2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012.[1] All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0.

2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012
(in Spanish)
2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
CityPanama City
DatesMarch 1–11
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance10,382 (649 per match)
Top scorer(s) Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals)

Qualification
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 6th Champion (2004, 2008)
 Mexico Automatic 6th Runner-up (2010)
 United States (TH) Automatic 6th Champion (2006, 2010)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Guatemala Group 1 Winner 2nd First round (2010)
 Panama Group 2 Winner 4th First round (2002, 2004, 2006)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Haiti Group E Winner 2nd First round (2002)
 Cuba Group F Winner 3rd First round (2008, 2010)
 Jamaica Best Group Runner-up 6th Fourth place (2006)

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.[2]

Venue
Panama City, Panama
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000

Match officials

The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]

Squads
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship squads

Group stage

The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida.[4] The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.[5]
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 330080+89
 Mexico 3201132+116
 Jamaica 301215−41
 Haiti 3012015−151
Canada 5–0 Haiti
Ezurike  47', 53'
Charron-Delage  51', 62'
Richardson  59'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Mexico 3–1 Jamaica
Samarzich  6'
Gómez Junco  39'
C. Martinez  44'		 Report Spence  15'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)
Mexico 10–0 Haiti
Samarzich  19'
A. Martínez  29', 48'
Jiménez  32'
Gómez Junco  59', 60', 77'
Franco  64'
Solís  76', 77'		 Report
Attendance: 101
Referee: Sabina Charles-Kirton (Saint Lucia)
Jamaica 0–2 Canada
Report Richardson  75'
Charron-Delage  82'
Attendance: 101
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)
Haiti 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deborah Zebeda (Suriname)
Canada 1–0 Mexico
Legault-Cordisco  25' Report
Attendance: 153
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300180+189
 Panama 320158−36
 Guatemala 3102611−53
 Cuba 3003313−100
United States 6–0 Guatemala
Horan  12, 47, 74'
Johnston  29'
Stengel  54'
Roccaro  60'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Panama 2–1 Cuba
Evans  16'
Cox  54'		 Report Pelaez  27'
Attendance: 935
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
Cuba 0–6 United States
Report Stengel  4', 37'
Hayes  25', 29'
DiBernardo  53'
Ubogagu  84'
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)
Panama 3–1 Guatemala
Mills  39'
Zorrilla  48'
Jordan  82'		 Report Monterroso  40'
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
Guatemala 5–2 Cuba
Monterroso  27'
Argueta  31'
Pérez  32'
López  67' (pen.)
Bayeux  68' (o.g.)		 Report Pérez  53'
Peláez  80'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Maria Flores Castillo (Costa Rica)
Panama 0–6 United States
Report Capelle  29'
DiBernardo  44'
Johnston  53'
Hayes  59', 78'
Mewis  69'
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Knockout rounds

The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 
 United States4
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 Mexico0
 
 United States2
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada6
 
 
 Panama0
 
Third place
 
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 
 Mexico5
 
 
 Panama0

Semi-finals
United States 4–0 Mexico
Johnston  11'
Brian  37'
Horan  38'
Ohai  81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Canada 6–0 Panama
Ezurike  25'
Richardson  47'
Oduro  49', 84'
Pietrangelo  69'
Sawicki  88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)

Third place match
Mexico 5–0 Panama
Franco  18', 47'
Gómez-Junco  25', 90+1' (pen.)
Samarzich  44'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Final
United States 2–1 Canada
Hayes  79'
Ubogagu  88'		 Report Richardson  5'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Awards
 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Winners 

United States
Third title

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Odette Bayeux (playing against Guatemala)

See also

References
  1. "Panama to host U-20 & Guatemala U-17 Women's Championships". 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. "Panama reaches CONCACAF U-20 women's finals". CONCACAF. Archived from the original (28 April 2011) on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. "U-20 women's championship refs selected". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. "Host Panama, U.S. drawn for U-20 women". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  5. "U.S. to open U-20 women against Guatemala". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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