The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-17 tournament is a football (soccer) competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 Women's ...

, the biennial international youth football championship organised by

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for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015. A total of eight teams will play in the tournament. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the

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. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tourna ...

in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives. The

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won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over

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. Both finalists and third-placed

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qualified for the World Cup.

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: *Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e.,

and the

, who all qualified automatically *Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) *Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The

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hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the

Grenada National Stadium Police Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in St. George's, Grenada. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. It was renamed to Kirani James Athletic Stadium in April 2017, in honour for the first olymp ...

hosted the matches for Group B.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST ( UTC−4) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: #Goal difference in all group matches; #Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; #Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; #Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; #Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; #Drawing of lots. All times were local, AST ( UTC−4).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place playoff

Winner qualified for

Final

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;7 goals *

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;5 goals * Mikerline Saint-Félix * Frankie Tagliaferri * Ashley Sanchez ;4 goals * Civana Kuhlmann ;3 goals * Teni Akindoju * Melissa Dacius ;2 goals * Jordyn Huitema * Vital Kats *

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* María Herrarte * Yuvitza Mayén * Niurka Oliva * Lovelie Pierre * Dayana Cazares *

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* Montserrat Hernández *

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* Alexa Spaanstra ;1 goal *

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* Shana Flynn *

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* Merilyn Alvarado *

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* Adriana Ordóñez *

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* Martine Olivier * Ebony Clarke * Tarania Clarke *

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* Maricarmen Reyes * Jordan Canniff * Sophia Smith ;Own goal * Resheda Charles (playing against Guatemala)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Best XI *Goalkeeper: Laurel Ivory *Right Defender:

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*Central Defender:

Naomi Girma Naomi Haile Girma ( ; born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for San Diego Wave FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She was the #1 pick of the 202 ...

*Central Defender: Kimberly Rodríguez *Left Defender:

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*Right Midfielder:

*Central Midfielder:

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*Central Midfielder:

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*Left Midfielder:

*Forward: Ashley Sanchez *Forward: Civana Kuhlmann

References

External links

Under 17s – Women
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship 2016

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