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The qualifying stage of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship competition is handled by two regional bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the UNCAF (Central American zone).

Four teams from Central America and five from the Caribbean will qualify to the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship to be played in Mexico. In addition to hosts Mexico, the United States and Canada will automatically qualify for the competition.

Caribbean zone

The qualification for the Caribbean Nations is organised by the Caribbean Football Union. In total five nations will qualify from the Caribbean zone for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

First round

The first round took place during 23–31 July 2012.

Group A

The group was hosted in Antigua and Barbuda and games were played the 8 to 12 August 2012. In addition to Antigua and Barbuda, the group will include Curaçao, Grenada and Dominica. Grenada were originally scheduled to host the group's games but the Grenadian FA could not afford it.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Curaçao	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7
Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Grenada	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Dominica	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Curaçao	3 – 1	Grenada
N. Martina 27' Maria 30' van Eijman 35'	report	Pierre 76'

Antigua and Barbuda	4 – 0	Dominica
Kirwan 16' Constant 48', 49' Harriette 79'	report

Dominica	1 – 5	Curaçao
Williams 17'	report	Martis 2' Martina 45' Kierindongo 63' J. Martina 68', 80'

Antigua and Barbuda	2 – 1	Grenada
Braithwaite 83' Thomas 89'	report	Alexander 56'

Grenada	3 – 1	Dominica
Marshall 32' Alexander 40' Gannes 83'	report	Charles 77'

Antigua and Barbuda	3 – 3	Curaçao
Constant 31', 35', 60'	report	Maria 10', 58' Kierindongo 66'

Group B

Hosted in Dominican Republic.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Dominican Republic	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
Aruba	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

Cuba	6 – 1	Aruba
Perez 38' Wilson 53', 78' P. Hernández 79' Reyes 87', 90'	report	Richardson 13'

Dominican Republic	0 – 0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	report

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 – 4	Cuba
	report	A. Hernández 3' Reyes 50' Perez 78' Diz 90'

Dominican Republic	6 – 1	Aruba
Quezada 10', 39' Ramirez 20', 45' Espinal 30' García 69'	report	Fingal 80'

Aruba	2 – 3	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bolivar 68' Alexander 73'	report	Harris 35' Flemming 55' Liburd 87'

Dominican Republic	0 – 0	Cuba
	report

Group C

Hosted in Puerto Rico

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Puerto Rico	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Bermuda	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
Barbados	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Bermuda	0 – 3	Haiti
	report	Johnley 29' Dumy 30', 60'

Puerto Rico	2 – 0	Barbados
Strain 63' Coca 82'	report

Haiti	2 – 0	Barbados
Ismaël 9' Sheelove 62'	report

Puerto Rico	2 – 0	Bermuda
Strain 49' Marrero 63'	report

Barbados	0 – 2	Bermuda
	report	Simmons 85' Wendell 90'

Puerto Rico	0 – 0	Haiti
	report

Group D

Hosted in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suriname	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Guyana	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 1	Guyana
Williams 9' Noel 52'	Report	Bobb 41'

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 – 1	Suriname
	Report	Apai 45'

Suriname	3 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Eduard 33' Apai 49', 77'	Report

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3 – 1	Guyana
John 32' hoyte 43' Toppin 83'	Report	Smartt 69'

Guyana	2 – 1	Suriname
Booker 60' Wilson 84'	Report	Darson 18'

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 – 3	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Williams 6' West 39' Noel 44'

Best three overall second place from first round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Puerto Rico	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Dominican Republic	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5

Final Round

The final round took place during 3–11 November 2012 in Jamaica. This second qualifying round has been referred to as the Caribbean Under 20 Finals by CONCACAF.

Five of the eight teams who reached this round qualified for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Group A

Hosted in Kingston, Jamaica

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Puerto Rico	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
Curaçao	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	3

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 0	Puerto Rico
Henry 32' Nesbitt 90'	Report

Haiti	2 –1	Curaçao
Johnley 13' Ismaël 51'	Report	Fecunda 10'

Puerto Rico	2 – 1	Curaçao
Marrero 61' (pen.) Strain 65'	Report	Maria 17'

Haiti	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Luckner 31' Pompée 47'	Report

Curaçao	1 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Alberto 10'	Report

Puerto Rico	1 – 1	Haiti
Abrams 38'	Report	Johnley 86'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Cuba	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
Suriname	3	0	0	3	2	8	–6	0

Cuba	2 – 1	Suriname
Hernández 24', 45'	Report	Darson 46'

Jamaica	1 – 0	Antigua and Barbuda
Boothe 42'	Report

Antigua and Barbuda	0 – 2	Cuba
	Report	Vaquero 81' Santa Cruz 90'

Jamaica	3 – 0	Suriname
McFarlane 44' Barnes 65' Manning 90'	Report

Suriname	1 – 3	Antigua and Barbuda
Bodji 6'	Report	Martin 48' Harriette 50' McDonald 56'

Jamaica	0 – 0	Cuba
	Report

Best runner-up from Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Curaçao	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3

As Curaçao also Antigua and Barbuda both had equal goal difference and points, Damien Hughes of the CFU tossed a coin to decide which team would participate in the Championship during half-time of the final Jamaica vs Cuba game in Group B. Curaçao won the toss.

Central American zone

The qualification for the Central American Nations is organised by UNCAF. The top two nations in each group will qualify for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Belize chose not to participate. The schedule was published on 25 June 2012.

Group A

This group is to be hosted in Honduras and games are scheduled for 17 to 21 July 2012. In addition to Honduras, the group will include Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Honduras	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Costa Rica	3 – 2	Nicaragua
Flores 59' Sosa 68' 90'	Report	Chavarría 60' 76'

Honduras	0 – 0	Costa Rica
	Report

Honduras	0 – 1	Nicaragua
	Report	Chavarría 24'

Group B

This group is to be hosted in Guatemala and games are scheduled for 25 to 29 July 2012. In addition to Guatemala, the group will include El Salvador and Panama.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
Panama	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
Guatemala	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Guatemala	1 – 0	El Salvador
Ruiz 43'	Report

El Salvador	4 – 3	Panama
Peña 12' Henríquez 27' 59' González 45'	Report	Arroyo 6' Muñoz 68' Stephens 73'

Guatemala	0 – 1	Panama
	Report

Eighteen players were banned for a combined 94 games for their actions following the Panama's 1–0 win over Guatemala.

References

1. "Caribbean U-20 qualifying revealed". concacaf.com. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
2. Baptiste, Neto (13 July 2012). "Antigua to host CFU youth qualifier group". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
3. "Cuba reaches Caribbean U-20 finals". CONCACAF.com. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
4. "Haiti, Puerto Rico move on in U-20s". www.concacaf.com. July 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
5. "Antigua wins; Curacao in U-20s on coin flip". CONCACAF. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
6. ^ "ELIMINATORIA SUB 20 MASCULINA DE UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF.net. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
7. CONCACAF.com – Costa Rica-Nicaragua to open UNCAF U-20s Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine – 25 June 2012
8. "UNCAF issues bans for U-20 brawl". CONCACAF.com. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

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