2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

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The qualifying competitions for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship were handled by two regional of CONCACAF's bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the Central American Football Union (Central American zone).

Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.

Caribbean zone[edit]

2014 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament
2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying (Caribbean zone)
The official logo of the U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countriesCuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Aruba
Curaçao (first round groups)
Trinidad and Tobago (finals)
Dates25 June – 3 August (first round)
12–19 September 2014 (finals)
Teams20 (total)
8 (finals) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Trinidad and Tobago
Runners-up Haiti
Third place Cuba
Fourth place Aruba
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored161 (3.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saint Lucia Travis Meril
(total; 8 goals)
Trinidad and Tobago Kadeem Corbin
(finals; 5 goals)
Best player(s)Trinidad and Tobago Kadeem Corbin
Best goalkeeperAruba Jean-Marc Antersijn
Fair play award Aruba
2013
2017

The Caribbean qualification competition (2014 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament) was organised by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

All match times are UTC−4.

Teams[edit]

A total of 20 teams entered the competition.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Did not enter 11
First round 19
Second round 1
Notes
  1. ^ Jamaica were withdrawn from the Second round, they are to host the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

First round[edit]

The teams taking part in the first round were announced on 21 June 2014.[1] The group winners and the two best runners-up advanced to the final round.

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba (H) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Qualify to Final round
2  Martinique 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Barbados 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Barbados 1–1 Martinique
Hunte 52' Report Sellaye 5'
Referee: Alain Georges (Haiti)
Cuba 1–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lopez 46' Report Ledger 90+1'
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Martinique 2–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Defrel 10'
Thimon 35'
Report Solomon 80'
Referee: Ameth Sanchez (Panama)
Cuba 2–2 Barbados
Lopez 46', 90+2' Report Boyce 43', 55' (pen.)
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0–0 Barbados
Report
Referee: Dwight Royal (Jamaica)
Cuba 3–1 Martinique
Lopez 39', 61'
Rosales 85'
Report Thimon 90'
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Dominican Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 Qualify to Final round
2  Antigua and Barbuda 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
3  Bermuda 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Guadeloupe 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Guadeloupe 3–4 Bermuda
Malpon 16', 84'
Antoine 74'
Report Ratteray-Smith 17'
Simons 40', 50', 65'
Referee: Allan Jacques (Haiti)
Dominican Republic 0–3 Antigua and Barbuda
Report Harriette 15', 76'
Stevens 63'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 Guadeloupe
Report Annerose 83'
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Dominican Republic 2–0 Bermuda
Feliz 7'
Quezada 90+4'
Report
Referee: Vivian Robinson (Saint Lucia)

Bermuda 0–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Report
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Dominican Republic 1–0 Guadeloupe
Puello 39' Report
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti (H) 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Qualify to Final round
2  Suriname 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3  Saint Lucia 3 1 0 2 20 10 +10 3
4  Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 0 3 0 34 −34 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Suriname 7–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Faerber 20', 60' (pen.), 72'
Fer 31'
Asoman 48'
Slagveer 75'
Khoen Khoen 90'
Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Hidalgo (Domicican Republic)
Haiti 4–0 Saint Lucia
Valerius 10'
Campoy 34'
Saint-Vil 36'
Cherenfant 43'
Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

Suriname 6–3 Saint Lucia
Faerber 7', 29' (pen.)
Asoman 36'
Khoen Khoen 47'
Fer 66'
Rozenblad 80'
Report Goodman 5'
Joseph 65'
Meril 71'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Haiti 10–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Valerius 6'
Louima 10'
Herivaux 17'
Salvant 23', 31'
Joseph 36', 60'
St. Fort 47'
St. Jean 73'
Désiré 84'
Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Saint Lucia 17–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Myers 4'
Meril 6', 7', 15', 27', 39', 55', 70'
Abraham 12'
Goodman 17'
Neptune 22', 33', 38', 54', 86'
Joseph 79', 81'
Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)
Haiti 2–1 Suriname
Joseph 10'
Campoy 58'
Report Asoman 3'
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

Group 4[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Aruba (H) 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Qualify to Final round
2  Grenada 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3  Dominica 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Dominica 1–3 Grenada
Soanes 88' Report Charles 43', 57'
Frank 85'
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Aruba 1–0 Grenada
Homoet 7' Report
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Aruba 1–0 Dominica
Homoet 42' Report
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Group 5[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Curaçao (H) 3 2 0 1 12 1 +11 6 Qualify to Final round
2  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6
3  Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
4  Anguilla 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Anguilla 0–7 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report T. Isaac 3', 62'
Saunders 12'
Nelson 23' (pen.), 47' (pen.)
Bertie 61'
Hanley 77'
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Curaçao 0–1 Cayman Islands
Report Webb 45+1'
Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 5–1 Cayman Islands
Barnes 15'
Z. Isaac 28'
Nelson 60'
Francis 83'
T. Isaac 90+3'
Report Suberan 70'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto-Rico)
Curaçao 9–0 Anguilla
Fortin 9'
Stokkel 17'
Marselina 35', 42', 85'
Felomina 39'
Christina 41'
Martis 51', 88'
Report
Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Cayman Islands 5–0 Anguilla
Connelly 10'
Suberan 43'
Wilson 65'
Webb 70' (pen.)
Nelson 83'
Report
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto-Rico)
Curaçao 3–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Albertus 58'
Marselina 65', 71'
Report
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

Ranking of runners-up[edit]

On 22 June 2014, CFU published that the best ranked runner-up also qualifies for the Second round.[1] On 26 June 2014, CONCACAF published that the best and second best ranked runner-up qualifier for the Second Round.[2] Since Group 4 contains three teams, only the results against the first and third placed teams are counted.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Antigua and Barbuda 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
2  Suriname 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3 Qualify to Final round
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
4  Grenada 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
5  Martinique 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: CFU

Final round[edit]

The final round was hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

On 22 June 2014, CFU announced that Jamaica would also receive a bye to the Second round,[1] however four days later CONCACAF published that the second-best ranked runner-up would be taking part in the Second round.[2]

The groups and resulting fixtures were changed at a later date. Antigua and Barbuda were removed and Saint Kitts and Nevis added (no explanation given).[3] The top two from each group advanced to the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Trinidad and Tobago (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Final
2  Cuba 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Third place playoff
3  Curaçao 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3[a]
4  Suriname 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3[a]
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Curacao wins hth
Curaçao 0–1 Cuba
Report Saname 51'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Suriname
Fortune 27' (pen.)
Mitchell 78'
Report Faerber 5'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Cuba 0–1 Suriname
Report Faerber 45+1'
Referee: Walner Laventure (Haiti)
Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 Curaçao
Mitchell 33'
Corbin 45' (pen.), 60'
Andrews 84'
Report
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St Kitts & Nevis)

Suriname 2–3 Curaçao
Faerber 15'
Grando 27'
Report Marselia 22', 53', 80'
Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Cuba
Trimmingham 88' Report Lopez 10'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Final
2  Aruba 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship & Third place playoff
3  Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: CFU
Haiti 2–1 Dominican Republic
Joseph 20', 36' Report Matos 68'
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–2 Aruba
Hanley 79' Report Ruiz 33' (pen.)
Wernet 55'
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)

Dominican Republic 3–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Feliz 33', 45'
Llanos 78'
Report Mckoy 4'
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Aruba 1–2 Haiti
Hodge 78' Report Fernander 14'
Campoy 20'
Referee: Johannes Dolaini (Suriname)

Dominican Republic 1–2 Aruba
Puello 10' Report Wernet 83'
Geerman 90+2'
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (St Vincent & Grenadines)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–5 Haiti
Bertie 74', 76' Report Cherenfant 4', 28'
Monpremier 7'
Désiré 17', 42'
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Third place playoff[edit]

Cuba 2–1 Aruba
Saname 54'
Lopez 88'
Report Hodge 85'
Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Final[edit]

Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Haiti
Corbin 35', 82', 86' Report
Referee: Yadel Martinez Pupo (Cuba)

Awards[edit]

Golden Boot
  • Trinidad and Tobago Kadeem Corbin
MVP
  • Trinidad and Tobago Kadeem Corbin
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Source:[4]

Central American zone[edit]

2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
(Central American zone)
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates17 July 2014 – 29 July 2014
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Panama
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored78 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Panama Ismael Díaz
Guatemala Mauro Portillo
(5 goals each)
2013
2017

The Central American qualification competition was organised by the Central American Football Union (UNCAF). The competition was contested by the seven UNCAF teams in a round-robin tournament, hosted in El Salvador,[5] where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6][7]

By winning this tournament, Panama qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 15 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Pan American Games
2  El Salvador (H) 6 3 2 1 18 6 +12 11 Qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship
3  Honduras 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11
4  Guatemala 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10[a]
5  Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 13 6 +7 10[a]
6  Nicaragua 6 1 0 5 6 21 −15 3
7  Belize 6 0 0 6 0 23 −23 0
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Guatemala wins head-to-head

All match times are UTC−6.

Guatemala 1–0 Costa Rica
Diego Palma 12' Report
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
Honduras 3–4 Panama
Rembrandt Flores 16'
Elis 20'
Fredy Medina 85'
Report Ismael Santos 6' (o.g.)
Josue Hormecha 51'
Fidel Escobar 63'
Díaz 90+1'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 6–0 Belize
Barahona 3' (pen.)
Roberto Domínguez 44'
Bryan Pérez 62'
Josué Hernández 78', 89'
Bryan Tamacas 90+2'
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Panama 5–0 Nicaragua
Josue Hormecha 2'
Díaz 21', 43'
Carlos Small 32'
Rubén Barrow 74'
Report
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras 1–1 Costa Rica
Deybi Flores 23' Report Berny Burke 20'
El Salvador 2–2 Guatemala
Barahona 63' (pen.)
Josué Hernández 78' (pen.)
Report Diego Palma 70'
Mauro Portillo 89' (pen.)
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Belize 0–4 Nicaragua
Report Serapio 6'
Ariagner Smith 65'
Hermes Navarette 74'
Bryan Garcia 83'
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica 2–3 Panama
Kenneth Cerdas 71'
Víctor Murillo 90+1'
Report Díaz 1', 50'
Fidel Escobar 84'
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
El Salvador 0–0 Honduras
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Belize 0–2 Panama
Report Carlos Small 17'
Fidel Escobar 45+1'
Referee: Óscar Davilla (Nicaragua)
Nicaragua 0–2 Costa Rica
Report Kenneth Cerdas 66'
Randall Leal 90+1'
Guatemala 0–1 Honduras
Report Junior Lacayo 40'
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Honduras 5–0 Belize
Junior Lacayo 42'
Rolin Alvarez 45'
Róchez 65', 74' (pen.)
Fredy Medina 71'
Report
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)
Panama 3–0 Guatemala
Jhamal Rodríguez 8'
Ervin Zorrilla 67'
Jesús González 85'
Report
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
El Salvador 7–1 Nicaragua
Bryan Pérez 13' (pen.)
Denis Pineda 28', 46'
Romilio Hernández 34', 44'
Bryan Landaverde 71'
Ronald Ventura 78'
Report Yaser Ortiz 37'
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Costa Rica 6–0 Belize
Randy Chirino 36', 85', 90+2'
Rene Miranda 38', 61'
Marcelo González 47'
Report
Referee: Óscar Davilla (Nicaragua)
Nicaragua 0–4 Guatemala
Report Christopher Paolo Ortíz 69'
Mauro Portillo 82', 85'
Pablo Aguilar 90+3'
El Salvador 2–1 Panama
Denis Pineda 31'
Roberto Domínguez 82'
Report Bryan Tamacas 86' (o.g.)
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Guatemala 3–0 Belize
Pablo Aguilar 26'
Mauro Portillo 36', 63'
Report
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras 3–1 Nicaragua
Róchez 4'
Junior Lacayo 11'
Deybi Flores 54'
Report Yaser Ortiz 43'
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–2 Costa Rica
Denis Pineda 57' Report Alberth Villalobos 45'
Juan Vargas 79' (pen.)
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Qualified teams[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "CFU Men's Under 20 Teams Prepare For Battle". Caribbean Football Union. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Caribbean Under-20 Qualifying: Results & Scorers". concacaf.com. 26 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ "CFU Under 20 Finals About To Kick Off". CFU. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 Sep 2014.
  4. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Win CFU Under 20 Championship". cfufootball.org. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ^ Ponce, Franklin (14 February 2014). "El Salvador, sede del Eliminatorio Uncaf Sub 20" (in Spanish). edhdeportes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  6. ^ Hernandez, Elisa (15 July 2014). "El Eliminatorio UNCAF sub 20 arranca el jueves" (in Spanish). El Grafico. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ "El Salvador to host UNCAF U-20 qualifying". Concacaf. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Panama U20s seal CONCACAF, Pan Am Games berths". CONCACAF.com. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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