The 2022 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship will be the 7th edition of the

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(28th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international

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tournament organized by

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. It will be hosted in

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, in the cities of

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and

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. On 16 September 2021, a new format was announced, in which 19 member associations (all ranked 17 and below in the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings) will have to play a qualifying tournament that will take place from 5 to 13 November 2021 in

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, Dominican Republic. Unlike the previous editions, the competition will determine not only the four CONCACAF representatives at the

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, but also the two CONCACAF representatives at the

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. The

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are the defending champions of the competition, since they were the champions in the 2018 edition and the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the

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Qualified teams

Twenty national teams will participate in the tournament. The sixteen best ranked national teams (based on the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings), that will qualify directly to the tournament, plus four national teams qualified through the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying. ;Notes

Venues

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 3 March 2022, 12:00 AST ( UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in

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. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying. ;Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7): # Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss). #

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in all group matches. #Number of goals scored in all group matches. #Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question. #Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question. #Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question. #Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match): #*Yellow card: −1 point #*Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points #*Direct red card: −4 points #*Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points #Drawing of lots. All times are local, CST ( UTC−6).

Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Knockout stage

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is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a

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to determine the winners.

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for

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Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualify for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

References

External links

Under 20s – Men
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf U-20 Championship 2018

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