2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances	FIFA U-17 World Cup Participations
North American zone
Canada	Automatic	15th	Runners-up (2011)	6
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	15th	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013)	11
United States	Automatic	16th	Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)	14
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
Honduras	Host	16th	Fourth place (1983, 1985, 1987, 2013)	3
Costa Rica	Triangular 1 winner	15th	Champions (1994)	8
Panama	Triangular 2 winner	7th	Runners-up (2013)	2
Guatemala	Repechage playoff winner	10th	Quarterfinals (2013)	0
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Haiti	Group A winner	6th	Final round group winner (2007)	1
Saint Lucia	Group A runner-up	2nd	Group stage (1988)	0
Jamaica	Group B winner	12th	Final round group winner (1999)	2
Cuba	Group B runner-up	9th	Champions (1988)	2
Trinidad and Tobago	Best third place	13th	Runners-up (1983)	2

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. As from 2015 there will be two groups of six teams, each team will play a minimum of five games and the competition will have a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.[1]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, consisted of four quarterfinals, two semifinals, a third-place playoff and a final, has been replaced with two playoff games and a final.

The draw took place on 8 December at the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés, Honduras.[2]

On 2 December 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.[3] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Prior to the draw, hosts Honduras were assigned to position A1. The remaining teams in Pot 1 were drawn, alternating between groups A and B. Teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) or Pot B (Group B). After all teams had been drawn from Pot 1, the draw proceeded (continuing to alternate between Groups A and B) to Pot 2, then Pot 3.[3]

Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association must provide a provisional list of 20-30 players to CONCACAF 30 days before their first match. A final 20-man selection must be provided upon arrival in the venue.[4]

In the final stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).[4]

Playoff stage

The second-and third-place teams from each group are re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.

Ranking of second and third-placed teams

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	United States	5	3	1	1	13	4	+9	10
2	B	Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8	10
3	B	Canada	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10
4	A	Jamaica	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10

First match(es) will be played on 27 February 2015. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Because all four teams finished with the same number of points and not all of them faced each other, the first playoff tiebreaker used for reseeding was goal differential in all group matches. Because two teams were tied on goal differential, the No. 3 and 4 seeds were determined based on total goals scored in the tournament.[5] This resulted in both third-place teams being ranked ahead of both second-place teams.

15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)

15:00

Costa Rica	3−0	Canada
Hernández  18' Reyes  27' Sakiki  74' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

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15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)

18:00

United States	0−0	Jamaica
	Report
Penalties
Pulisic Gallardo Barbir Zendejas Nelson Velela	5−4	Nelson Hinds Hammond Senior Talbott Marshall

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Costa Rica and the United States qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Final

15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)

21:00

Honduras	0−3	Mexico
	Report	Magaña  7' Zamudio  15' Torres  50'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Both Honduras and Mexico qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Players with three or more goals:[6]

• Under 17s – Men, CONCACAF.com