The 2015

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was an

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tournament that took place from 9 to 24 January 2015 in

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. It determined the four

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teams that would participate at the

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Qualification

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

Venues

In March 2014,

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invited nations to bid for the hosting rights of the tournament. The deadline for submissions was 14 April 2014. On 23 July, it was announced that Jamaica would be the host nation.

New format

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.

stated that the new format would aid development and competition. 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

The draw took place on 30 October at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in

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, Jamaica. On 28 October 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw. The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots: 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).

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.

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time,

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was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a

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to determine the winner.

Playoff stage

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. ---- Honduras and the United States qualified to the

Final

Both Mexico and Panama qualified to the

Awards

;Golden Ball * Luis Pereira ;Golden Boot The award was shared. * Romain Gall * Hirving Lozano ;Golden Glove * Jaime De Gracia ;Fair Play Award * ;Best XI *Goalkeeper: Jaime De Gracia *Right Defender: Shaquell Moore *Central Defender: Rodrigo González *Central Defender: Chin Hormechea *Left Defender: Kevin Galván *Right Midfielder:

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*Central Midfielder: Erick Gutiérrez *Central Midfielder: Luís Pereira *Left Midfielder:

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*Forward: Alejandro Díaz *Forward: Ismael Díaz

Top goal scorers

Players with three or more goals: ;5 goals *

;4 goals *

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* Alejandro Díaz * Ismael Díaz ;3 goals * Jordan Hamilton *

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* José Villavicencio * Guillermo Martínez * José Ramírez

Final ranking

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

are counted as draws.

References

External links

Under 20s – Men
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf U-20 Championship 2015

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