The qualifying competitions for the
2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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.
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were handled by two regional of
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
's bodies; the
Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in Januar ...
(Caribbean zone) and the
Central American Football Union
The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Pa ...
(Central American zone).
Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.
Caribbean zone
The Caribbean qualification competition (2014 CFU Men's U-20 Tournament) was organised by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).
All match times are
UTC−4.
Teams
A total of 20 teams entered the competition.
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First round
The teams taking part in the first round were announced on 21 June 2014.
The group winners and the two best runners-up advanced to the final round.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Ranking of runners-up
On 22 June 2014, CFU published that the best ranked runner-up also qualifies for the Second round.
On 26 June 2014, CONCACAF published that the best and second best ranked runner-up qualifier for the Second Round.
Since Group 4 contains three teams, only the results against the first and third placed teams are counted.
Final round
The final round was hosted in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
.
On 22 June 2014, CFU announced that Jamaica would also receive a bye to the Second round,
however four days later CONCACAF published that the second-best ranked runner-up would be taking part in the Second round.
The groups and resulting fixtures were changed at a later date. Antigua and Barbuda were removed and Saint Kitts and Nevis added (no explanation given). The top two from each group advanced to the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Group A
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Group B
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Third place playoff
Final
Awards
;Golden Boot
* Kadeem Corbin
;MVP
* Kadeem Corbin
;Golden Glove
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Jean-Marc Antersijn
Jean-Marc Antersijn (born 5 January 1996) is an professional Aruban football goalkeeper who plays for American soccer team Atlantic City.
Club career
Following an internship with PEC Zwolle, Antersijn moved to Haaglandia to replace Jan Vermole ...
;Fair Play Award
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Source:
Central American zone
The Central American qualification competition was organised by the
Central American Football Union
The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Pa ...
(UNCAF). The competition was contested by the seven UNCAF teams in a round-robin tournament, hosted in
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
By winning this tournament, Panama qualified for the
2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.
All match times are
UTC−6.
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Qualified teams
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North American zone
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Central American zone
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Caribbean zone
* (hosts)
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References
External links
Under 20s – Men CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Masculino Sub-20 UNCAFut.com
Men's U20 CFUfootball.org
First round resultsFinal round results
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