2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was expanded to 12 teams beginning in 2011. The tournament determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia. In addition, the top three finishers from Central America or the Caribbean, in addition to hosts Mexico, qualified to participate at the 2011 Pan American Games. The Executive Committee approved that for men's U-20 championships all three North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals. Central America received four berths, and the Caribbean received five.

2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2011 (in Spanish)
2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship logo
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates28 March – 10 April
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (11th title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored62 (3.1 per match)
Attendance85,290 (4,265 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Joel Campbell (6 goals)
2009
2013
All statistics correct as of 28 June 2010.

The new allocations give Central America one more berth than it had in 2009 and the Caribbean three more.[1] On 1 September 2010 CONCACAF announced Guatemala as host of the championship, played from 3–17 April.[2]

The championship was scheduled to be held a week later but was moved ahead one week due to a scheduling conflict.[3]

Qualified teams

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Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament   Jamaica
  Guadeloupe
  Cuba
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Suriname
Central America (UNCAF) Central American U-20 qualifying tournament   Guatemala (hosts)
  Panama
  Honduras
  Costa Rica
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified   Canada
  Mexico
  United States

Squads

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Venues

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The tournament was hosted in two stadium.

Guatemala City
Estadio Mateo Flores Estadio Cementos Progreso
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 16,000
   

Draw

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The draw for the final tournament took place on February 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Status of Guadeloupe

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Guadeloupe is a member of CONCACAF but not a member of FIFA. As such, they are eligible to compete for CONCACAF Championships but are not eligible to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage. If two or more teams had been tied, then a drawing of lots would have been be used.[4][5]

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Honduras 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
  Guatemala 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Jamaica 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  2 – 0  Jamaica
Hyde   8' (o.g.)
Lima   35'
Report
Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Honduras  2 – 1  Jamaica
Alvarado   61'
López   77'
Report Brett   25'
Attendance: 417
Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)

Guatemala  1 – 3  Honduras
Lima   38' Report A. Lozano   3'
Martinez   25'
López   54'
Attendance: 12,142
Referee: Roberto Orozco (Mexico)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
  Panama 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
  Suriname 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Suriname  0 – 4  United States
Report Wood   19'
Gyau   29'
Doyle   36'
Rowe   81'

Panama  3 – 0  Suriname
Waterman   36', 60', 68' Report
Attendance: 315
Referee: Roberto Orozco (Mexico)

United States  2 – 0  Panama
Rowe   13', 18' Report
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
  Canada 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
  Guadeloupe 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Canada  2 – 1  Guadeloupe
Cavallini   52'
Bassi   58'
Report Houelche   25'
Attendance: 150
Referee: José Molina (Honduras)

Guadeloupe  0 – 3  Costa Rica
Report Campbell   57', 62'
D. Vega   74'
Attendance: 770
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Costa Rica  3 – 0  Canada
Golobio   34'
Campbell   66'
Miller   90+1'
Report
Attendance: 1,445
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
  Cuba 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
  Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Cuba  0 – 3  Mexico
Report Malblanche   36' (o.g.)
Pulido   53'
Dávila   85'

Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 0  Cuba
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Mexico  5 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Guarch   7', 25', 49'
Pulido   31', 41'
Report
Attendance: 1,586
Referee: José Molina (Honduras)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April—Guatemala City
 
 
  Mexico3
 
8 April — Guatemala City
 
  Canada0
 
  Mexico4
 
6 April—Guatemala City
 
  Panama1
 
  Honduras0
 
10 April — Guatemala City
 
  Panama2
 
  Mexico3
 
5 April — Guatemala City
 
  Costa Rica1
 
  Costa Rica6
 
8 April — Guatemala City
 
  Cuba1
 
  Costa Rica2
 
6 April — Guatemala City
 
  Guatemala1 Third place
 
  United States1
 
10 April — Guatemala City
 
  Guatemala2
 
  Panama0(6)
 
 
  Guatemala (pen.)0(7)
 

Quarterfinals

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Costa Rica  6 – 1  Cuba
Campbell   29' (pen.), 58', 87'
Miller   32' (pen.)
B. Vega   51'
Diaz   75'
Report Lahera   3'
Attendance: 179
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Mexico  3 – 0  Canada
Álvarez   33'
De Buen   72'
Mora   90+2'
Report

Honduras  0 – 2  Panama
Report Álvarez   51'
Waterman   85'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

United States  1 – 2  Guatemala
Doyle   66' Report Lima   33'
Lopez   68'
Attendance: 13,805
Referee: Roberto Orozco (Mexico)

Semifinals

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Mexico  4 – 1  Panama
Dávila   14'
Linton   31' (o.g.)
Izazola   40'
Rivera   49'
Report Caicedo   28'
Attendance: 2,353
Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Costa Rica  2 – 1  Guatemala
Miller   2'
B. Vega   48'
Report Vásquez   62'

Third-place match

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Panama  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Guatemala
Report
Penalties
Cummings  
Álvarez  
Botello  
Waterman  
Dixon  
Chen  
Jiménez  
6 – 7   Ramirez
  Vásquez
  Rivas
  C. Lima
  Herrarte
  Andrade
  Lemus
Attendance: 8,332
Referee: Roberto Orozco (Mexico)

Final

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Mexico  3 – 1  Costa Rica
Dávila   18', 52'
Orrantía   39'
Report Mora   17'

Goalscorers

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6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Mexico 4 4 0 0 14 1 +13 12 Champions
2   Costa Rica 4 3 0 1 13 4 +9 9 Runners-up
3   Guatemala (H) 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Third place
4   Panama 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 7 Fourth Place
5   United States 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Honduras 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
7   Canada 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
8   Cuba 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
9   Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5 1 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Jamaica 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
11   Guadeloupe 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
12   Suriname 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: rsssf.com[dead link]
(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.

Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Countries to participate in 2011 Pan American Games

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4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games. The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region

  •   Mexico (host nation)
  •   Cuba (The highest finisher from Caribbean Region)
  •   Costa Rica (The highest finisher from Central American Region)
  •   Guatemala (best qualifying team from both Region)

° Note:   Guatemala withdrew from the Pan American Games and was replaced by   Trinidad and Tobago.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ CONCACAF.com – Men's youth, women's tournaments expanded Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 20 April 2010
  2. ^ CONCACAF.com – Guatemala to host U-20 finals; Jamaica gets U-17s Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 1 September 2010
  3. ^ a b "CONCACAF U-20s to start earlier, draw set". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  4. ^ "Concacaf Main | CONCACAF Home | Tournaments | Under 20s | News | Under 20s News | 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Lookahead – Day One". Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  5. ^ CBC.ca Sports - Canadians rally for win at CONCACAF U-20
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