The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship is an association football competition for women's national under-20 teams in the North America, Central America and Caribbean region. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's ...

. The final tournament was hosted by

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from 1 to 11 March 2012. All matches were played at the

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. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the

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. The tournament was won by the

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, who defeated

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in the final, 2–1.

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secured the final qualification position by defeating

in the third place match, 5–0.

Qualification

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.

Venue

Match officials

The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.

Squads

Group stage

The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the

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offices in

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. The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST ( UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT ( UTC−04:00).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout rounds

The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the

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Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

;6 goals * Natalia Gómez Junco ;5 goals * Maya Hayes ;4 goals * Jenna Richardson * Lindsey Horan ;3 goals * Catherine Charron-Delage * Nkemjika Ezurike * Yamile Franco *

Tanya Samarzich Tanya Nicole Samarzich Ruiz (born 28 December 1994) is a former American-born Mexican Association football, footballer who last played as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club C.F. Monterrey (women), CF Monterrey. She was a member of the Mexico wo ...

* Julie Johnston *

Katie Stengel Katherine Nicole Stengel (born February 29, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace. Stengel previously played for the Boston Breakers, Washington Spirit, Utah Roya ...

;2 goals * Christabel Oduro * Rachel Peláez * Maria Monterroso * Ariana Martínez * Daniela Solís * Vanessa DiBernardo *

Chioma Ubogagu Chioma Grace Ubogagu (born 10 September 1992) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity FC, Dallas Trinity. A former United States ...

;1 goal * Vanessa Legault-Cordisco * Amélia Pietrangelo *

Jaclyn Sawicki Jaclyn Katrina Demis Sawicki (born November 14, 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Calgary Wild in the Northern Super League and the Philippines national team. Born and raised in Canada, she represents the Philip ...

* María Pérez * Maria Argueta *

Cinthya López Cinthya Gabriela López Soto (born 23 August 1993) is a Guatemalan footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in th ...

* Idania Pérez * Kimberly Spence * Olivia Jiménez * Chrystal Martínez * Marta Cox * Ángela Evans * Maira Jordan * Natalia Mills * Yessenia Zorrilla * Morgan Brian * Micaela Capelle * Samantha Mewis * Kealia Ohai * Cari Roccaro ;1 own goal * Odette Bayeux (playing against Guatemala)

References

External links

Official CONCACAF website for Women's Under-20s

CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2012 on WomensSoccerUnited.com

CONCACAF Under-20 Women 2012 Official Tournament recap report
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