2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
Dates	17 February – 5 March 2017
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is an association football tournament scheduled to take place in Costa Rica in February and March 2017.^[1]

It will determine the four CONCACAF teams that will participate at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

The tournament may also be used to determine which Caribbean nations participate in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Qualification

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances	FIFA U-20 World Cup Participations
North American zone
Canada	Automatic	22nd	Champions (1986, 1996)	8
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	25th	Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015)	14
United States	Automatic	23rd	Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013)	14
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
Costa Rica	Host nation	19th	Champions (1988, 2009)	8
Honduras	First place	18th	Champions (1982, 1994)	6
El Salvador	Second place	16th	Champions (1964)	1
Panama^[a]	Fourth place	9th	Runner-up (2015)	5
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Antigua and Barbuda	Group A winner	3rd	First Round (1980, 1986)	0
Bermuda	Group A runner-up	12th	Second Round (1974, 1980)	0
Haiti	Group B winner	8th	Second Round (1978)	0
Trinidad and Tobago	Group B runner-up	19th	Runners-up (1990)	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Best Third Place	2nd	First Round (2007)	0

Notes

^ On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.^[2] CONCACAF has set the deadline of 20 November 2016 for the suspension to be lifted, otherwise by rule, Guatemala would be disqualified from the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, and any replacement team or revision to the tournament format would be discussed once the deadline is passed.^[3] On 22 November, CONCACAF announced that Panama would take the place of Guatemala.^[4]

Venues

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San José
Estadio Nacional	Estadio Nacional Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
9°56′11″N 84°06′28″W / 9.936389°N 84.107778°W / 9.936389; -84.107778 (Estadio Nacional)		9°57′56″N 84°04′32″W / 9.965427°N 84.075455°W / 9.965427; -84.075455 (Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá)
Capacity: 35,175		Capacity: 23,112

Group stage

Draw

The draw will take place on November 29, 2016 at 6:00 local time (7:00 pm ET) at El Cubo, National Stadium, San Jose, Costa Rica, and will be streamed live via CONCACAF.com.^[4]

Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Costa Rica, and Mexico and the United States, which are the two teams with the best results in recent under-20 championships using a co-efficient developed by CONCACAF, will be seeded into each of the three groups. The remaining nine teams will be drawn into the three groups using a pre-defined procedure designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region.^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 2017. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 February 2017