Association football tournament for under-17 national teams
International football competition
The2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of theCONCACAF Under-17 Championship (19th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 internationalfootball tournament organized byCONCACAF . It was hosted in theUnited States between 1 May and 16 May 2019.[ 1] [ 2] The top four teams qualified for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup inBrazil as CONCACAF representatives.
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fourth consecutive title.
The format for qualification had changed since the2017 edition . The qualifying competition no longer featuredCaribbean andCentral American zones.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked nineteen entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[ 1] [ 2]
Round Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance PreviousFIFA U-17 World Cup appearances Group stage Mexico (title holders ) 1st ranked entrant17th Champions (1985 ,1987 ,1991 ,1996 ,2013 ,2015 ,2017 ) [ a] 13 United States (host) 2nd ranked entrant18th Champions (1983 ,1992 ,2011 ) [ b] 16 Honduras 3rd ranked entrant18th Runners-up(2015 ) 5 Costa Rica 4th ranked entrant17th Champions (1994 ) [ c] 10 Panama 5th ranked entrant9th Runners-up(2013 ) 2 Canada 6th ranked entrant17th Runners-up(2011 ) 6 Jamaica 7th ranked entrant14th Final group winner(1999 ) 2 Haiti 8th ranked entrant8th Final group winner(2007 ) 1 Trinidad and Tobago 9th ranked entrant14th Runners-up(1983 ) 2 Guatemala 10th ranked entrant11th Quarter-finals(2013 ) 0 El Salvador 11th ranked entrant15th Fourth place(1999 ) 0 Suriname 12th ranked entrant2nd First round(2017 ) 0 Curaçao [ d] 13th ranked entrant7th First round(1985 ,1991 ,1992 ,1994 ,1996 ,2017 ) 0 Barbados 14th ranked entrant3rd First round(2011 ,2013 ) 0 Bermuda 15th ranked entrant2nd First round(1996 ) 0 Guyana 16th ranked entrant1st Debut 0 Round of 16 Nicaragua Qualifying Group A winner2nd First round(1994 ) 0 Dominican Republic Qualifying Group B winner3rd First round(1994 ,1996 ) 0 Guadeloupe Qualifying Group C winner1st Debut 0 Puerto Rico Qualifying Group D winner3rd First round(1983 ,1991 ) 0
Notes Matches were played at theIMG Academy inBradenton ,Florida :
The draw for the group stage took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00EST (UTC−5 ), at the CONCACAF Headquarters inMiami ,Florida ,United States . The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[ 1] [ 2] Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:[ 3]
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete.
The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from thequalifying round. The teams were ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams; Greatergoal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points); Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points); Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots. All times are local,EDT (UTC−4 ).[ 4]
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01 )
16:00
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01 )
18:00
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03 )
16:00
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03 )
18:00
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05 )
16:00
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05 )
18:00
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02 )
16:00
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02 )
18:00
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04 )
16:00
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04 )
18:00
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06 )
16:00
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06 )
18:00
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01 )
10:00
1 May 2019 (2019-05-01 )
16:00
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03 )
10:00
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03 )
16:00
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05 )
10:00
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05 )
16:00
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02 )
10:00
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02 )
16:00
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04 )
10:00
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04 )
16:00
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06 )
10:00
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06 )
16:00
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
8 May –Bradenton, FL
Mexico 2
12 May –Bradenton, FL
Puerto Rico 1
Mexico 5
8 May –Bradenton, FL
El Salvador 1
El Salvador 2
14 May –Bradenton, FL
Jamaica 1
Mexico 1
8 May –Bradenton, FL
Haiti 0
Haiti 2
12 May –Bradenton, FL
Dominican Republic 0
Haiti 1 (4)
8 May –Bradenton, FL
Honduras 1 (3)
Trinidad and Tobago 1
16 May –Bradenton, FL
Honduras 4
Mexico 2
9 May –Bradenton, FL
United States 1
United States 8
12 May –Bradenton, FL
Guadeloupe 0
United States 3
9 May –Bradenton, FL
Panama 0
Panama 2
14 May –Bradenton, FL
Guatemala 0
United States 4
9 May –Bradenton, FL
Canada 0
Costa Rica 2
12 May –Bradenton, FL
Nicaragua 1
Costa Rica 1 (3)
9 May –Bradenton, FL
Canada 1 (4)
Canada 4
Curaçao 0
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08 )
10:00
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08 )
15:00
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08 )
16:00
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08 )
18:00
9 May 2019 (2019-05-09 )
10:00
9 May 2019 (2019-05-09 )
15:00
9 May 2019 (2019-05-09 )
16:00
9 May 2019 (2019-05-09 )
18:00
The four quarter-final winners qualified for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup .
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12 )
10:00
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12 )
14:00
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12 )
16:00
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12 )
17:00
14 May 2019 (2019-05-14 )
17:30
14 May 2019 (2019-05-14 )
20:30
16 May 2019 (2019-05-16 )
19:00
2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners Mexico 8th title
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[ 5]
Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove Fair Play There were 152 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup [ edit ] The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup .[ 6]
Team Qualified on Previousappearances inFIFA U-17 World Cup 1 Canada 12 May 2019 6 (1987 ,1989 ,1993 ,1995 ,2011 ,2013 ) United States 12 May 2019 16 (1985 ,1987 ,1989 ,1991 ,1993 ,1995 ,1997 ,1999 ,2001 ,2003 ,2005 ,2007 ,2009 ,2011 ,2015 ,2017 ) Mexico 12 May 2019 13 (1985 ,1987 ,1991 ,1993 ,1997 ,1999 ,2003 ,2005 ,2009 ,2011 ,2013 ,2015 ,2017 ) Haiti 12 May 2019 1 (2007 )
1 Bold indicates champions for that year.Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Under-16 era, 1983–1988
Tournaments Squads
Under-17 era, 1991–1996
Tournaments Squads
FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying era, 1999–2007, 2025–present
Tournaments Qualification Squads
CONCACAF Championship era, 2009–2023
Tournaments Qualification Squads