2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

A total of 23 (out of 41) CONCACAF member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments.

Zone Berths Automatic qualifiers Teams entering qualification
North American Zone
(NAFU)
3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
2
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
3
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (hosts)
  •  Anguilla
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Bermuda
  •  Bonaire
  •  Cuba
  •  Curaçao
  •  Dominica
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Haiti
  •  Jamaica
  •  Puerto Rico
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Saint Lucia
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU) None
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
  •  Guatemala (suspended)
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
  •  Aruba
  •  Bahamas
  •  Barbados
  •  British Virgin Islands
  •  Cayman Islands
  •  French Guiana
  •  Grenada
  •  Guadeloupe
  •  Guyana
  •  Martinique
  •  Montserrat
  •  Saint Martin
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Sint Maarten
  •  Suriname
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands

Central American Zone

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
CONCACAF Clasificatoria Centroamericana Femenina Sub-20 2017
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityEstelí
Dates18–24 June 2017
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored35 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fabiola Villalobos (7 goals)

In the Central American Zone, six UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6 Classification stage
2  Nicaragua (H) 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3  Belize 2 0 0 2 1 15 14 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Nicaragua 5–1 Belize
  • Cruz  23'
  • S. Flores  29'
  • Y. Flores  41'
  • Vega  63'
  • Treminio  70'
  • Brown  88'
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)

Belize 0–10 Costa Rica
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Nicaragua 0–1 Costa Rica
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Classification stage
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 3
3  Panama 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
Panama 0–2 Honduras
  • Romero  24'
  • Haylock  53'
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Honduras 1–4 El Salvador
  • Romero  11'
  • González  21', 26'
  • Segovia  43'
  • Rodríguez  59'
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

El Salvador 1–0 Panama
  • Segovia  9'
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

Classification stage

Winners qualify for 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.

Costa Rica 7–0 Honduras
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

El Salvador 1–2 (a.e.t.) Nicaragua
  • Y. Flores  67'
  • Cruz  111'
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)

Goalscorers

7 goals
3 goals
  • Daniela Coto
2 goals
  • Mariela Campos
  • Amaya González
  • Maggi Segovia
  • Fátima Romero
  • Alis Cruz
  • Yessenia Flores
1 goal

Caribbean Zone

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-20 Qualifier 2017
Tournament details
Host countriesHaiti (Group A)
Bermuda (Group B)
Dominican Republic (Group C)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Final round)
DatesFirst round:
19–23 July 2017
Final round:
22–26 November 2017
Teams13 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Jamaica
Runners-up Haiti
Third place Dominican Republic
Fourth place Saint Kitts and Nevis
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored134 (6.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Total:
Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals)
Final round:
Nérilia Mondésir
(7 goals)

In the Caribbean Zone, 13 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition, consisting of two stages. Apart from Saint Kitts and Nevis, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 12 teams entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams. The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Saint Kitts and Nevis, where they are placed into one group, with the top two teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives together with Trinidad and Tobago who qualified automatically as hosts.

The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.

Pot 1 (Hosts)
  •  Haiti (Position A1)
  •  Bermuda (Position B1)
  •  Dominican Republic (Position C1)
Pot 2
Pot 3
  •  Anguilla
  •  Curaçao
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
Pot 4
  •  Dominica
  •  Bonaire
  •  Saint Lucia

All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti (H) 3 3 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Final round
2  Cuba 3 2 0 1 21 3 +18 6
3  Dominica 3 0 1 2 1 18 17 1
4  Anguilla 3 0 1 2 1 27 26 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Cuba 10–0 Dominica
Haiti 16–0 Anguilla

Anguilla 0–10 Cuba
  • Sarría  ?', ?', ?'
  • Mengana  ?', ?'
  • Corcho  ?'
  • Núñez  ?'
  •  ?'
  •  ?'
  •  ?'
Haiti 7–0 Dominica

Anguilla 1–1 Dominica
  • Romney  ?'
  • Morgan  ?'
Haiti 3–1 Cuba

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jamaica 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6 Final round
2  Bermuda (H) 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3  Curaçao 2 0 0 2 1 15 14 0
4  Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[4]
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Bermuda 5–1 Curaçao
  • Darrell  56'
  • Lindo  69'
  • Christopher  81'
  • Samuels  85'
  • Gibbons  90+'
  • Snel  65'

Jamaica 10–0 Curaçao
  • Fray  24', 31', 53'
  • Washington  30'
  • Julien  41'
  • Johnson  45+1', 56'
  • Mikalsen  69'
  • Reid  85'
  • Clarke  90'

Bermuda 1–2 Jamaica
  • Darrell  58'
  • Clarke  3', 63'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Dominican Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Final round
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 17 1 +16 6
3  Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  Bonaire 3 0 0 3 0 26 26 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Puerto Rico 11–0 Bonaire
  • García  1', 38'
  • Laureano  4', ?' (pen.)
  • Luna  22'
  • Font  40'
  • Dobles  46', ?', ?'
  • Kappes  ?'
  • Filipkowski  ?'
Dominican Republic 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda 0–6 Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic 7–0 Bonaire

Antigua and Barbuda 8–0 Bonaire
  • Grant  3', 24', 45', 48', 58', 75'
  • James  9', 90'
Dominican Republic 1–0 Puerto Rico

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jamaica 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 16 2 +14 6
3  Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis (H) 3 0 0 3 0 25 25 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Jamaica 1–0 Dominican Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–12 Haiti

Haiti 0–1 Jamaica
  • Able  28'
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–4 Dominican Republic

Haiti 4–1 Dominican Republic
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–9 Jamaica

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship1
 CanadaAutomatic qualifiersN/A6 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015)
 MexicoAutomatic qualifiersN/A8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 United StatesAutomatic qualifiersN/A8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Trinidad and TobagoHosts20177 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015)
 Costa RicaCentral American Zone top two24 June 20175 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)
 NicaraguaCentral American Zone top two24 June 20171 (2008)
 JamaicaCaribbean Zone top two24 November 20178 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 HaitiCaribbean Zone top two26 November 20173 (2002, 2012, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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