2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Same as previous edition, the tournament will featured 20 teams and was held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022.[1]

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
Dates25 February – 12 March
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored184 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Michelle Cooper
(8 goals)
Best player(s)United States Michelle Cooper
Best goalkeeperCanada Anna Karpenko
Fair play award Mexico
2020
2023

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and joined host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.[1]

Qualification

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020,[2] and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying.[3] The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.

Costa Rica will host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

RoundTeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancePrevious FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage  United States (title holders)1st ranked entrant11thChampions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020)9
 Mexico2nd ranked entrant11thChampions (2018)8
 Canada3rd ranked entrant9thChampions (2004, 2008)7
 Haiti4th ranked entrant6thThird place (2018)1
 Trinidad and Tobago5th ranked entrant10thFourth place (2014)0
 Jamaica6th ranked entrant11thFourth place (2006)0
 Dominican Republic (hosts)8th ranked entrant3rdSemi-finals (2020)0
 Honduras9th ranked entrant4thFourth place (2015)0
 Guyana10th ranked entrant2ndQuarter-finals (2020)0
 Guatemala11th ranked entrant5thGroup stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2020)0
 El Salvador12th ranked entrant3rdRound of 16 (2020)0
 Puerto Rico13th ranked entrant2ndRound of 16 (2020)0
 Panama14th ranked entrant6thFourth place (2012)0
 Cuba15th ranked entrant5thRound of 16 (2020)0
 Nicaragua16th ranked entrant4thGroup stage (2008, 2018, 2020)0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis17th ranked entrant2ndGroup stage (2020)0
Knockout stage  BermudaQualifying Group A winner2ndRound of 16 (2020)0
 Cayman IslandsQualifying Group B winner3rdRound of 16 (2020)0
 CuraçaoQualifying Group C winner1stDebut0
 SurinameQualifying Group D winner3rdGroup stage (2002, 2006)0

Venues

Santo DomingoSan Cristóbal
Estadio Olímpico Félix SánchezEstadio Panamericano
Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 2,800

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 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 Women'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:[1]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  •  Panama
  •  Cuba
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.[4][5]

Match officials

CONCACAF announced the appointment of the match officials on February 11, 2022.[6]

Referees

Assistants referees

  • Krystal Evans
  • Natasha Trott
  • Chantal Boudreau
  • Ivette Santiago Rodríguez
  • Santa Medina
  • Iris Vail
  • Lourdes Noriega
  • Shirley Perelló
  • Princess Brown
  • Jassett Kerr
  • Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
  • Yudilia Briones
  • Enedina Caudillo
  • Karen Díaz
  • Mayra Mora
  • Sandra Ramírez
  • Lidia Ayala
  • Mijensa Rensch
  • Carissa Douglas-Jacobs
  • Felisha Marsical
  • Brooke Mayo
  • Meghan Mullen
  • Kathryn Nesbitt

Video assistant referees

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.[5]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

  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 can 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, AST (UTC−4).

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  United States3300200+209Knockout stage
2  Puerto Rico320148−46
3  Dominican Republic (H)3102411−73
4  Nicaragua3003110−90
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States  6–0  Nicaragua
  • Moultrie 2'
  • Cooper 7'
  • Jackson 17'
  • Kitahata 51', 64'
  • McConnell 87'
Report
Dominican Republic  1–3  Puerto Rico
  • Marte 43'
Report
  • Hart 12'
  • Nieves 45+1'
  • Garner 68'

Puerto Rico  0–7  United States
Report
Nicaragua  1–3  Dominican Republic
  • Navarrete 87'
Report
  • Vargas 45+1', 64'
  • A. Díaz 69'

Puerto Rico  1–0  Nicaragua
  • Hart 66'
Report
United States  7–0  Dominican Republic
Report

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Mexico3300130+139Knockout stage
2  Panama311164+24
3  Guyana3102210−83
4  Honduras301218−71
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Honduras  0–2  Guyana
Report
Mexico  3–0  Panama
  • Avilez 48'
  • Villanueva 63' (pen.)
  • Chavero 81'
Report

Panama  1–1  Honduras
Report
  • Arias 62'
Guyana  0–5  Mexico
Report

Guyana  0–5  Panama
Report
Mexico  5–0  Honduras
  • Avilez 4', 11'
  • Villanueva 23'
  • Maldonado 64'
  • Mauleón 66'
Report

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Canada3300160+169Knockout stage
2  El Salvador320184+46
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis3102714−73
4  Trinidad and Tobago3003215−130
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Trinidad and Tobago  0–3  El Salvador
Report
Canada  7–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Small 9', 33'
  • Smith 17', 30'
  • Ward 21', 44'
  • Courtnall 89'
Report

Saint Kitts and Nevis  7–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
El Salvador  0–4  Canada
Report
  • Grant-Clavijo 26'
  • Smith 53'
  • Thurton 63', 77'
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

El Salvador  5–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
Referee: Priscilla Pérez (Mexico)
Canada  5–0  Trinidad and Tobago
  • Ward 37'
  • Thurton 49'
  • Melenhorst 58'
  • Jourde 64'
  • Novak 90'
Report

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Guatemala321053+27Knockout stage
2  Haiti312032+15
3  Jamaica311131+24
4  Cuba300338−50
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jamaica  0–1  Guatemala
Report
Haiti  2–1  Cuba
  • Ornis 32'
  • Marcellus 41'
Report
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Cuba  0–3  Jamaica
Report
Guatemala  1–1  Haiti
  • Cruz 21'
Report
  • Marcellus 45'

Guatemala  3–2  Cuba
  • Cruz 36', 77' (pen.)
  • Romero 54'
Report
  • Palma 45+1' (pen.)
  • Zara 90+3'
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Haiti  0–0  Jamaica
Report
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).[5]

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
4 March – Santo Domingo
 
 
 United States14
 
8 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Suriname0
 
 United States6
 
5 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Haiti0
 
 Haiti2
 
10 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Guyana1
 
 United States7
 
4 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
 Puerto Rico7
 
8 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Saint Kitts and Nevis0
 
 Puerto Rico3
 
5 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Guatemala0
 
 Guatemala2
 
12 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Bermuda0
 
 United States2
 
4 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Mexico0
 
 Canada13
 
8 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Cayman Islands0
 
 Canada1
 
5 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Panama0
 
 Panama3
 
10 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Jamaica0
 
 Canada0
 
4 March – San Cristóbal
 
 Mexico1Third place playoff
 
 El Salvador5
 
8 March – Santo Domingo12 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Dominican Republic2
 
 El Salvador1  Puerto Rico0
 
5 March – Santo Domingo
 
 Mexico5  Canada2
 
 Mexico9
 
 
 Curaçao0
 

Round of 16

United States  14–0  Suriname
Report

Puerto Rico  7–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Bailey-Williams 8' (o.g.)
  • Nieves 12'
  • Hart 13', 31' (pen.), 33'
  • Garner 45+2'
  • Torres 71'
Report

Canada  13–0  Cayman Islands
  • Novak 5', 51'
  • Smith 7', 15', 45+2', 47'
  • Grant-Clavijo 39', 73'
  • Burns 60'
  • Courtnall 69'
  • Pante 74'
  • Melenhorst 76'
  • Jourde 85'
Report

El Salvador  5–2  Dominican Republic
  • I. Recinos 31'
  • Sánchez 33', 70'
  • Reyes 40', 87'
Report

Mexico  9–0  Curaçao
Report

Panama  3–0  Jamaica
Report

Guatemala  2–0  Bermuda
  • Texaj 56'
  • Xiquin 58'
Report

Haiti  2–1  Guyana
Report
  • Moore 37'
Referee: Priscilla Pérez (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

United States  6–0  Haiti
Report

Puerto Rico  3–0  Guatemala
  • Es. González 32', 72'
  • Pizarro 41' (pen.)
Report

Canada  1–0  Panama
Report

El Salvador  1–5  Mexico
Report

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

United States  7–0  Puerto Rico
Report

Canada  0–1  Mexico
Report

3rd Place

Winner qualified for 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Puerto Rico  0–2  Canada
Report

Final

United States  2–0  Mexico
Report

Winners

 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 

United States
Seventh title

Goalscorers

There were 184 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Gabriela Marte (against the United States)
  • Hasha Holder (against Panama)
  • Iyanla Bailey-Williams (against Puerto Rico)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Costa Rica (H)217 November 2020[7]2 (2010, 2014)
 United States10 March 20229 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Mexico10 March 20228 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Canada12 March 20227 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 (H) qualified as host of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Awards

Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove
Michelle Cooper Michelle Cooper Anna Karpenko
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 Mexico


Best XI[8]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Anna Karpenko

References

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