2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 12th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
CitySanto Domingo
Dates25 May – 4 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Canada
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored76 (4.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Sheika Scott
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Alice Soto
Best goalkeeperMexico Itzel Velasco
Fair play award United States
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International football competition

The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. It took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between 25 May and 4 June 2023.[1]

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.

The United States were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2020 and 2022 editions.

Mexico won the tournament by defeating the United States in the final on 4 June 2023 with a 2–1 score. Canada qualified to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the third place team by defeating Costa Rica with a 5–3 score in the third place match. Costa Rica eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to CONCACAF.

Qualification

The qualifying competition was held in April 2023.[2] For six of the available eight slots, a record number of thirty–two teams were drawn into six total groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each). and will play in a single round-robin format in centralized venues. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. In addition, the United States and Mexico, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 29, 2022, qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of qualification Finals appearance Previous best performance Previous World Cup
appearances
 Mexico Automatic 17 February 2023 12th Champions (2018)
9
 United States (title holders) 12th Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022)
10
 Panama Qualification Group B winner 18 April 2023 7th Fourth place (2012)
0
 Jamaica Qualification Group E winner 12th Fourth place (2006)
0
 Puerto Rico Qualification Group D winner 19 April 2023 3rd Fourth place (2022)
0
 Dominican Republic Qualification Group C winner 4th Semi-finalist (2020)
0
 Canada Qualification Group A winner 22 April 2023 10th Champions (2004, 2008)
8
 Costa Rica Qualification Group F winner 23 April 2023 7th Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)
3

Venues

Santo Domingo San Cristóbal
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Estadio Panamericano
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 2,800

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[3]

Format

On 13 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the lunch of a new revamped format for the youth competitions, in which Women's Under-17 and Under-20 competitions will now commence with a six-group Qualifying Stage played amongst teams ranked between 3 and 41, according to the respective CONCACAF Rankings. with the qualifying stage to be played in a round robin format and the six group winners advancing to the main tournament. The Group Stage of the main tournament will be composed of two groups of four teams each (eight teams in total). This will include the two top-ranked teams (pre-seeded into this round) and the six group winners of the Qualifying stage. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals. The knockout stage – semifinals, third place match, and final – will be played in a single match direct elimination format, with the finalists and the third place match winner qualifying for the respective youth FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]

Eight teams will play in the tournament, will be drawn into two groups of four teams, and will play single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, The knockout stage will feature the semi-finals, a third-place match, and the final to determine the champions. the two semi-finalists alongside the third-place match winner will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Although, on 4 October 2023, FIFA expanded the World Cup to 24 teams, meaning the 4 semi-finalists all qualified.[5]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
  2. Goal difference in all group matches.
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches.
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
    • Direct red card: −4 points
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Canada 4–0 Jamaica
  • Chukwu 39', 45+1'
  • Smith 56'
  • Watson 90+4'
 Report
United States 6–0 Panama
 Report
Panama 0–5 Canada
Report
  • Markesini 22'
  • Garay 25' (o.g.)
  • Smith 29', 41'
  • Allen 51'
Jamaica 0–4 United States
Report
Jamaica 4–1 Panama
  • Atkinson 16'
  • Richards 32' (pen.)
  • Raghunandanan 37'
  • Van Zanten 74' (pen.)
 Report
  • Rosas 79' (pen.)
United States 5–2 Canada
 Report
  • Allen 54' (pen.)
  • Rose 67'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3  Dominican Republic (H) 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica 7–3 Puerto Rico
  • Scott 7', 87', 90+4'
  • Rodríguez 19'
  • Y. Fonseca 45+2'
  • Matarrita 45+5'
  • Diaz 90'
 Report
  • Colon 41' (pen.), 61'
  • Garcia 55'
Mexico 4–0 Dominican Republic
  • T. Flores 2'
  • Espinoza 39'
  • Colin 80'
  • Gordon 83'
 Report
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Dominican Republic 1–3 Costa Rica
  • Mercedes 90+5'
 Report
  • Scott 45+1' (pen.)
  • Jiménez 59'
  • Matarrita 77'
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)
Puerto Rico 0–4 Mexico
Report
  • Servin 18'
  • M. Flores 38'
  • Vargas 45+4' (pen.)
  • Gordon 90+3'
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico 1–2 Dominican Republic
  • Garcia 37'
 Report
  • Vargas 57' (pen.)
  • Castro 65'
Mexico 3–0 Costa Rica
  • M. Flores 16', 20'
  • Saldivar 45+1'
 Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).[6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 June – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Mexico2
 
4 June – Santo Domingo
 
 Canada1
 
 Mexico2
 
2 June – Santo Domingo
 
 United States1
 
 United States2
 
 
 Costa Rica1
 
Third place match
 
 
4 June – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Canada (a.e.t.)5
 
 
 Costa Rica3

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Mexico 2–1 Canada
  • Orozco 77'
  • Soto 90+2'
 Report Briggs 65'
United States 2–1 Costa Rica
  • Aikey 39'
  • Martinho 49'
 Report

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Loser eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to CONCACAF.

Canada 5–3 (a.e.t.) Costa Rica
  • Ottey 16'
  • Jourde 27'
  • Smith 75'
  • Chukwu 101', 120+1'
 Report
  • Solano 24'
  • Scott 45+1'
  • Briceño 45+6'

Final

Mexico 2–1 United States
  • Orozco 71'
  • Servin 88'
 Report
  • Gamero 80'


 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners 

Mexico
Second title

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Mexico Maribel Flores

2 goals

  • Canada Amanda Allen
  • Canada Florianne Jourde
  • Canada Ella Ottey
  • Costa Rica Verónica Matarrita
  • Mexico Hailey Gordon
  • Mexico Mailin Orozco
  • Mexico Fátima Servin
  • Puerto Rico Enasia Colon
  • Puerto Rico Kennedy Garcia
  • United States Onyeka Gamero
  • United States Lauren Martinho

1 goal

  • Canada Kayla Briggs
  • Canada Zoe Markesini
  • Canada Nyah Rose
  • Canada Renee Watson
  • Costa Rica Josselyn Briceño
  • Costa Rica Monserrat Diaz
  • Costa Rica Yoselin Fonseca
  • Costa Rica Jimena Jiménez
  • Costa Rica Priscilla Rodríguez
  • Costa Rica Marian Solano
  • Dominican Republic Alexa Castro
  • Dominican Republic Renata Mercedes
  • Dominican Republic Angelina Vargas
  • Jamaica Natoya Atkinson
  • Jamaica Maya Raghunandanan
  • Jamaica Davia Richards
  • Jamaica Amelia Van Zanten
  • Mexico Natalia Colin
  • Mexico Giselle Espinoza
  • Mexico Tatiana Flores
  • Mexico Montserrat Saldivar
  • Mexico Alice Soto
  • Mexico Valerie Vargas
  • Panama Meredith Rosas
  • United States Jasmine Aikey
  • United States Tessa Dellarose
  • United States Jordynn Dudley
  • United States Ally Lemos
  • United States Katherine Rader
  • United States Gisele Thompson

1 own goal

  • Panama Alejandra Garay (against Canada)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Mexico 2 June 2023 9 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 United States 2 June 2023 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Canada 4 June 2023 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)
 Costa Rica 4 October 2023[a] 3 (2010, 2014, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
  1. ^ After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Costa Rica took the new fourth spot as CONCACAF representative as they ended fourth in this tournament.

Awards

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
Mexico Alice Soto Costa Rica Sheika Scott Mexico Itzel Velasco
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 United States

References

  1. ^ "Dominican Republic named host for 2023 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 Concacaf Women's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Kevins Names USA Roster For 2023 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship In The Dominican Republic". USSF. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Concacaf launches exciting new youth competitions format". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 13 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup editions in 2030 and 2034". www.fifa.com.
  6. ^ "2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship regulations". www.CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

External links

  • Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship, CONCACAF.com
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