2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 de la Concacaf 2022
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
Dates18 June – 3 July
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Dominican Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored151 (3.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Paxten Aaronson
(7 goals)
Best player(s)United States Paxten Aaronson
Best goalkeeperUnited States Christopher Brady
Fair play award Dominican Republic
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The 2022 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (28th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was held in Honduras, in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa.[1]

On 16 September 2021, a new format was announced: the sixteen member associations ranked 1st to 16th would qualify for the group stage while the remaining nineteen member associations (all ranked 17th and below in the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings) would have to play in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament to qualify for the knockout stage. The qualifying tournament took place from 5 to 13 November 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[2]

The competition determined not only the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina and at the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Chile,[3] but also the two CONCACAF representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.[2]

The United States were the defending champions of the competition, since they were the champions in the 2018 edition and the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The United States once again successfully defended the title, defeating the biggest surprise of the tournament Dominican Republic 6–0 in the final for their third CONCACAF U-20 Championship title.

Qualified teams

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Further information: 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Twenty national teams participated in the tournament: the sixteen best ranked national teams (based on the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings), that qualified directly to the tournament, plus four national teams qualified through the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.[2]

Round Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances
Group stage  United States (title holders) 1st ranked entrant 25th Champions (2017, 2018) 16
 Mexico 2nd ranked entrant 27th Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) 16
 Panama 3rd ranked entrant 12th Runners-up (2015) 6
 Honduras (host) 4th ranked entrant 20th Champions (1982, 1994) 8
 Costa Rica 5th ranked entrant 21st Champions (1988, 2009) 9
 El Salvador 6th ranked entrant 18th Champions (1964) 1
 Cuba 7th ranked entrant 14th Runners-up (1970, 1974) 1
 Haiti 8th ranked entrant 10th Second round (1978) 0
 Canada 9th ranked entrant 24th Champions (1986, 1996) 8
 Trinidad and Tobago 10th ranked entrant 21st Runners-up (1990) 2
 Guatemala 11th ranked entrant 20th Runners-up (1962, 1973) 1
 Jamaica 12th ranked entrant 21st Third place (1970) 1
 Antigua and Barbuda 13th ranked entrant 5th First round (1980, 1986, 2017) 0
 Suriname 14th ranked entrant 7th First round (1976, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2018) 0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15th ranked entrant 4th First round (2007, 2017, 2018) 0
 Aruba 16th ranked entrant 3rd First round (2015, 2018) 0
Knockout stage  Curaçao[a] Qualifying Group A winner 14th Third place (1962) 0
 Dominican Republic Qualifying Group B winner 6th Second round (1976) 0
 Puerto Rico Qualifying Group C winner 9th First round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2013, 2018) 0
 Nicaragua Qualifying Group D winner 10th Second round (1976) 0
Notes
  1. ^ Includes appearances as the Netherlands Antilles.

Venues

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On 24 February 2022, CONCACAF confirmed three stadiums for the tournament.

During the competition Estadio Yankel Rosenthal was used as a provisional venue due to problems with the playing pitch at Estadio Morazán caused by very heavy rainfall in San Pedro Sula. Some matches were relocated to the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano and Estadio Yankel Rosenthal.[5]

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Location of the host cities of the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
 San Pedro Sula Tegucigalpa
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Estadio Morazán Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 37,325 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 35,000

Squads

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Main article: 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete. Each team had to register a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.[6]

Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 3 March 2022, 12:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.[6]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):

  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 point
    • 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.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[8]

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 15 2 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  Cuba 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United States 10–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
Attendance: 110
Cuba 1–0 Canada
 Report
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–6 Cuba
Report
Canada 2–2 United States
 Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
Canada 4–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report
United States 3–0 Cuba
 Report

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
4  Suriname 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Haiti 4–4 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Mexico 8–0 Suriname
 Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Suriname 0–3 Haiti
Report
Trinidad and Tobago 0–5 Mexico
Report
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Suriname
 Report
Mexico 0–0 Haiti
Report

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Guatemala 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Aruba 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
El Salvador 5–1 Guatemala
 Report
Panama 5–0 Aruba
 Report
Aruba 1–4 El Salvador
 Report
Guatemala 3–1 Panama
 Report
Guatemala 2–1 Aruba
 Report
Panama 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3  Jamaica 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4  Antigua and Barbuda 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica 1–1 Jamaica
 Report
Honduras 3–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 Costa Rica
Report
Jamaica 0–5 Honduras
Report
Jamaica 2–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Knockout stage

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

Qualified directly to the knockout stage

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Qualified from 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 25 June – Tegucigalpa
 
 
 United States5
 
28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán)
 
 Nicaragua0
 
 United States2
 
 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Rosenthal)
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Costa Rica4
 
1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán)
 
 Trinidad and Tobago1
 
 United States3
 
 25 June – Tegucigalpa
 
 Honduras0
 
 Cuba0
 
28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán)
 
 Panama1
 
 Panama1
 
 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Rosenthal)
 
 Honduras2
 
 Honduras4
 
3 July – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico)
 
 Curaçao1
 
 United States6
 
 26 June – Tegucigalpa
 
 Dominican Republic0
 
 El Salvador4
 
29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico)
 
 Dominican Republic5
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico)
 
 Jamaica0
 
 Haiti1
 
1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán)
 
 Jamaica2
 
 Dominican Republic (p)2 (4)
 
 26 June – Tegucigalpa
 
 Guatemala2 (2)
 
 Guatemala (p)1 (4)
 
29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico)
 
 Canada1 (3)
 
 Guatemala (p)1 (2)
 
 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico)
 
 Mexico1 (1)
 
 Mexico6
 
 
 Puerto Rico0
 

Round of 16

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Costa Rica 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
Cuba 0–1 Panama
Report
Honduras 4–1 Curaçao
 Report
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
United States 5–0 Nicaragua
 Report
Haiti 1–2 Jamaica
 Report
El Salvador 4–5 Dominican Republic
 Report

Quarter-finals

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Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

United States 2–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Panama 1–2 Honduras
 Report
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

United States 3–0 Honduras
 Report
Attendance: 16,500

Final

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United States 6–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Awards

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Winners

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 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship winners 

United States
Third title

Individual awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]

Award Player
Golden Ball United States Paxten Aaronson
Golden Boot United States Paxten Aaronson (7 goals)
Golden Glove United States Christopher Brady
Fair Play Award  Dominican Republic
Best XI[10]
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
United States Christopher Brady

Goalscorers

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There were 151 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.87 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

Qualification for international tournaments

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Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup
 United States 28 June 2022[12] 16 (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Honduras 28 June 2022[12] 8 (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Dominican Republic 29 June 2022[13] 0 (debut)
 Guatemala 29 June 2022[13] 1 (2011)

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Unlike the previous editions, the tournament also served as qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.[2] This was changed from the previous set-up where the CONCACAF representatives qualify for the Olympic football tournament through their Pre-Olympic Tournament-

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Dominican Republic 1 July 2022 0 (debut)
 United States 1 July 2022 14 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

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The champion team and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament.[3]

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Chile.[14]

Team Zone Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games2
 Dominican Republic CFU 29 June 2022 3 (1971, 1979, 2003)
 United States NAFU 29 June 2022 12 (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007)
 Honduras UNCAF 1 July 2022 5 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2019)
 Mexico NAFU 3 July 2022 15 (1955, 1959, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

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At the end of the match between the United States and Costa Rica, violent and unsportsmanlike actions were reported. The Costa Rican Football Federation has been sanctioned with a fine and nine of its players were temporarily suspended due to infraction of the Competition Regulations and the FIFA Disciplinary Code. Likewise, one U.S. player was suspended and banned for the remainder of the competition.[15]

Sponsors

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References

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