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
Organizing bodyCONCACAF
Founded1962
RegionNorth America
Number of teams35
Current champion(s) United States
(3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Mexico
(13 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 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

The competition changed its format again in 2020. A knockout stage was added, with the semi-finalists qualifying for the U-20 World Cup.

EditionYearHostChampionsRunners-upSemi-finalists
282020 HondurasCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
292022 Honduras United States Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras
302024 Mexico

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 3 (2017, 2018, 2022) 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)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1990)
 Panama 1 (2015)
 Dominican Republic 1 (2022)

Note: no championship titles or runners-ups 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 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 2712994231235175263247
2  United States 2512276192729297195213
3  Honduras 209561142019989110160
4  Costa Rica 218951162219789108146
5  Canada 2410150193219110873143
6  Guatemala 2091311941108133−2592
7  El Salvador 18783015331201101088
8  Panama 12432581075453080
9  Trinidad and Tobago 2183242237109150−4178
10  Cuba 14622412267882−471
11  Jamaica 217417174086129−4363
12  Haiti 103297164859−1132
13  Netherlands Antilles 1141106253697−6126
14  Dominican Republic 62380154181−4022
15  Bermuda 133985264691−4521
16  Suriname 72280143853−1519
17  Nicaragua 1032462218101−8316
18  Puerto Rico 922401821100−7911
19  Antigua and Barbuda 51632111742−2510
20  Guadeloupe 393061220−89
21  Guyana 31330101331−187
22  Grenada 41321101246−347
23  Curaçao 3720511926
24  Dominica 15203514−96
25  Martinique 3112091029−196
26  Aruba 3131210950−415
27  Cayman Islands 14112811−34
28  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4111191036−264
29  Barbados 62012171554−394
30  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15104815−73
31  Belize 28107836−283
32  Saint Lucia 14013010−101
33  Saint Martin 15014323−201
34  Sint Maarten 15005441−371
28  U.S. Virgin Islands 15005240−380

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
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • 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)
2024
(12)		 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 R16 Q 25+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 QF Q 28+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 1st Q 26+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 QF Q 22+1
 El Salvador GS 1st 4th × × R1 R2 GS R2 3rd •/× •/× GS × 4th R1 • • FS • • GS • 3rd QF R2 QF Q R16 Q 19+1
 Guatemala 2nd 3rd × 2nd GS 4th × QF 4th R1 •/× GS 4th × GS R2 FS FS FS • FS • 3rd • QF • GS Q SF Q 21+1
 Honduras GS 2nd × × × 2nd 3rd SF 1st R2 •/× • GS 4th 1st R1 Top4 FS • Top4 • 3rd QF • SF 2nd SF Q SF Q 21+1
 Nicaragua GS GS × GS GS R2 × × R1 × •/× •/× •/× × • R1 × • • • • • • GS • • GS Q R16 • 10+1
 Panama GS GS × × × × × × × R1 •/× •/× •/× × • •/× • • Top4 Top4 Top4 • 4th QF 2nd R2 SF Q QF Q 13+1
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members
 Antigua and Barbuda ? × × × × GS × × GS •/× •/× × • •/× • • × • • • • • • R1 GS Q GS • 5+1
 Aruba •/× •/× •/× × • • × • • • • • • • GS × GS Q GS • 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 R16 Q 15+1
 Netherlands Antilles 3rd 4th × GS × R1 R1 QF R1 R1 • GS •/× GS • R1 • • • • • • • 11
 Curaçao GS • • GS • R16 • 3 (14)
 Dominica × •/× • • • • • • × • • • GS • • • 1
 Dominican Republic × × × GS R2 R1 GS × × •/× •/× •/× • × • × • • • • • × • • • GS Q 2nd Q 7+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 R16 Q 11+1
 Jamaica GS 3rd × GS R1 × GS R1 × GS GS •/× GS GS R2 FS Top4 • FS FS GS GS QF GS • GS Q QF Q 22+1
 Martinique ? GS R1 × × × × × × × × • × GS × × • 3
 Puerto Rico × × × GS R1 R1 GS R1 R1 •/× •/× •/× • × •/× • • • × × • × GS × • GS • R16 • 9
 Saint Kitts and Nevis • • •/× × × • • FS • • • • R1 GS Q GS • 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 GS • 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 R16 • 21+1
 U.S. Virgin Islands •/× •/× × × •/× × × • • • × • × × × GS • • × 1
Notes
  1. The third-place match was not played in 1980 and 2022.
  2. 1970 was played as a round-robin tournament between five teams.

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025		Total
 CanadaR1R1R1R2R1R1QFR18
 Costa RicaR1R1R1R2R2R14thR2R29
 CubaR11
 Dominican RepublicR11
 El SalvadorR11
 GuatemalaR2R12
 HondurasR1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R19
 JamaicaR11
 Mexico2ndR1R1R1QFQFQFR2QFR1QF3rdR2R2R1QFR116
 PanamaR1R1R1R1R1R26
 Trinidad and TobagoR1R12
 United StatesR1R1R14thQFR2R2R2QFR2QFR1QFQFQFQFQF16

Player awards
Year MVP Top goalscorer(s) 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]
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2022 Paxten Aaronson Paxten Aaronson (7 goals) Chris Brady  Dominican Republic [9]

Top goalscorers
As of 3 July 2022
Rank Player Country Year(s) Goals
1José Juan Macías Mexico201810
2Paxten Aaronson United States20227
3José Alvarado El Salvador19946
Joel Campbell Costa Rica2011
Ronaldo Cisneros Mexico2017
Marco Aceituno Honduras2022
Quinn Sullivan United States2022
8Jewison Bennet Costa Rica19945
Orvin Cabrera Honduras1994
Steve Green Jamaica1994
David Xausa Canada1994
Hirving Lozano Mexico2015
Romain Gall United States2015
Arquimides Ordoñez Guatemala2022
Steevenson Jeudy Haiti2022
Esteban Lozano Mexico2022

Title winning coaches
Year Coach
2009 Rónald González
2011 Juan Carlos Chávez
2013 Sergio Almaguer[10]
2015 Sergio Almaguer
2017 Tab Ramos
2018 Tab Ramos[11]
2020cancelled
2022 Mikey Varas

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. "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.
  9. "2022 CU20 individual awards". CONCACAF. 3 July 2022.
  10. "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  11. "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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