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2015 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipCampeonato 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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International football competition

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]

## Qualification[edit]

Further information: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Team  | Qualification  | Appearances  | Previous best performances  | FIFA U-20 World Cup
Participations

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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.

## Venues[edit]

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

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

## New format[edit]

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.

## Draw[edit]

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

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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]

## Squads[edit]

Further information: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

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]

## Group stage[edit]

All times local: UTC−05:00.

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)

15:00

Aruba | 0–4|  Panama

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| Report | Díaz 19', 51'
Zorrilla 30'
Samms 36'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)

17:30

United States | 1–1|  Guatemala

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Carter-Vickers 59' | Report | Ruiz 90'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)

20:00

Jamaica | 2–2|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Smith 68'
Flemmings 90+4' | Report | Andrews 7'
Corbin 15'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

* * *

11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)

15:00

Trinidad and Tobago | 5–1|  Aruba

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Mitchell 3', 78' (pen.)
Andrews 16'
Corbin 29' (pen.)
Muckette 58' | Report | Homoet 90+2'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)

17:30

Panama | 1–0|  United States

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Small 78' | Report |

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)

20:00

Jamaica | 0–1|  Guatemala

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| Report | Robles 27'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

* * *

14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)

15:00

Guatemala | 2–0|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Watson 25' (o.g.)
Portillo 88' | Report |

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)

17:30

Aruba | 0–8|  United States

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| Report | Gall 16', 23' (pen.), 32'
Spencer 18'
Thompson 26'
Hyndman 30'
Jamieson 48'
Moreno 84'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)

20:00

Jamaica | 0–2|  Panama

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| Report | Samms 56'
Díaz 86'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

* * *

18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)

15:00

Panama | 1–0|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Murillo 78' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)

17:30

Guatemala | 2–0|  Aruba

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Estrada 42'
Bordon 60' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)

20:00

Jamaica | 0–2|  United States

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| Report | Gall 33' (pen.), 70' (pen.)

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

* * *

21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)

15:00

Panama | 1–0|  Guatemala

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Díaz 65' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)

17:30

United States | 1–0|  Trinidad and Tobago

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Jamieson 78' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)

20:00

Jamaica | 0–0|  Aruba

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| Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

10 January 2015 (2015-01-10)

15:00

Mexico | 9–1|  Cuba

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Díaz 1', 20'
Martínez 6', 65' (pen.)
Lozano 37', 40'
Ramírez 42', 47'
Márquez 70' | Report | Sanamé 3'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

10 January 2015 (2015-01-10)

17:30

Honduras | 2–2|  El Salvador

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Róchez 6' (pen.)
Elis 28' | Report | Barahona 84'
Villavicencio 90' (pen.)

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

10 January 2015 (2015-01-10)

20:00

Haiti | 1–3|  Canada

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Désiré 29' | Report | Hamilton 11', 18'
Petrasso 70' (pen.)

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

* * *

12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)

15:00

Canada | 0–2|  Mexico

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| Report | Lozano 30'
Pineda 90+2'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)

17:30

Cuba | 0–3|  Honduras

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| Report | Elis 60'
Suazo 65'
Benavidez 83'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)

20:00

El Salvador | 1–1|  Haiti

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Villavicencio 27' | Report | Désiré 89' (pen.)

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

* * *

15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)

15:00

El Salvador | 3–2|  Canada

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Pérez 43'
Villavicencio 77'
Hernández 90+4' | Report | Boakai 47'
Froese 79'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)

17:30

Mexico | 3–0|  Honduras

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Díaz 15' (pen.)
Lozano 31'
Guzmán 89' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)

20:00

Haiti | 2–2|  Cuba

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Fernander 57'
Cherenfant 79' | Report | Caballero 28'
Torres 90+2'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

* * *

19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)

15:00

Cuba | 2–1|  Canada

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López 5', 40' | Report | Farmer 53'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)

17:30

El Salvador | 1–3|  Mexico

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Moreno 89' | Report | Ramírez 62'
Díaz 65'
Lozano 68' (pen.)

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)

20:00

Haiti | 2–3|  Honduras

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Désiré 40', 69' | Report | Elis 5'
Chirinos 38'
Róchez 72'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

* * *

22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)

15:00

Cuba | 0–2|  El Salvador

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| Report | Barahona 57', 87'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)

17:30

Honduras | 3–2|  Canada

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Róchez 23', 83'
Castillo 68' | Report | Bustos 19'
Hamilton 41'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)

20:00

Haiti | 1–1|  Mexico

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Saint-Vil 53' | Report | Laínez 39'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

## Final stage[edit]

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]

### Playoff stage[edit]

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

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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

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 January 2015 (2015-01-24)

14:00

Guatemala | 1–2|  Honduras

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Álvarez 74' | Report | Chirinos 39'
Elis 56'

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

* * *

24 January 2015 (2015-01-24)

17:00

United States | 2–0|  El Salvador

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Spencer 37'
Arriola 68' | Report |

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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

### Final[edit]

24 January 2015 (2015-01-24)

20:00

Panama | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Mexico

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Escobar 73' (pen.) | Report | Martínez 50'
Penalties
Díaz
Escobar
Samms
Small | 2–4 |  Martínez
Díaz
Aguirre
Robles

Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

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

## Awards[edit]

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

## Top goal scorers[edit]

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

## Final ranking[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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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

Source: CONCACAF.com
(H) Hosts

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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Qualifiers". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
2. ^ "Costa Rica podría ser sede de un torneo juvenil de CONCACAF". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
3. ^ a b "Jamaica Set to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Championships in January". CONCACAF.com. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. ^ "Under-20 Championship draw held in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
5. ^ a b "U-20 Championship draw Thursday in Montego Bay". CONCACAF.com. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
6. ^ a b "2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Regulations". CONCACAF (via issuu.com). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
7. ^ a b c d "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 25 January 2015.
8. ^ "Under 20s – Men". Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Under 20s – Men, CONCACAF.com

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Seasons|

| CONCACAF Youth Tournaments|

* Panama 1962
* Guatemala 1964
* Cuba 1970
* Mexico 1973
* Canada 1974
* Puerto Rico 1976
* Honduras 1978
* United States 1980
* Guatemala 1982
* Trinidad and Tobago 1984
* Trinidad and Tobago 1986
* Guatemala 1988
* Guatemala 1990
* Canada 1992
* Honduras 1994
* Mexico 1996

|

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament|

* Guatemala/Trinidad and Tobago 1998
* Canada/Trinidad and Tobago 2001
* Panama/United States 2003
* Honduras/United States 2005
* Panama/Mexico 2007

CONCACAF U-20 Championship|

* Trinidad and Tobago 2009
* Guatemala 2011
* Mexico 2013
* Jamaica 2015
* Costa Rica 2017
* United States 2018
* ~~Honduras 2020~~
* Honduras 2022

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