2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying stage

The 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying stage took place between 13–21 July 2019. The teams competed for four of the 20 berths in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament.

2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying stage
Tournament details
Host countriesGuyana (Group A)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Group B)
Dates13–21 July 2019
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored70 (3.5 per match)

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete.[1]

Teams

The qualifying format changed from the 2018 edition, and the teams were no longer divided into regional zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Ranking as of 2018.[2] A total of 26 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 10 entrants participated in the qualifying stage, where the two group winners and the two group runners-up advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[3]

Exempt from qualifying (16 teams)
Rank Team Points
1  United States 6,838
2  Mexico 5,769
3  Canada 4,496
4  Haiti 2,788
5  Costa Rica 2,575
6  Jamaica 2,500
7  Trinidad and Tobago 2,232
8  Honduras 1,583
9  Guatemala 1,420
10  Panama 1,356
11  Nicaragua 1,083
12  Dominican Republic 914
13  El Salvador 822
14  Cuba 777
15  Puerto Rico 757
16  Cayman Islands 462
Participating in qualifying stage (10 teams)
Rank Team Points
17  Bermuda 392
18  Anguilla 279
19  Antigua and Barbuda 305
21  Saint Kitts and Nevis 245
22  Grenada 224
23  Guyana 197
24  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 193
25  Suriname 175
29  Saint Lucia 31
33  Barbados 0
Did not enter tournament (15 teams)
Rank Team Points
20  Curaçao 293
26  Dominica 169
27  Belize 136
28  Bonaire[lower-alpha 1] 41
30  British Virgin Islands 23
31  Aruba 16
32  Bahamas 0
34  French Guiana[lower-alpha 1] 0
35  Guadeloupe[lower-alpha 1] 0
36  Martinique[lower-alpha 1] 0
37  Montserrat 0
38  Sint Maarten[lower-alpha 1] 0
39  Saint Martin[lower-alpha 1] 0
40  Turks and Caicos Islands 0
41  U.S. Virgin Islands 0
Notes
  1. Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying stage took place on 19 April 2019, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The 10 teams which entered the qualifying stage were drawn into two groups of five teams.[3] Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 10 teams were distributed into five pots, as follows:[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Grenada
  •  Guyana
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Suriname
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Barbados

Qualifying stage

The winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the final tournament, where they will enter the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.4):[1]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Matches were played at the Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora in Guyana. All times are local, AST (UTC−4).[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guyana (H) 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8 12 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
2  Saint Lucia 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 9
3  Bermuda 4 2 0 2 12 6 +6 6 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship[lower-alpha 1]
4  Suriname 4 1 0 3 10 14 −4 3
5  Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. The third-placed teams of the two qualifying groups qualified for the final tournament as replacements of Costa Rica and Panama, which had automatically qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts, and thus would no longer participate in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[6]
Suriname 3–4 Saint Lucia
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  • Britanya St Prix  14'
  • Tanika Bernard  28', 57', 64'
Guyana 2–0 Bermuda
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Saint Lucia 2–1 Bermuda
  • Krysan St. Louis  10', 13'
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Antigua and Barbuda 0–2 Guyana
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Antigua and Barbuda 1–3 Saint Lucia
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Bermuda 6–1 Suriname
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Suriname 5–1 Antigua and Barbuda
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Saint Lucia 0–2 Guyana
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Guyana 3–1 Suriname
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Antigua and Barbuda 1–5 Bermuda
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Group B

Matches were played at the Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre in Saint Kitts and Nevis. All times are local, AST (UTC−4).[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saint Kitts and Nevis (H) 4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 12 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
2  Grenada 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9
3  Barbados 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship[lower-alpha 1]
4  Anguilla 4 0 1 3 0 8 −8 1
5  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 0 1 3 0 10 −10 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Qualifying stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. The third-placed teams of the two qualifying groups qualified for the final tournament as replacements of Costa Rica and Panama, which had automatically qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts, and thus would no longer participate in the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[6]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–2 Barbados
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Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–0 Anguilla
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Barbados 2–0 Anguilla
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Grenada 1–3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Grenada 1–0 Barbados
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Anguilla 0–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–4 Grenada
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Barbados 1–4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Grenada 3–0 Anguilla
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Saint Kitts and Nevis 4–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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References
  1. "2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  2. "Concacaf Women's Under-20 Ranking". CONCACAF.com.
  3. "Draw complete for 2019 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 22 April 2019.
  4. "Official draw – 2019 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com.
  5. "2019 Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  6. "Concacaf Announces Changes to the 2020 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 13 January 2020.
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