2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
City	Couva
Dates	18–28 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Haiti
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jordyn Huitema (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Miriam García
Best goalkeeper	Emily Alvarado
Fair play award	Mexico
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The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago and took place between 18–28 January 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 31 October 2017.^[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONCACAF representatives.^[2] The tournament also determined which three Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[3]

Mexico defeated defending champions United States in the final to win their first title.

Qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	7th	Champions (2004, 2008)	7
Mexico	Automatic	9th	Runners-up (2010, 2014)	7
United States	Automatic	9th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)	8
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition^[4]
Costa Rica	Classification stage winners	6th	Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)	2
Nicaragua	Classification stage winners	2nd	Group stage (2008)	0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition^[5]
Trinidad and Tobago	Hosts	8th	Fourth place (2014)	0
Jamaica	Final round winners	9th	Fourth place (2006)	0
Haiti	Final round runners-up	4th	Group stage (2002, 2012, 2015)	0

Venues

All matches of the tournament were played at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.

Couva	Couva
	Ato Boldon Stadium
	Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 7 November 2017, 10:00 AST (UTC−4), at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain.^[1]^[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams, including the two teams from the Caribbean Zone whose identity were not known at the time of the draw, were allocated to pots 2–4, and drawn to the remaining six positions.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Trinidad and Tobago (Position A1) United States (Position B1)	Canada Mexico	Costa Rica Nicaragua	Jamaica Haiti

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Haiti	3	2	1	6	8	−2	6	Knockout stage
3	Costa Rica	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

18 January 2018