CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a single-elimination championship round.

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Founded1962
RegionNorth America (CONCACAF)
Number of teams35
Current champions United States
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Mexico
(13 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Results

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era
EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth place
11962 Panama Mexico Guatemala Netherlands Antilles Costa Rica
21964 Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Guatemala Netherlands Antilles
31970 Cuba Mexico Cuba Jamaica El Salvador
41973 Mexico Mexico Guatemala Cuba Canada
51974 Canada Mexico Cuba Trinidad and Tobago
61976 Puerto Rico Mexico Honduras United States Guatemala
71978 Honduras Mexico Canada Honduras Costa Rica
81980 United States Mexico United States
91982 Guatemala Honduras United States Costa Rica Guatemala
101984 Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Canada El Salvador United States
111986 Trinidad and Tobago Canada United States Trinidad and Tobago Cuba
121988 Guatemala Costa Rica Mexico United States Cuba
131990 Guatemala Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States Guatemala
141992 Canada Mexico United States Canada Honduras
151994 Honduras Honduras Costa Rica Canada El Salvador
161996 Mexico Canada Mexico United States Costa Rica

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era

The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.

EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-up
171998 Guatemala (Group A) United States Costa Rica
Trinidad (Group B) Mexico Honduras
182001 Canada (Group A) Costa Rica United States
Trinidad (Group B) Canada Jamaica
192003 Panama (Group A) Panama Mexico
United States (Group B) Canada United States
202005 Honduras (Group A) United States Panama
United States (Group B) Canada Honduras
212007 Panama (Group A) United States Panama
Mexico (Group B) Mexico Costa Rica

CONCACAF U-20 Championship era

Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1] The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate the competition.

EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth place
222009 Trinidad and Tobago Costa Rica United States Honduras Trinidad and Tobago
232011 Guatemala Mexico Costa Rica Guatemala Panama
242013 Mexico Mexico United States El Salvador Cuba

The competition changed its format in 2015. The two group winners would secure a place in the final and the U-20 World Cup, the groups' second and third placed teams would compete in a repechage play-off to determine the qualifiers for the U-20 World Cup. The number of guaranteed games per team was increased from 2 to 5 and the semi-final stage was removed.

EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-upPlay-off winners
252015 Jamaica Mexico Panama United States Honduras

The competition changed its format again in 2017. A second group stage was added, with the winners and runners-up of this stage qualifying for the U-20 World Cup and the winners securing a place in the final.

EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-upGroup runners-up
262017 Costa Rica United States Honduras Mexico Costa Rica
272018 United States United States Mexico Honduras Panama
282020 HondurasCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
282022 Honduras

Winners by country
Team Titles Runners-up
 Mexico 13 (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) 3 (1988, 1996, 2018)
 United States 2 (2017, 2018) 6 (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013)
 Honduras 2 (1982, 1994) 3 (1964, 1976, 2017)
 Canada 2 (1986, 1996) 2 (1978, 1984)
 Costa Rica 2 (1988, 2009) 2 (1994, 2011)
 El Salvador 1 (1964)
 Guatemala 2 (1962, 1973)
 Cuba 2 (1970, 1974)
 Panama 1 (2015)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1990)

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 2511686191129768229219
2  United States 2310762182721593122169
3  Honduras 18825113181537776129
4  Canada 22924617291749866129
5  Costa Rica 19784514191747995126
6  Guatemala 188127153988117−2976
7  El Salvador 166825142910096472
8  Trinidad and Tobago 197420213389126−3765
9  Panama 1031176847351254
10  Cuba 12531812235273−2153
11  Jamaica 196411153857119−6243
12  Netherlands Antilles 1141106253697−6126
13  Bermuda 123584234681−3520
14  Haiti 82445152653−2715
15  Suriname 5145092027−710
16  Nicaragua 82626181483−6910
17  Guyana 29207620−144
18  Antigua and Barbuda 38125723−164
19  Dominican Republic 41420121059−494
20  Martinique 26105618−123
21  Barbados 51611141446−323
22  Puerto Rico 7161015579−742
23  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2301236−31
24  Aruba 15014119−181
25  Grenada 38017532−271
26  Curaçao 1200215−40
27  Guadeloupe 24004312−90
28  Belize 13003317−140

Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
  • 5th – Fifth place[lower-alpha 2]
  • Top4 – Top 4
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • GS – Group stage
  • R1 – First round (1st Group stage)
  • R2 – Second round (2nd Group stage)
  • FS – Final Stage (Group stage)
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •     — Hosts
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew before qualification
  •     — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
  •     — Team did not exist
  •     — Not part of CONCACAF
Team
1962
(9)
1964
(9)
1970
(5)
1973
(6)
1974
(12)
1976
(15)
1978
(13)
1980
(18)
1982
(12)
1984
(16)
1986
(12)
1988
(10)
1990
(12)
1992
(11)
1994
(12)
1996
(12)

1998
(8)

2001
(8)

2003
(8)

2005
(8)

2007
(8)
2009
(8)
2011
(12)
2013
(12)
2015
(12)
2017
(12)
2018
(34)
2020
(20)		  
2022
(20)		 Total
North American Football Union (NAFU) members
 Canada × × × 4th QF R2 2nd SF R2 2nd 1st GS GS 3rd 3rd 1st FS Top4 Top4 Top4 × GS QF QF GS R1 GS q q 24+1
 Mexico 1st GS 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st × 1st GS 2nd 1st 1st GS 2nd Top4 FS Top4 FS Top4 GS 1st 1st 1st SF 2nd q q 27+1
 United States × GS × × QF 3rd R2 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd GS 3rd Top4 Top4 Top4 Top4 Top4 2nd QF 2nd SF 1st 1st q q 25+1
Central American Football Union (UNCAF) members
 Belize •/× × • × GS •/× × • × × • • • × • × GS • • 2
 Costa Rica 4th × × × GS × 4th GS 3rd R2 •/× 1st GS GS 2nd 4th Top4 Top4 • FS Top4 1st 2nd QF • SF QF q q 21+1
 El Salvador GS 1st 4th × × R1 R2 GS R2 3rd •/× •/× GS × 4th R1 • • FS • • GS • 3rd QF R2 QF q q 18+1
 Guatemala 2nd 3rd × 2nd GS 4th × QF 4th R1 •/× GS 4th × GS R2 FS FS FS • FS • 3rd • QF • GS q q 20+1
 Honduras GS 2nd × × × 2nd 3rd SF 1st R2 •/× • GS 4th 1st R1 Top4 FS • Top4 • 3rd QF • SF 2nd SF q q 20+1
 Nicaragua GS GS × GS GS R2 × × R1 × •/× •/× •/× × • R1 × • • • • • • GS • • GS q q 10+1
 Panama GS GS × × × × × × × R1 •/× •/× •/× × • •/× • • Top4 Top4 Top4 • 4th QF 2nd R2 SF q q 12+1
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members
 Antigua and Barbuda ? × × × × GS × × GS •/× •/× × • •/× • • × • • • • • • R1 GS q q 5+1
 Aruba •/× •/× •/× × • • × • • • • • • • GS × GS q q 3+1
 Barbados × × × R1 × GS × R1 GS •/× GS • • •/× • • • • • × × • • × GS q • 6+1
 Bermuda 5th × QF R1 R1 QF R1 R1 GS GS GS GS × •/× • × × • • • • • • R1 GS • • 13
 Cayman Islands •/× • • •/× • • • × • • × × • • GS • • 1
 Cuba × × 2nd 3rd 2nd × × QF × R1 4th 3rd •/× GS × •/× × • FS • • • QF 4th GS • GS q q 14+1
 Netherlands Antilles 3rd 4th × GS × R1 R1 QF R1 R1 • GS •/× GS • R1 • • • • • • • 11
 Curaçao GS • • GS • • 2 (13)
 Dominica × •/× • • • • • • × • • • GS • • 1
 Dominican Republic × × × GS R2 R1 GS × × •/× •/× •/× • × • × • • • • • × • • • GS q q 6+1
 Grenada R1 GS × × • •/× GS × •/× •/× • • • • • • • • • × GS • • 4
 Guadeloupe ? GS × •/× × × × × × × GS × • • GS q × 3+1
 Guyana ? × × × × × × R2 •/× •/× •/× • GS •/× • × • • • • • • × × GS • • 3
 Haiti GS × × × × × R2 × × R1 •/× •/× •/× • × •/× × • FS • FS • × GS GS R1 GS q q 10+1
 Jamaica GS 3rd × GS R1 × GS R1 × GS GS •/× GS GS R2 FS Top4 • FS FS GS GS QF GS • GS q q 21+1
 Martinique ? GS R1 × × × × × × × × • × GS × × 3
 Puerto Rico × × × GS R1 R1 GS R1 R1 •/× •/× •/× • × •/× • • • × × • × GS × • GS • q 9
 Saint Kitts and Nevis • • •/× × × • • FS • • • • R1 GS q q 4+1
 Saint Lucia •/× •/× • • •/× × × • • • × × × • • GS × • 1
 Saint Martin × • • × × × × GS • • 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines •/× •/× •/× × × •/× • • × • • • • • • × GS • • 1
 Sint Maarten × × • GS × • 1
 Suriname × × × × × R1 × GS × × GS •/× GS • × •/× × • • • • • GS • • × GS q q 7+1
 Trinidad and Tobago × × × 3rd R2 R2 GS R1 R2 3rd GS 2nd GS GS R1 FS FS • FS • 4th GS • GS R1 GS q q 21+1
 U.S. Virgin Islands •/× •/× × × •/× × × • • • × • × × × GS • • 1
Notes
  1. The third-place match was not played in 1980.
  2. 1970 was played as a round-robin tournament between five teams.

Player awards
Year MVP Lead Goalscorer Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Award Source
2009 Randy Edwini-Bonsu

Josué Martínez
Roger Rojas (3 goals)

 [3]
2011 Joel Campbell (6 goals) [4]
2013 Antonio Briseño Amet Ramírez (4 goals) Richard Sánchez  El Salvador [5]
2015 Luís Pereira Hirving Lozano
Romain Gall (5 goals)		 Jaime De Gracia  United States [6]
2017 Erik Palmer-Brown Ronaldo Cisneros (6 goals) Jonathan Klinsmann  Mexico [7]
2018 Alex Méndez José Juan Macías (10 goals) Brady Scott  Mexico [8]

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Country Year(s) Goals
1José Juan Macías Mexico201810
2José Alvarado El Salvador19946
2Joel Campbell Costa Rica20116
2Ronaldo Cisneros Mexico20176
5Jewison Bennet Costa Rica19945
5Orvin Cabrera Honduras19945
5Steve Green Jamaica19945
5David Xausa Canada19945
5Hirving Lozano Mexico20155
5Romain Gall USA20155
11Ryan Gyaki Canada20054
11Freddy Adu USA2005–20074
11Ulises Dávila Mexico20114
11Cecilio Waterman Panama20114
11Amet Ramírez Panama20134
11Jonel Désiré Haiti20154
11Alberth Elis Honduras20154
11Bryan Róchez Honduras20154
11Alejandro Díaz Mexico20154
11Ismael Díaz Panama20154

Title winning coaches
Year Name
2009 Rónald González Brenes
2011 Juan Carlos Chávez
2013 Sergio Almaguer[9]
2015 Sergio Almaguer
2017 Tab Ramos
2018 Tab Ramos[10]

See also

References
  1. CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-11-11
  2. "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.
  3. "Technical Report – 2009 Tournament". concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. "Technical Report – 2011 Tournament" (pdf). issuu.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. "Technical Report – 2013 Tournament" (PDF). concacaf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. 25 January 2015.
  7. "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. "TSG announces the 2018 CU20 individual awards". Concacaf. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  10. "Tab Ramos steps down as U.S. men's youth technical director and U-20 men's national team head coach". USA Soccer. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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