20th CONCACAF qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup
International football competition
2026 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification , officially called the2026 Concacaf U-17 Men's Qualifiers , decided which teams fromCONCACAF would join hostQatar at the2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup . Eight qualifying slots were allocated toCONCACAF .
The 41CONCACAF national teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of 24 April 2025. 34 teams entered the tournament.[ 1]
April 2025 rankings [ 2] Participating (34 teams) Rank Team Points 1 Mexico 5,264 2 United States 4,777 3 Canada 3,408 4 Panama 2,577 5 Honduras 2,161 6 Costa Rica 2,133 7 Haiti 1,996 8 El Salvador 1,727 9 Nicaragua 1,464 10 Puerto Rico 1,376 11 Jamaica 1,243 12 Bermuda 1,187 13 Dominican Republic 1,170 14 Guatemala 1,133 15 Trinidad and Tobago 1,108 16 Curaçao 1,081 17 Cuba 1,013 18 Guyana 955 19 Aruba 893 20 Barbados 747 21 Guadeloupe 725 22 British Virgin Islands 693 23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 683 24 Antigua and Barbuda 678 25 Belize 606 26 Cayman Islands 519 29 Saint Martin 472 30 Suriname 459 31 Anguilla 388 32 Turks and Caicos Islands 338 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 332 34 Grenada 328 36 Dominica 276 38 Sint Maarten 104
The final draw took place on 21 October 2025, 11:00ET , at theCONCACAF headquarters inMiami .[ 3] The teams were drawn into two groups of five and six groups of four.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
The tournament will be played from 3–12 February 2026.[ 1] The teams play around-robin and the winner of each group qualifies for the2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup .[ 1]
First match(es) will be played: 3 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 3 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 6 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers First match(es) will be played: 6 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers First match(es) will be played: 6 February 2026. Source:
CONCACAF Rules for classification:
Tiebreakers (H) Hosts
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