2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (19th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in the United States between 1 May and 16 May 2019.^[1][2] The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as CONCACAF representatives.

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fourth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

The format for qualification had changed since the 2017 edition. The qualifying competition no longer featured Caribbean and Central American zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked nineteen entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.^[1][2]

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances
Group stage	Mexico (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	17th	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017)[a]	13
	United States (host)	2nd ranked entrant	18th	Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)[b]	16
	Honduras	3rd ranked entrant	18th	Runners-up (2015)	5
	Costa Rica	4th ranked entrant	17th	Champions (1994)[c]	10
	Panama	5th ranked entrant	9th	Runners-up (2013)	2
	Canada	6th ranked entrant	17th	Runners-up (2011)	6
	Jamaica	7th ranked entrant	14th	Final group winner (1999)	2
	Haiti	8th ranked entrant	8th	Final group winner (2007)	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	9th ranked entrant	14th	Runners-up (1983)	2
	Guatemala	10th ranked entrant	11th	Quarter-finals (2013)	0
	El Salvador	11th ranked entrant	15th	Fourth place (1999)	0
	Suriname	12th ranked entrant	2nd	First round (2017)	0
	Curaçao[d]	13th ranked entrant	7th	First round (1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2017)	0
	Barbados	14th ranked entrant	3rd	First round (2011, 2013)	0
	Bermuda	15th ranked entrant	2nd	First round (1996)	0
	Guyana	16th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
Round of 16	Nicaragua	Qualifying Group A winner	2nd	First round (1994)	0
	Dominican Republic	Qualifying Group B winner	3rd	First round (1994, 1996)	0
	Guadeloupe	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Puerto Rico	Qualifying Group D winner	3rd	First round (1983, 1991)	0

Notes

Venues

Matches were played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida:

Bradenton, Florida
IMG Academy
27°26′27″N 82°36′29″W / 27.4409°N 82.6081°W / 27.4409; -82.6081 (IMG Academy)
Capacity: 5,000

Match officials

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[1][2] Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (E1)  United States (F1)  Honduras (G1)  Costa Rica (H1)	Panama  Canada  Jamaica  Haiti	Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  El Salvador  Suriname	Curaçao  Barbados  Bermuda  Guyana

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete.

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).^[4]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Round of 16
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	6	8	−2	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Round of 16
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
4	Barbados	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

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Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Round of 16
2	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Guyana	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Round of 16
2	Panama	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5
3	Curaçao	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Suriname	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 May

Mexico

2

12 May

Puerto Rico

1

Mexico

5

8 May

El Salvador

1

El Salvador

2

14 May

Jamaica

1

Mexico

1

8 May

Haiti

0

Haiti

2

12 May

Dominican Republic

0

Haiti

1 (4)

8 May

Honduras

1 (3)

Trinidad and Tobago

1

16 May

Honduras

4

Mexico

2

9 May

United States

1

United States

8

12 May

Guadeloupe

0

United States

3

9 May

Panama

0

Panama

2

14 May

Guatemala

0

United States

4

9 May

Canada

0

Costa Rica

2

12 May

Nicaragua

1

Costa Rica

1 (3)

9 May

Canada

1 (4)

Canada

4

Curaçao

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

The four quarter-final winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

Winners

2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners
Mexico Eight title

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[5]

Golden Ball

• Israel Luna

Golden Boot

• Geancarlo Castro (7 goals)

Golden Glove

• Eduardo García

Fair Play

•  United States

Best XI

Position	Player
GK	Eduardo García
DF	Jean Geffrard
	Kobe Hernandez-Foster
	Alejandro Gómez
	Stanley Guirand
MF	Danny Leyva
	Eugenio Pizzuto
	Gianluca Busio
FW	Geancarlo Castro
	Israel Luna
	Giovanni Reyna

Goalscorers

There were 152 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[6]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
Canada	12 May 2019	6 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013)
United States	12 May 2019	16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Mexico	12 May 2019	13 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Haiti	12 May 2019	1 (2007)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

• Under 17 – Men, CONCACAF.com