2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countries	Curaçao; Dominican Republic; Nicaragua
Dates	14 – 23 April 2023
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	263 (5.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Olivia Smith; Se-Hanna Mars; (8 goals each)
	← 2022 TBC →

The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification competition, was a women's football tournament that was contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF to decide the participating teams of the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The qualifying matches were scheduled to take place between 14 and 23 April 2023. A total of six teams in the qualifying competition advanced to the final tournament, joining United States and Mexico, who received byes as the top-ranked teams. The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship will serve as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[1]

Teams[edit]

A record number of 32 CONCACAF member associations entered the qualifying competition, (excluding the United States and Mexico, who have qualified automatically for the final tournament as the top two CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 2022).^[2]

Automatic qualifiers	Teams entering qualification
Mexico United States	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador French Guiana ^[a] Grenada Guadeloupe ^[a] Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique ^[a] Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten ^[a] Suriname Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter
Aruba Barbados British Virgin Islands Bonaire ^[a] Montserrat Saint Martin ^[a] Turks and Caicos Islands

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Not a member of FIFA, ineligible for World Cup

Venues[edit]

On 17 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the tournament would be hosted in Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, with Curaçao hosting Groups B and D and the Dominican Republic hosting groups A and C, and Nicaragua hosting Groups E and F.

Willemstad	San Cristóbal	Santo Domingo	Managua
Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium	Estadio Panamericano	Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium	Nicaragua National Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,800	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 15,000

Format[edit]

The qualifying competition was held from 14 to 23 April 2023 across three countries namely Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. Teams were drawn into six groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each), and to play in a single round-robin format. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament.

Tiebreakers[edit]

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.4):^[3]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
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;
Drawing of lots.

Draw[edit]

The qualification draw took place on 16 February 2023, 11:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States.^[4] The 32 teams were seeded based on the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Rankings of August 2022 (in parentheses). In the draw, teams were drawn from each pot and placed in order from groups A to F. The position teams were drawn into was based on their pot: pot 1 teams were drawn into position 1, pot 2 teams into position 2, pot 3 teams into position 3, pot 4 teams into position 4 pot 5 teams into position 5/6.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Canada (3) Haiti (4) Costa Rica (5) Jamaica (6) Puerto Rico (7) Dominican Republic (8)	Trinidad and Tobago (9) El Salvador (10) Guatemala (11) Guyana (12) Panama (13) Honduras (14)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (15) Bermuda (16) Nicaragua (17) Cuba (18) Cayman Islands (19) Suriname (20)	Saint Lucia (21) Curaçao (22) Grenada (23) Anguilla (24) Antigua and Barbuda (25) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (26)	Belize (27) Bahamas (28) Dominica (29) U.S. Virgin Islands (30) French Guiana (NR) Guadeloupe (NR) Martinique (NR) Sint Maarten (NR)

Notes

NR: Not ranked

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	40	1	+39	12	Qualification to Final tournament
2	El Salvador	4	3	0	1	16	11	+5	9
3	Cuba	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
4	Martinique	4	0	1	3	2	21	−19	1
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	0	1	3	1	26	−25	1
6	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

14 April 2023