The 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification tournaments took place in 2008 to qualify national teams for the

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the ...

, which was played in

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from 21 April to 9 May 2009.

Central American Zone

Group A

Matches in Group A were hosted by

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's association football governing body,

FEPAFUT The Panamanian Football Federation ( es, Federación Panameña de Fútbol), known as FEPAFUT, is the official governing body of football in Panama and is in charge of the Panama national football team. FEPAFUT was a founding member of CONCACAF i ...

, the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. All matches took place at Estadio Virgilio Tejeira in the city of Penonomé. ---- ----

Group B

Matches in Group B were hosted by

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's association football governing body,

Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol The Salvadoran Football Federation ( es, Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol or ) is the official governing football organization in El Salvador and is in charge of the El Salvador national football team, and El Salvador national beach soccer team ...

. All matches too place in the

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in the city of

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. ---- ----

Playoff

The runner-up from each Central American group played a two-legged playoff to determine the 8th and final team to qualify for the tournament proper. Guatemala won the two-legged playoff 2:1 on aggregate score. ----

Caribbean Zone

Caribbean qualifying was determined in the 2008 CFU Youth Cup. Cuba qualified with Trinidad and Tobago by reaching the final.

References

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