2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Year:2015
Size:160px
Country:Honduras
City:San Pedro Sula
Dates:3–13 December
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:5
Matches:16
Goals:63
Player: Mallory Pugh
Goalkeeper: Rosemary Chandler
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2018

The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]

The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.[3]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

width=20%Teamwidth=20%Qualificationwidth=20%Appearancewidth=20%Previous best performanceswidth=20%Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Automatic6thWinner (2004, 2008)6
Automatic8thRunner-up (2010, 2014)6
Automatic8thWinner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)7
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
Hosts2ndGroup stage (2014)0
Group winner5thFourth place (2012)0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
Final round winner3rdGroup stage (2002)0
Final round runner-up8thFourth place (2006)0
Final round 3rd place7thFourth place (2014)0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.[6]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula.[7]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.[8]

Squads

See main article: article.

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[9]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).[10]

The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain.[11] As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula.[12]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Final

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
(2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
(2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
(2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]

Best XI

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship 2015. CONCACAF. 7 May 2015. 7 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509024040/http://www.concacaf.com/article/honduras-to-host-under-20-womens-championship. 9 May 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712053521/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016%5fneutral.pdf. dead. July 12, 2014. FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Mexico complete PNG line-up. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327154023/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=mexico-complete-png-line-up-2744594.html. dead. March 27, 2016. FIFA.com. 13 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF se realizara en Panama del 31 de julio al 8 de agosto. UNCAF. 3 June 2015. Spanish. 14 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611041110/http://uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-femenino/femenino-sub20/6604-eliminatoria-sub-20-femenina-de-uncaf-se-realizara-en-panama-del-31-de-julio-al-8-de-agosto. 11 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: CFU 2015 Women's U 20 Qualifiers set to begin on June 19. Caribbean Football Union. June 13, 2015. June 14, 2015. July 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082938/http://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/women-s-u20/9627-cfu-2015-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-set-to-begin-on-june-19. dead.
  6. Web site: CONCACAF Announces Schedule for Final Stages at CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015. CONCACAF.com. December 10, 2015. December 13, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151214163542/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-schedule-for-final-stages-at-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015. December 14, 2015. dead.
  7. Web site: Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015. CONACACAF.com. 4 November 2015. 4 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151107185807/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015. 7 November 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: Draw: CONCACAF Women's Under 20 Championship Honduras 2015. CONCACAF.com. 3 November 2015. 4 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151107052206/http://www.concacaf.com/video/draw-concacaf-womens-under-20-championship-honduras-2015. 7 November 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Honduras 2015 Regulations. CONCACAF.com. 2015-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150036/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CU20W-Regulations-ENG.pdf. 2015-12-22. dead.
  10. Web site: 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Schedule. CONCACAF.com. 2015-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143742/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CONCACAF-U20-Womens-Honduras-Draw-Hand-out.pdf. 2015-12-22. dead.
  11. Web site: CU20W: Rain forces postponement of Saturday games. CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2015. 6 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203141302/http://www.concacaf.com/article/cu20w-rain-forces-postponement-of-saturday-games. 3 February 2016. dead.
  12. Web site: Schedule Changes Announced for CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015 after Postponements for Extreme Weather. CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2015. 6 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208193234/http://www.concacaf.com/article/schedule-changes-announced-for-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015-after-postponements-for-extreme-weather. 8 December 2015. dead.
  13. Web site: TSG announces CU20W Best XI, Awards. CONCACAF. 13 December 2015. 13 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151216194250/http://www.concacaf.com/article/tsg-announces-cu20w-best-xi-awards. 16 December 2015. dead.