6 +12 18 Champions
2   Costa Rica 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 13 Runners-up
3   Canada 6 3 0 3 18 10 +8 9 Third place
4   El Salvador 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10 Fourth Place
5   United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6   Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
7   Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
8   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
9   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
10   Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
11   Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
12   Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: rsssf.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

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