2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 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 2011
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) Joel Campbell (6 goals)

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
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
RegionQualification TournamentQualifiers
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
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Venues

The tournament was hosted in two stadia.

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

Draw

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

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

Group A
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:
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
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:
Suriname 0 – 4 United States
Report Wood  19'
Gyau  29'
Doyle  36'
Rowe  81'
Attendance: 3,746
Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)
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
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:
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
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:
Cuba 0 – 3 Mexico
Report Malblanche  36' (o.g.)
Pulido  53'
Dávila  85'
Attendance: 269
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
 
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
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
Attendance: 475
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
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'
Attendance: 18,689
Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

Third Place Match
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
Mexico 3 – 1 Costa Rica
Dávila  18', 52'
Orrantía  39'		 Report Mora  17'
Attendance: 3,000

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

Final Ranking
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
(H) Host.

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

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

Countries to participate in 2011 Pan American Games

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)
  •  Guatemala (The highest finisher from Central Armerican Region)
  •  Costa Rica (best qualifying team from both Region)
  • Guatemala withdrew from the Pan American Games and was replaced by Trinidad and Tobago.

See also

References
  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. "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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