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2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage

Tournament details
Host countries	Nicaragua (Group A) Antigua and Barbuda (Group B) Guatemala (Group C) Trinidad and Tobago (Group D) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Groups E and F)
Dates	23 February – 2 March 2024
Teams	27 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	204 (4.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Azarni Callwood (6 goals)
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2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying took place between 23 February and 2 March 2024 across five countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The teams competed for six of the twelve berths in the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.

The qualifying tournament featured changes in its format from the previous two editions. The number of participating teams in qualifying was increased as only six teams were exempt from this stage. Consequently, the qualifying groups were also increased from four to six, with the six group winners qualifying for the final tournament instead of the four teams that qualified in the previous two editions.

As in the 2020 edition, each qualifying group took place in one of the nations that made it up.

Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of 12 June 2023. A total of 33 teams entered the qualifying or the final tournament. The highest-ranked 6 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 27 entrants had to participate in qualifying, with the six group winners joining the six top-ranked teams in the group stage of the final tournament.

Exempt from qualifying (6 teams) Rank Team Points 1  United States 7,207 2  Honduras 4,573 3  Mexico 4,450 4  Panama 3,720 5  Costa Rica 2,640 6  Dominican Republic 2,555

Key to colors Group winners advance to 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Participating in qualifying stage (27 teams) Rank Team Points 7  Guatemala 2,470 8  El Salvador 2,445 9  Haiti 1,972 10  Cuba 1,948 11  Jamaica 1,835 12  Canada 1,805 13  Trinidad and Tobago 1,777 14  Curaçao 1,319 15  Nicaragua 1,221 16  Antigua and Barbuda 1,122 17  Puerto Rico 1,092 19  Bermuda 975 20  Saint Kitts and Nevis 930 21  Suriname 887 22  Aruba 873 23  Grenada 805 24  Belize 748 25  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 714 26  Cayman Islands 694 27  Guyana 641 29  Dominica 579 31  British Virgin Islands 458 32  Saint Martin 417 33  Martinique 399 34  Barbados 391 36  Anguilla 184 37  Turks and Caicos Islands 34

Did not enter tournament (8 teams) Rank Team Points 18  Saint Lucia 979 28  Guadeloupe 626 30  Sint Maarten 458 35  U.S. Virgin Islands 293 38  Montserrat 0 39  French Guiana 0 40  Bonaire 0 41  Bahamas 0

Notes

1. ^ Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round took place on 11 October 2023, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The 27 teams which entered the qualifying stage were drawn into six groups: three groups of five teams and three groups of four teams. Previously, the 27 teams had been allocated into five pots based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of 12 June 2023.

The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 5, with each team selected then allocated into the groups alphabetically. The position of the teams within their group followed the same order, with the teams from pot 1 placed on the first line and so on until the teams from pot 5 were placed on line 5.

The draw resulted in the following groups (host nation marked in bold):

Group A Pos Team A1  Cuba A2  Nicaragua A3  Belize A4  British Virgin Islands A5  Anguilla	Group B Pos Team B1  El Salvador B2  Antigua and Barbuda B3  Suriname B4  Guyana B5  Turks and Caicos Islands	Group C Pos Team C1  Guatemala C2  Curaçao C3  Aruba C4  Saint Martin C5  Barbados
Group D Pos Team D1  Canada D2  Trinidad and Tobago D3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines D4  Dominica	Group E Pos Team E1  Haiti E2  Puerto Rico E3  Saint Kitts and Nevis E4  Cayman Islands	Group F Pos Team F1  Jamaica F2  Bermuda F3  Grenada F4  Martinique

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 11 October 2023, after the draw. All match times are local times as listed by CONCACAF (Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5), if different, are in parentheses).

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group A took place in Managua, Nicaragua. All match times are NIT (UTC−6) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	4	4	0	0	18	2	+16	12	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Nicaragua (H)	4	3	0	1	20	2	+18	9
3	British Virgin Islands	4	2	0	2	8	14	−6	6
4	Belize	4	1	0	3	7	12	−5	3
5	Anguilla	4	0	0	4	2	25	−23	0

Cuba	13–0	Anguilla
Campos 3', 25', 30' Mena 13' (pen.) Camejo 15' K. Pérez 27' D. Pérez 40', 47', 71' Mendoza 41' (pen.) Rodríguez 62' Vega 77', 90+6'	Report

Nicaragua	8–0	British Virgin Islands
Gutiérrez 6' Castillo 12', 39' Cayasso 25' A. Martínez 47', 61' Ortiz 56' I. Martínez 81'	Report

British Virgin Islands	1–2	Cuba
Callwood 30'	Report	K. Pérez 14' Rodríguez 66' (pen.)

Belize	0–6	Nicaragua
	Report	A. Martínez 4' Castillo 13', 52' Bello 47' Gutiérrez 50' Uriarte 90+3'

British Virgin Islands	4–3	Belize
Callwood 38' (pen.), 45+2' Lane 40' Lacey 70' (pen.)	Report	Mena 16' Taegar 54' (pen.) F. Martinez 58' (pen.)

Nicaragua	5–0	Anguilla
Bello 19' Castillo 37' Uriarte 53' A. Martínez 60' Cayasso 69'	Report

Anguilla	1–3	British Virgin Islands
Smeins 28'	Report	Callwood 18', 23', 89'

Cuba	1–0	Belize
A. Casanova 12'	Report

Belize	4–1	Anguilla
F. Martinez 3', 10', 24' Taegar 49'	Report	Smeins 60'

Nicaragua	1–2	Cuba
Uriarte 90+4'	Report	Mena 50' Vega 63'

Group B

Group B took place in Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda. All match times are AGT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	10	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Suriname	4	3	0	1	14	8	+6	9
3	Antigua and Barbuda (H)	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
4	Guyana	4	1	1	2	5	11	−6	4
5	Turks and Caicos Islands	4	0	0	4	4	18	−14	0

El Salvador	7–0	Turks and Caicos Islands
Argueta 26' España 37' Menjívar 41' W. Díaz 67', 80' López 90+1' N. Díaz 90+3'	Report

Antigua and Barbuda	4–0	Guyana
Parker 2' A. Jarvis 16' (pen.) Douglas 18' J. Jarvis 84'	Report

Guyana	2–2	El Salvador
Pydana 10', 83' (pen.)	Report	Casamalhuapa 22' W. Díaz 62'

Suriname	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Pinas 16' Prijor 45+4' (pen.) van Gom 89'	Report	Gonsalves 69' D. Gumbs 90+5'

Guyana	1–4	Suriname
Martin 76'	Report	Pinas 8' Rijssel 36' Prijor 85' Misidjang 89'

Antigua and Barbuda	2–1	Turks and Caicos Islands
J. Jarvis 54' Douglas 82'	Report	Louisy 90+4' (pen.)

Turks and Caicos Islands	1–2	Guyana
Martin 89'	Report	Rowland 32', 54'

El Salvador	3–0	Suriname
Argueta 17' Delgado 25' Casamalhuapa 65'	Report

Suriname	7–2	Turks and Caicos Islands
Olfers 5' Pinas 14', 32' Misidjang 18' Prijor 20', 31' Kluivert 45+1'	Report	Williams 29' Gedeon 87'

Antigua and Barbuda	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	Guardado 58'

Group C

Group C took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala. All match times are GTT (UTC−6) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	4	4	0	0	15	1	+14	12	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Curaçao	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	Aruba	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5
4	Barbados	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
5	Saint Martin	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

Curaçao	1–0	Saint Martin
Bernardina 90+3'	Report

Guatemala	3–1	Barbados
Prillwitz 17' O. Escobar 32' Racancoj 80'	Report	Massiah 28'

Aruba	1–1	Curaçao
Van Kilsdonk 25'	Report	Marchena 72'

Saint Martin	0–6	Guatemala
	Report	Flanders 13' (o.g.) Evans 44', 61', 68' Méndez 56' Sagastume 90+3'

Saint Martin	0–4	Aruba
	Report	Van Kilsdonk 19', 41', 45' Jo. Kruydenhof 39'

Curaçao	1–0	Barbados
Inesia 31'	Report

Barbados	4–2	Saint Martin
Webster 1' Taylor 77' Vanderpool-Nurse 80', 90+1'	Report	Joe 42' Peters 74'

Guatemala	5–0	Aruba
Muñoz 8' Méndez 24', 37' (pen.) Evans 45' De la Cruz 85'	Report

Aruba	1–1	Barbados
La Cruz 9' (pen.)	Report	Harewood 35'

Curaçao	0–1	Guatemala
	Report	Escobar 63'

Group D

Group D took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Dominica	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Canada	8–0	Dominica
Morgan 8', 36', 47' López 26', 65' Tavernier 27' Kozlovskiy 87', 90+4'	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cooper 36' Noel 64' Chaves 90+5'	Report	Franklyn 3' (pen.) Pierre 28'

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–4	Canada
	Report	Ciccarelli 23', 54', 89' (pen.) Biello 51'

Dominica	0–5	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Chaves 3' Noel 19', 35' Cardines 37' Garcia 83'

Dominica	2–3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Richards 40' Thomas 90+5'	Report	Cain 10' (pen.) Franklin 44' Pierre 90+2'

Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Canada
	Report	Morgan 10' López 54' Tavernier 79'

Group E

Group E took place in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis (H)	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Cayman Islands	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Haiti	4–1	Cayman Islands
Lebrun 12' Destin 56', 80', 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Campbell 61'

Puerto Rico	5–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Biaggi 5' Otero 24' Wattley 47' (o.g.) Cruz 85' Medina 88'	Report

Cayman Islands	1–1	Puerto Rico
Byles 23'	Report	Donato 79'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–4	Haiti
	Report	Destin 6' Isaie 9' Vilsaint 45+3' Jean-Francois 87'

Haiti	1–1	Puerto Rico
Belmar 71'	Report	Menendez 39'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	Cayman Islands
Hamilton 16', 45+1', 81'	Report

Group F

Group F also took place in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. All match times are TTT (UTC−4) and the Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Martinique	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Bermuda	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Grenada	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Bermuda	2–1	Grenada
Ming 37' Robinson 71'	Report	Valcin 42'

Jamaica	1–0	Martinique
Blake 67'	Report

Martinique	2–1	Bermuda
Gervais 33' Guillaume 63'	Report	Robinson 82'

Grenada	0–2	Jamaica
	Report	Simmonds 30' Barrett 82'

Grenada	4–4	Martinique
Redhead 9', 84' Valcin 36' Juba 70'	Report	Léria 4' Lamorandière 14', 35', 80'

Jamaica	3–2	Bermuda
R. Gordon 2' Reynolds 11' A. Gordon 83'	Report	Deroza 50' Dill 61' (pen.)

Goalscorers

There were 204 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

6 goals

• Azarni Callwood

5 goals

• Francis Castillo

4 goals

• Connor van Kilsdonk
• Felix Martinez
• Myles Morgan
• Matthew Evans
• Bryan Destin
• Andrés Martínez
• Robinio Pinas
• Djaier Prijor

3 goals

• Tavio Ciccarelli
• Santiago López
• Marcos Campos
• David Pérez
• Maikol Vega
• Wilber Díaz
• Daniel Méndez
• Lenny Lamorandière
• Juban Uriarte
• De Quan Hamilton
• Larry Noel

2 goals

• Jared Smeins
• Christopher Douglas
• Javaughn Jarvis
• Khalil Vanderpool-Nurse
• Isaac Taegar
• Riley Robinson
• Sergei Kozlovskiy
• Kevaughn Tavernier
• Leandro Mena
• Karel Pérez
• Samuel Rodríguez
• Christopher Argueta
• Kiano Casamalhuapa
• Caleb Redhead
• Vijay Valcin
• Olger Escobar
• Nathaniel Pydana
• Ezekial Rowland
• Oliver Bello
• Kenler Cayasso
• Joab Gutiérrez
• Kirtney Franklyn
• Steven Pierre
• Donagay Misidjang
• Michael Chaves

1 goal

• Eroy Gonsalves
• Davian Gumbs
• Aiden Jarvis
• Javauhn Parker
• Joachim Kruydenhof
• Nathan La Cruz
• Shamari Harewood
• Rovaldo Massiah
• Ethan Taylor
• Xavier Webster
• Jaheim Mena
• Xahvi Deroza
• Hayden Dill
• Sachiel Ming
• Johari Lacey
• Curtis Lane
• Alessandro Biello
• Justin Byles
• Joshwa Campbell
• Michael Camejo
• Aniel Casanova
• Cristian Mendoza
• Damienthly Bernardina
• Luigi Inesia
• Tarino Marchena
• Ajani Richards
• Keeyan Thomas
• Néstor Delgado
• Nelson Díaz
• Daniel España
• Christopher Guardado
• Darwin López
• Walter Menjívar
• David Juba
• Axel de la Cruz
• Rudy Muñoz
• Héctor Prillwitz
• Justin Racancoj
• Selvin Sagastume
• Matrim Martin
• Joseph Belmar
• Chris Jean-Francois
• Louis Isaie
• Schneilorens Lebrun
• Jaylen-Andre Vilsaint
• Ronaldo Barrett
• Romain Blake
• Ashton Gordon
• Robino Gordon
• Fabian Reynolds
• Nicholas Simmonds
• Hervinsonn Gervais
• Awom Guillaume
• Kerane Léria
• Izamuel Martínez
• Fredy Ortiz
• Adrian Biaggi
• Daniel Cruz
• Benjamin Donato
• Luis Medina
• Fabian Menendez
• Sebastián Otero
• Jaheem Joe
• Brenton Peters
• Frankroy Cain
• Jereno van Gom
• Girayno Kluivert
• Yamano Olfers
• Jermaine Rijssel
• Rio Cardines
• Cody Cooper
• Derrel Garcia
• Hency Gedeon
• Christopher Louisy
• Emmanuel Martin
• Cory Williams

1 own goal

• Kejorn Wattley (against Puerto Rico)
• Tyler Flanders (against Guatemala)

References

1. ^ "Concacaf Under-20 Championship Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. 13 October 2023 . Retrieved 11 February 2024.
2. "Concacaf launches exciting new youth competitions format". CONCACAF. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
3. "Under 20s - Men Ranking (as of June 12, 2023)". CONCACAF. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
4. ^ "2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Qualifiers draw set for October 11". CONCACAF. 28 September 2023.
5. "Draw reveals groups for 2024 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers". Miami: CONCACAF. 11 October 2023.
6. "GROUP STAGE Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
7. ^ "GROUP STAGE Schedule (with times)" (PDF). CONCACAF. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
8. ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship Qualifying set to start". Miami: CONCACAF. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
9. "Football Association to host Group B of Concacaf U20 tournament". Antigua Observer. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
10. ^ "St Kitts and Nevis to host CONCACAF U20 group stage matches". Associates Times. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship at CONCACAF.com

• 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
• 2023–24 in CONCACAF football
• 2024 in youth association football
• CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualification
• February 2024 sports events in North America
• March 2024 sports events in North America