2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage

Tournament details
Host countries	Nicaragua (Group A) Antigua and Barbuda (Group B) Guatemala (Group C) Trinidad and Tobago (Group D) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Groups E and F)
Dates	23 February – 2 March 2024
Teams	27 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	204 (4.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Azarni Callwood (6 goals)
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2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying took place between 23 February and 2 March 2024 across five countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The teams competed for six of the twelve berths in the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.^[1]

The qualifying tournament features changes in its format from the previous two editions. The number of participating teams in qualifying were increased as only six teams will be exempt from this stage. Consequently, the qualifying groups were also increased from four to six, with the six group winners qualifying for the final tournament instead of the four teams that qualified in the previous two editions.^[2]

As in the 2020 edition, each qualifying group will take place in one of the nations that make it up.

Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of 12 June 2023.^[3] A total of 33 teams entered the qualifying or the final tournament. The highest-ranked 6 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 27 entrants had to participate in qualifying, with the six group winners joining the six top-ranked teams in the group stage of the final tournament.^[4]

Exempt from qualifying (6 teams) Rank Team Points 1  United States 7,207 2  Honduras 4,573 3  Mexico 4,450 4  Panama 3,720 5  Costa Rica 2,640 6  Dominican Republic 2,555

Key to colors Group winners advance to 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Participating in qualifying stage (27 teams) Rank Team Points 7  Guatemala 2,470 8  El Salvador 2,445 9  Haiti 1,972 10  Cuba 1,948 11  Jamaica 1,835 12  Canada 1,805 13  Trinidad and Tobago 1,777 14  Curaçao 1,319 15  Nicaragua 1,221 16  Antigua and Barbuda 1,122 17  Puerto Rico 1,092 19  Bermuda 975 20  Saint Kitts and Nevis 930 21  Suriname 887 22  Aruba 873 23  Grenada 805 24  Belize 748 25  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 714 26  Cayman Islands 694 27  Guyana 641 29  Dominica 579 31  British Virgin Islands 458 32  Saint Martin[a] 417 33  Martinique[a] 399 34  Barbados 391 36  Anguilla 184 37  Turks and Caicos Islands 34

Did not enter tournament (8 teams) Rank Team Points 18  Saint Lucia 979 28  Guadeloupe[a] 626 30  Sint Maarten[a] 458 35  U.S. Virgin Islands 293 38  Montserrat 0 39  French Guiana[a] 0 40  Bonaire[a] 0 41  Bahamas 0

Notes

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round took place on 11 October 2023, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[4] The 27 teams which entered the qualifying stage were drawn into six groups: three groups of five teams and three groups of four teams. Previously, the 27 teams had been allocated into five pots based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of 12 June 2023.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Guatemala  El Salvador  Haiti  Cuba  Jamaica  Canada	Trinidad and Tobago  Curaçao  Nicaragua  Antigua and Barbuda  Puerto Rico  Bermuda	Saint Kitts and Nevis  Suriname  Aruba  Grenada  Belize  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Cayman Islands  Guyana  Dominica  British Virgin Islands  Saint Martin  Martinique	Barbados  Anguilla  Turks and Caicos Islands

The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 5, with each team selected then allocated into the groups alphabetically. The position of the teams within their group followed the same order, with the teams from pot 1 placed on the first line and so on until the teams from pot 5 were placed on line 5.^[4]

The draw resulted in the following groups (host nation marked in bold):^[5]

Group A Pos Team A1  Cuba A2  Nicaragua A3  Belize A4  British Virgin Islands A5  Anguilla	Group B Pos Team B1  El Salvador B2  Antigua and Barbuda B3  Suriname B4  Guyana B5  Turks and Caicos Islands	Group C Pos Team C1  Guatemala C2  Curaçao C3  Aruba C4  Saint Martin C5  Barbados
Group D Pos Team D1  Canada D2  Trinidad and Tobago D3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines D4  Dominica	Group E Pos Team E1  Haiti E2  Puerto Rico E3  Saint Kitts and Nevis E4  Cayman Islands	Group F Pos Team F1  Jamaica F2  Bermuda F3  Grenada F4  Martinique

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 11 October 2023, after the draw.^[6] All match times are local times as listed by CONCACAF (Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5), if different, are in parentheses).^[7]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):^[1]

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 points;
   • 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.

Group A

Group A will take place in Managua, Nicaragua.^[8] All match times are NIT (UTC−6) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	4	4	0	0	18	2	+16	12	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Nicaragua (H)	4	3	0	1	20	2	+18	9
3	British Virgin Islands	4	2	0	2	8	14	−6	6
4	Belize	4	1	0	3	7	12	−5	3
5	Anguilla	4	0	0	4	2	25	−23	0

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Group B

Group B will take place in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda.^[9][8] All match times are AGT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	10	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Suriname	4	3	0	1	14	8	+6	9
3	Antigua and Barbuda (H)	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
4	Guyana	4	1	1	2	5	11	−6	4
5	Turks and Caicos Islands	4	0	0	4	4	18	−14	0

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Group C

Group C will take place in Guatemala City, Guatemala.^[8] All match times are GTT (UTC−6) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	4	4	0	0	15	1	+14	12	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Curaçao	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	Aruba	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5
4	Barbados	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
5	Saint Martin	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

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Group D

Group D will take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.^[8] All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Dominica	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Group E

Group E will take place in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.^[8][10] All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis (H)	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Cayman Islands	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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Group F

Group F will also take place in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.^[8][10] All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Martinique	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Bermuda	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Grenada	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

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Goalscorers

There were 204 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

External links

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship at CONCACAF.com