2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place from 9 to 24 January 2015 in Jamaica. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[1]

2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 de CONCACAF (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryJamaica
Dates9–24 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (13th title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Honduras
 United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored102 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hirving Lozano
Romain Gall
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Luís Pereira
Best goalkeeper Jaime De Gracia
Fair play award United States

Qualification
Further information: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-20 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 21st Champions (1986, 1996) 8
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 24th Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013) 13
 United States Automatic 22nd Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013) 13
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Panama First place 9th Fourth place (2011) 4
 El Salvador Second place 15th Champions (1964) 1
 Honduras Third place 17th Champions (1982, 1994) 5
 Guatemala Fourth place 18th Runners-up (1962, 1973) 1
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Jamaica Host 19th Third Place (1970) 1
 Trinidad and Tobago Group A winner 18th Runners-up (1990) 2
 Cuba Group A runner-up 12th Runners-up (1970, 1974) 1
 Haiti Group B winner 7th Second Round (1978) 0
 Aruba Group B runner-up 1st 0

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

In March 2014, Enrique Sanz invited nations to bid for the hosting rights of the tournament. The deadline for submissions was 14 April 2014.[2] On 23 July, it was announced that Jamaica would be the host nation.[3]

Kingston
Kingston
Montego Bay
 Montego Bay
Independence Park Montego Bay Sports Complex
18.001429°N 76.772525°W / 18.001429; -76.772525 (Independence Park) 18.457930°N 77.921388°W / 18.457930; -77.921388 (Montego Bay Sports Complex)
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 7,000

New format

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. For this tournament, there was two groups of six teams, each team played a minimum of five games and the competition had a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.[3]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, comprised four quarter finals, two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and a final games was replaced with two playoff games and a final.

Draw

The draw took place on 30 October at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica.[4]

On 28 October 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.[5] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Pot Teams
Pot 1 (Caribbean)
Pot 2 (Central America)
Pot 3 (North America)
Pot A (Seeding for Group A)Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
Pot B (Seeding for Group B)Six balls with a group positions, 1-6

Prior to the draw, hosts Jamaica were assigned to position A1. Teams were grouped according to the order in which they were drawn, the odd numbered drawn teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) and the even numbered draws were assigned a position from Pot B (Group B).[5]

Squads
Further information: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association were required to provide a provisional list of 20-30 players to CONCACAF before 10 December 2014, and a final 20-man selection was required by 30 December 2014.[6]

Group stage

All times local: UTC−05:00.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 5 5 0 0 9 0 +9 15 Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  United States 5 3 1 1 12 2 +10 10 Playoff stage
3  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10
4  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 7 7 0 4
5  Jamaica (H) 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2
6  Aruba 5 0 1 4 1 19 −18 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Aruba 0–4 Panama
Report Díaz  19', 51'
Zorrilla  30'
Samms  36'
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
United States 1–1 Guatemala
Carter-Vickers  59' Report Ruiz  90'
Jamaica 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Smith  68'
Flemmings  90+4'		 Report Andrews  7'
Corbin  15'
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 5–1 Aruba
Mitchell  3', 78' (pen.)
Andrews  16'
Corbin  29' (pen.)
Muckette  58'		 Report Homoet  90+2'
Panama 1–0 United States
Small  78' Report
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
Jamaica 0–1 Guatemala
Report Robles  27'
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Watson  25' (o.g.)
Portillo  88'		 Report
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Aruba 0–8 United States
Report Gall  16', 23' (pen.), 32'
Spencer  18'
Thompson  26'
Hyndman  30'
Jamieson  48'
Moreno  84'
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Jamaica 0–2 Panama
Report Samms  56'
Díaz  86'
Panama 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Murillo  78' Report
Guatemala 2–0 Aruba
Estrada  42'
Bordon  60'		 Report
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
Jamaica 0–2 United States
Report Gall  33' (pen.), 70' (pen.)
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Panama 1–0 Guatemala
Díaz  65' Report
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
United States 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Jamieson  78' Report
Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)
Jamaica 0–0 Aruba
Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 5 4 1 0 18 3 +15 13 Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Honduras 5 3 1 1 11 9 +2 10 Playoff stage
3  El Salvador 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 8
4  Cuba 5 1 1 3 5 17 −12 4
5  Canada 5 1 0 4 8 11 −3 3
6  Haiti 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Mexico 9–1 Cuba
Díaz  1', 20'
Martínez  6', 65' (pen.)
Lozano  37', 40'
Ramírez  42', 47'
Márquez  70'		 Report Sanamé  3'
Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)
Honduras 2–2 El Salvador
Róchez  6' (pen.)
Elis  28'		 Report Barahona  84'
Villavicencio  90' (pen.)
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Haiti 1–3 Canada
Désiré  29' Report Hamilton  11', 18'
Petrasso  70' (pen.)
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)
Canada 0–2 Mexico
Report Lozano  30'
Pineda  90+2'
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Cuba 0–3 Honduras
Report Elis  60'
Suazo  65'
Benavidez  83'
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
El Salvador 1–1 Haiti
Villavicencio  27' Report Désiré  89' (pen.)
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)
El Salvador 3–2 Canada
Pérez  43'
Villavicencio  77'
Hernández  90+4'		 Report Boakai  47'
Froese  79'
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
Díaz  15' (pen.)
Lozano  31'
Guzmán  89'		 Report
Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)
Haiti 2–2 Cuba
Fernander  57'
Cherenfant  79'		 Report Caballero  28'
Torres  90+2'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Cuba 2–1 Canada
López  5', 40' Report Farmer  53'
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)
El Salvador 1–3 Mexico
Moreno  89' Report Ramírez  62'
Díaz  65'
Lozano  68' (pen.)
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
Haiti 2–3 Honduras
Désiré  40', 69' Report Elis  5'
Chirinos  38'
Róchez  72'
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Cuba 0–2 El Salvador
Report Barahona  57', 87'
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Honduras 3–2 Canada
Róchez  23', 83'
Castillo  68'		 Report Bustos  19'
Hamilton  41'
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Haiti 1–1 Mexico
Saint-Vil  53' Report Laínez  39'
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Final stage

In the final stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[6]

Playoff stage

The second-and third-place teams from each group were 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.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A  United States 5 3 1 1 12 2 +10 10
2 A  Guatemala 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10
3 B  Honduras 5 3 1 1 11 9 +2 10
4 B  El Salvador 5 2 2 1 9 8 +1 8
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Guatemala 1–2 Honduras
Álvarez  74' Report Chirinos  39'
Elis  56'
United States 2–0 El Salvador
Spencer  37'
Arriola  68'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Honduras and the United States qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Final
Panama 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Escobar  73' (pen.) Report Martínez  50'
Penalties
Díaz
Escobar
Samms
Small 		2–4 Martínez
Díaz
Aguirre
Robles
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Both Mexico and Panama qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Awards
Golden Ball
  • Luis Pereira[7]
Golden Boot

The award was shared.[7]

  • Romain Gall
  • Hirving Lozano
Golden Glove
  • Jaime De Gracia[7]
Fair Play Award
Best XI

Top goal scorers

Players with three or more goals:[8]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Final Ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Mexico 6 4 2 0 19 4 +15 14 Champions
2  Panama 6 5 1 0 10 1 +9 16 Runners-up
3  United States 6 4 1 1 14 2 +12 13 Won in
Qualifying Round
4  Honduras 6 4 1 1 13 10 +3 13
5  Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 Lost in
Qualifying Round
6  El Salvador 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
7  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 7 7 0 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
8  Cuba 5 1 1 3 5 17 −12 4
9  Canada 5 1 0 4 8 11 −3 3
10  Haiti 5 0 3 2 7 10 −3 3
11  Jamaica (H) 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2
12  Aruba 5 0 1 4 1 19 −18 1
Source: CONCACAF.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.

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Qualifiers". fifa.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  2. "Costa Rica podría ser sede de un torneo juvenil de CONCACAF". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. "Jamaica Set to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Championships in January". CONCACAF.com. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "Under-20 Championship draw held in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  5. "U-20 Championship draw Thursday in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. "2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Regulations". CONCACAF (via issuu.com). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. 25 January 2015.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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