The qualifying competitions for the 2017 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 2016 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries St. Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Haiti Dominican Republic Curaçao (final round)
Dates 15 June – 30 October 2016
Teams 17 (total) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Tournament statistics
Matches played 40
Goals scored 146 (3.65 per match)
Top scorer Haiti Ronaldo Damus (6 goals)Best player Haiti Roberto LouimaBest goalkeeper Haiti Jhon Paris← 20152020 →
The details were announced in April 2016.
Teams Seeding Teams No. of teams No participation Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bonaire British Virgin Islands French Guiana Grenada Guyana Martinique Montserrat Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin Suriname U.S. Virgin Islands 14 Group stage entrants Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bermuda Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Guadeloupe Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands16 Final round entrants Curaçao 1
First round Group 1 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in St. Maarten .
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Antigua and Barbuda 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Final round 2 Cuba 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 3 Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 11 3 +8 4 4 Sint Maarten (H)3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Sint Maarten 0–9 Puerto Rico De la Rosa 3', 47' Rodríguez 12' Rivera 45+2' Osorio 60', 70' O'Neill 68' Carrillo 76' (pen. ), 84'
Cuba 2–1 Puerto Rico Diaz 1' Godinez 70' Cardona 18' (pen. )
Sint Maarten 0–6 Antigua and Barbuda Browne 27' V.Allen 30' (pen. ) Henry 49', 51' Wildin 79' Hall 90+2'
Sint Maarten 0–5 Cuba E.Puga 7' Yasmani 9' Morejon 68', 80' Godinez 82'
Group 2 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Trinidad and Tobago .
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Trinidad and Tobago (H)3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7 Final round 2 Saint Lucia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 3 Guadeloupe 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–2 Saint Lucia Wilfred 57' Winter 70'
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Guadeloupe Dass 48'
Saint Lucia 1–0 Guadeloupe Maryat 47'
Trinidad and Tobago 11–0 Turks and Caicos Islands Dillon 11', 29', 49', 62', 65' Hudson 15', 58' Mason 46' Powder 51' Lansiquot 72' Bruce-de-Rouche 83'
Guadeloupe 5–0 Turks and Caicos Islands Macon 17', 30', 48' Dupalan 51' Bolivar 53'
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Saint Lucia Hudson 64' Joseph 39'
Group 3 To be held 29 June – 3 July 2016 and hosted in Haiti .
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Haiti (H)3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Final round 2 Bermuda 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 3 Cayman Islands 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3 4 Anguilla 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Bermuda 3–0 Cayman Islands Evans 20', 89' Smith 53'
Haiti 8–0 Anguilla Dede 21' Richardson 29' (o.g.) Pierre 36' Louima 45', 50' Damus 48', 77' Jerome 90+2'
Cayman Islands 4–1 Anguilla Scott 25' Martinez 31' Cruz 39' Thomas 62' Lake 90+3'
Haiti 3–0 Bermuda Louima 24' Guillaume 34' Chery 83'
Anguilla 0–7 Bermuda Smith 2', 28' Douglas 13' Swan 54' Bascome 59' (pen. ) Jones 86' Furbert 90+1'
Haiti 5–0 Cayman Islands Dede 44', 90+4' Louima 60' Guillaume 66' Francois 84'
Group 4 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Dominican Republic .
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Final round 2 Dominican Republic (H)3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 3 Jamaica 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 4 Dominica 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis 4–2 Dominica Amory 14' Archibald 43' Hanley 72' Sutton 77' Jolly 68' Augustine 70'
Ranking of second-placed teams Three runners-up from the group stage (best three group runners-up) will also qualify for the final round.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 2 Saint Lucia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Final round 2 3 Bermuda 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 3 1 Cuba 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 4 4 Dominican Republic 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Final round To be held 21–30 October 2016 and hosted in Curaçao .
Group stage Group A Curaçao 1–1 Bermuda Schores 32' Tyrell 79'
Curaçao 1–3 Saint Kitts and Nevis Cijntje 42'Sutton 23' Hodge 67' Phipps 76'
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Haiti 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Semi-finals and 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 2 0 4 0 +4 5 3 Cuba 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 4 Saint Lucia 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
Haiti 5–1 Saint Lucia Louima 6' Damus 23', 83', 86' Dede 78' Lionel 80'
Saint Lucia 0–4 Trinidad and Tobago Dillon 5', 28', 70' Power 65'
Haiti 2–1 Cuba Sanon 6' Désiré 80'Tuero 68'
Cuba 1–1 Saint Lucia Guerra 21' Aranda 84' (o.g.)
Ranking of third-placed teams The best third-placed team from the final round group stage also qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship .
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 A Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2 B Cuba 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Knockout stage Semi-finals Final 28 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium Antigua and Barbuda (p )0 (5) 30 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium Trinidad and Tobago 0 (4) Antigua and Barbuda 0 28 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium Haiti 4 Haiti 3 Bermuda 0 Third place 30 October - Ergilio Hato Stadium Trinidad and Tobago 1 Bermuda 2
Semi-finals Third-place playoff Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Bermuda Toussaint 49' Scott 44' Thomas 88'
Final Awards Golden Boot of Finals
MVP
Golden Glove
Golden Boot of Tournaments
Goalscorers 8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
Anguilla Keanu Richardson (against Trinidad)Cuba Ronald Aranda (against Saint Lucia)Central American zone 2016 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying (Central American zone)
Tournament details
Dates 8–16 July 2016
Teams 6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer Panama Leandro Ávila (3 goals)← 2015
The format is a single round-robin stage. Costa Rica qualified for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship as hosts and did not enter the qualifying competition. Belize withdrew. Guatemala were prevented from entering the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship due to FIFA suspending National Football Federation of Guatemala . Fourth place Panama qualified in their place.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Honduras 4 2 2 0 7 4 +3 8 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2 El Salvador 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7 3 Guatemala 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 Disqualified due to FIFA suspension 4 Panama (H)4 1 1 2 7 4 +3 4 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 5 Nicaragua 4 1 0 3 1 12 −11 3 6 Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Guatemala 2–2 Honduras Valdizon 5' García 42' Grant 45+1' Cruz 47'
Panama 6–0 Nicaragua Blackman 36' L. Ávila 48', 53', 56' Hinestroza 67', 89'
Honduras 2–1 El Salvador Ávila 10' Reyes 68' Contreras 25'
Nicaragua 0–2 Honduras Cruz 73' Álvarez 88'
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