| Campeonato Sub-20 de la Concacaf 2024 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 19 July – 4 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 43 (3.58 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gustavo Herrera (3 goals) |
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The 2024 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (29th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It is being played in Mexico, originally in the cities of Celaya and Irapuato, but later with Celaya being replaced with León, from 18 July to 4 August 2024.[1][2]
The tournament features a reduction in the number of participating teams following the format changes adopted by CONCACAF in February 2023. It will be contested by 12 teams instead of the 20 that participated in previous editions.[3]
Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament (the four semi-finalists) will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World CupinChile as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States are the three-time defending champions.
In February 2023, CONCACAF announced format changes for its youth competitions approved by its Council. The following changes were adopted for the U-17 and U-20 Championships compared to previous editions:[3]
The tournament is divided into two stages: the group stage and the knockout stage.[4] The group stage will feature twelve teams, including the six top-ranked teams that qualified directly and the six teams that qualified via the qualifying round. The twelve teams were split into three groups of four, and will compete in a single round-robin. Eight teams, the top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams, will advance to the knockout stage which will be played on a single-elimination format and will consist of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The quarter-finals winners will advance to the semi-finals and will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The semi-finals winners will play the final to determine the champion.
Mexico was appointed as the host country for the tournament by CONCACAF on 26 February 2024 with the Estadio Miguel Alemán ValdésinCelaya and the Estadio Sergio León ChávezinIrapuato as the initial venues, and Celaya being replaced with Estadio Nou CampinLeón all located in the state of Guanajuato.[1][5][2]
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| Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés | Estadio Sergio León Chávez |
| Capacity: 23,182 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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The U-20 Championship qualifying features a new format approved by the CONCACAF Council in February 2023. The qualifying groups were increased to six instead the four qualifying groups from previous editions, with the six group winners qualifying for the final tournament.[3]
A total of 27 (out of 41) CONCACAF national teams entered the qualifying round which took place from 23 February to 2 March 2024.
The six teams from the qualifying round joined the six top-ranked teams (based on the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings as of 12 June 2023) in the group stage of the final tournament for a total of 12 qualified teams.
| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance | |
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 United States (title holders)
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1st ranked entrant | 26th | 2022 | Champions (2017, 2018, 2022) |
 Honduras
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2nd ranked entrant | 21st | 2022 | Champions (1982, 1994) |
 Mexico (hosts)
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3rd ranked entrant | 28th | 2022 | Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Panama
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4th ranked entrant | 13th | 2022 | Runners-up (2015) |
 Costa Rica
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5th ranked entrant | 22nd | 2022 | Champions (1988, 2009) |
 Dominican Republic
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6th ranked entrant | 7th | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) |
 Cuba
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Qualifying Group A winner | 15th | 2022 | Runners-up (1970, 1974) |
 El Salvador
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Qualifying Group B winner | 19th | 2022 | Champions (1964) |
 Guatemala
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Qualifying Group C winner | 21st | 2022 | Runners-up (1962, 1973) |
 Canada
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Qualifying Group D winner | 25th | 2022 | Champions (1986, 1996) |
 Haiti
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Qualifying Group E winner | 11th | 2022 | Second round/Round of 16 (1978/2022) |
 Jamaica
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Qualifying Group F winner | 22nd | 2022 | Third place (1970) |
Each team was required to register a squad of up to 21 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 15 to 19) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 9 and 10).[4]
The draw for the groups composition was held on 11 April 2024, 12:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida.[6] The 12 involved teams were drawn into three groups of four. Prior to the draw, the 12 teams had been seeded into four pots of three based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking updated after the completion of the qualifying stage (as of 3 March 2024),[7] with the six teams that entered directly into the group stage beeing placed into pots 1 and 2 and the six teams coming from the qualifying process being placed into pots 3 and 4.[6]
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The draw started with pot 1 and teams were placed in the first position of Groups A, B, and C according to the order they are drawn. The same procedure was followed to draw pots 2, 3 and 4, with pot 2 teams being placed in second position within their group, pot 3 teams in third position and pot 4 teams in fourth position.[6]
The groups formed as a result of the draw were as follows:[8]
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The top two teams of each group and the two-best third-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals.
The ranking of teams in each group will be determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):[4]
If two or more teams are still tied after applying the above criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 11 April 2024, after the draw.[9] All kick-off times are local times, CST (UTC−6), and the Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) are in parentheses, as listed by CONCACAF.[10]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States (A)
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica (A)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Cuba
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Jamaica
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Cuba |
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Cruz  52' |
Report | Rodríguez 8' (pen.) |
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
| United States | 9–0 | Jamaica |
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16', 20' 39' 54' 67' 77' 90+1' |
Report |
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
| Jamaica | 0–3 | Costa Rica |
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| Report |
67', 83' |
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)
| Cuba | 0–4 | United States |
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| Report |
26' 58' 90+1' |
Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)
| Cuba | Match 13 | Jamaica |
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| United States | Match 14 | Costa Rica |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Honduras (A)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada (A)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | El Salvador
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Dominican Republic
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0–1 | El Salvador |
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| Report | Argueta 62' |
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
| Honduras | 2–2 | Canada |
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90+4' |
Report |
43' |
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Canada | 1–0 | Dominican Republic |
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| Ciccarelli 86' |
Report |
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
| El Salvador | 1–4 | Honduras |
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| N. Díaz 40' |
Report |
53' 66', 84' |
Referee: Cristopher Corado (Guatemala)
| El Salvador | Match 15 | Canada |
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| Honduras | Match 16 | Dominican Republic |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico (H, A)
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama (A)
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Guatemala
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | Haiti
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| Panama | 3–0 | Guatemala |
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35', 38' |
Report |
Referee: Hakeem Harvey (St. Kitts and Nevis)
| Mexico | 4–0 | Haiti |
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72' 78' 90+6' |
Report |
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
| Haiti | 1–3 | Panama |
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32' 45+7' (pen.) |
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Guatemala | 1–2 | Mexico |
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| Sagastume 56' (pen.) |
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45+4' (pen.) |
Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)
| Guatemala | Match 17 | Haiti |
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| Mexico | Match 18 | Panama |
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| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | B | El Salvador
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | A | Cuba
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
| 3 | C | Guatemala
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
In the knockout stage, if a match is tied at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners (Regulations Article 12.11).[4]
The quarter-final matchups are (Regulations Article 12.8):
The semi-final matchups are (Regulations Article 12.9):
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| 30 July – León | |||||||||
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| 2 August – León | |||||||||
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| Winner Match 19 | |||||||||
| 30 July – León | |||||||||
| Winner Match 22 | |||||||||
| Runner-up Group C | |||||||||
| 4 August – León | |||||||||
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| Winner Match 23 | |||||||||
| 31 July – Irapuato | |||||||||
| Winner Match 24 | |||||||||
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| 2 August – León | |||||||||
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| 31 July – Irapuato | |||||||||
| Winner Match 21 | |||||||||
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Winners qualifies for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Winner Group A | Match 19 | Third place Group B or C |
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| Runner-up Group C | Match 22 | Runner-up Group B |
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| Winner Group C | Match 21 | Runner-up Group A |
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| Winner Group B | Match 20 | Third place Group A or C |
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| Winner Match 19 | Match 23 | Winner Match 22 |
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| Winner Match 20 | Match 24 | Winner Match 21 |
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| Winner Match 23 | Match 25 | Winner Match 24 |
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There have been 43 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match (as of 24 July 2024).
3 goals
2 goals
Afronit Tatúm Pedro Soma David Vazquez Marcos Zambrano1 goal
Santiago López Myles Morgan Esteban Cruz Claudio Montero Samuel Rodríguez Christopher Argueta Nelson Díaz Selvin Sagastume Bryan Destin Dereck Moncada Roberto Osorto Ángel Villatoro Xavier Biscayzacú Alexéi Domínguez Heriberto Jurado Amaury Morales Yael Padilla Giovany Herber Rafael Mosquera Kairo Walters Nimfasha Berchimas Zavier Gozo Taha Habroune Ethan Kohler Cruz Medina Ruben Ramos Niko Tsakiris1 own goal
Diego Guardado (against Honduras) Diego Bolaños (against Mexico)Source: CONCACAF
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World CupinChile.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup |
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