2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

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2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Campeonato Sub-20 de CONCACAF (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Jamaica
Dates	9–24 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (13th title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Honduras  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	102 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hirving Lozano Romain Gall (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Luís Pereira
Best goalkeeper	Jaime De Gracia
Fair play award	United States
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The 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place from 9 to 24 January 2015 in Jamaica. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.^[1]

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances	FIFA U-20 World Cup Participations
North American zone
Canada	Automatic	21st	Champions (1986, 1996)	8
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	24th	Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013)	13
United States	Automatic	22nd	Runners-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013)	13
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
Panama	First place	9th	Fourth place (2011)	4
El Salvador	Second place	15th	Champions (1964)	1
Honduras	Third place	17th	Champions (1982, 1994)	5
Guatemala	Fourth place	18th	Runners-up (1962, 1973)	1
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Jamaica	Host	19th	Third Place (1970)	1
Trinidad and Tobago	Group A winner	18th	Runners-up (1990)	2
Cuba	Group A runner-up	12th	Runners-up (1970, 1974)	1
Haiti	Group B winner	7th	Second Round (1978)	0
Aruba	Group B runner-up	1st		0

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

In March 2014, Enrique Sanz invited nations to bid for the hosting rights of the tournament. The deadline for submissions was 14 April 2014.^[2] On 23 July, it was announced that Jamaica would be the host nation.^[3]

Kingston Montego Bay	Kingston	Montego Bay
	Independence Park	Montego Bay Sports Complex
	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 7,000

Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. For this tournament, there was two groups of six teams, each team played a minimum of five games and the competition had a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.^[3]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, comprised four quarter finals, two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and a final games was replaced with two playoff games and a final.

The draw took place on 30 October at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica.^[4]

On 28 October 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.^[5] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Pot	Teams
Pot 1 (Caribbean)	Jamaica  Aruba  Cuba  Haiti  Trinidad and Tobago
Pot 2 (Central America)	El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Panama
Pot 3 (North America)	Canada  Mexico  United States
Pot A (Seeding for Group A)	Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
Pot B (Seeding for Group B)	Six balls with a group positions, 1-6

Prior to the draw, hosts Jamaica were assigned to position A1. Teams were grouped according to the order in which they were drawn, the odd numbered drawn teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) and the even numbered draws were assigned a position from Pot B (Group B).^[5]

Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association were required to provide a provisional list of 20-30 players to CONCACAF before 10 December 2014, and a final 20-man selection was required by 30 December 2014.^[6]

All times local: UTC−05:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	5	5	0	0	9	0	+9	15	Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	United States	5	3	1	1	12	2	+10	10	Playoff stage
3	Guatemala	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
4	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	1	3	7	7	0	4
5	Jamaica (H)	5	0	2	3	2	7	−5	2
6	Aruba	5	0	1	4	1	19	−18	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	5	4	1	0	18	3	+15	13	Final and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Honduras	5	3	1	1	11	9	+2	10	Playoff stage
3	El Salvador	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	8
4	Cuba	5	1	1	3	5	17	−12	4
5	Canada	5	1	0	4	8	11	−3	3
6	Haiti	5	0	3	2	7	10	−3	3

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In the final stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.^[6]

The second-and third-place teams from each group were re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	United States	5	3	1	1	12	2	+10	10
2	A	Guatemala	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
3	B	Honduras	5	3	1	1	11	9	+2	10
4	B	El Salvador	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	8

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Honduras and the United States qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Both Mexico and Panama qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Golden Ball

• Luis Pereira^[7]

Golden Boot

The award was shared.^[7]

• Romain Gall
• Hirving Lozano

Golden Glove

• Jaime De Gracia^[7]

Fair Play Award

•  United States^[7]

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Jaime De Gracia
• Right Defender: Shaquell Moore
• Central Defender: Rodrigo González
• Central Defender: Chin Hormechea
• Left Defender: Kevin Galván
• Right Midfielder: Hirving Lozano
• Central Midfielder: Erick Gutiérrez
• Central Midfielder: Luís Pereira
• Left Midfielder: Romain Gall
• Forward: Alejandro Díaz
• Forward: Ismael Díaz

Players with three or more goals:^[8]

5 goals

• Hirving Lozano
• Romain Gall

4 goals

• Jonel Désiré
• Alberth Elis
• Bryan Róchez
• Alejandro Díaz
• Ismael Díaz

3 goals

• Jordan Hamilton
• Juan Barahona
• José Villavicencio
• Guillermo Martínez
• José Ramírez

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Mexico	6	4	2	0	19	4	+15	14	Champions
2	Panama	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Runners-up
3	United States	6	4	1	1	14	2	+12	13	Won in Qualifying Round
4	Honduras	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
5	Guatemala	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10	Lost in Qualifying Round
6	El Salvador	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	8
7	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	1	3	7	7	0	4	Eliminated in Group stage
8	Cuba	5	1	1	3	5	17	−12	4
9	Canada	5	1	0	4	8	11	−3	3
10	Haiti	5	0	3	2	7	10	−3	3
11	Jamaica (H)	5	0	2	3	2	7	−5	2
12	Aruba	5	0	1	4	1	19	−18	1

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

• Under 20s – Men, CONCACAF.com