The qualifying tournaments to the
2014 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship
The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The United States women's national under-20 soccer team, United States went into the tournament as defending champions and successfully r ...
, the North American continent's youth
football
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championships started in July 2013. The qualification process was divided into the Central American and Caribbean zone.
USA
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
and
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, as well as hosts
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...
, were automatically qualified to the final tournament.
Central America qualifying
Three teams will advance to the final tournament. 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 P ...
set the dates for the tournament on 9 July 2013.
Group 1
Played from 21 to 25 August 2013 in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
.
Group 2
Played from 4 to 8 September 2013 in
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
.
Play-off
The two second placed teams play two matches on 17 and September 21 to determine the last team qualifying.
Caribbean qualifying
Two teams advanced to the final tournament.
First round
The winner and runner-up from each group advance to the second round. There are at four groups with fifteen teams.
Group 1
Played from 9 to 13 July 2013 in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
.
Group 2
Played from 16 to 22 July 2013 in the
British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands and north-west ...
.
Group 3
Played from 16 to 20 July 2013 in
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
.
Group 4
Played from 21 to 28 July 2013.
Second round
The second round is played in November in
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The top two of each group advance to the semi-finals.
Group 1
Group 2
Knockout-stage
Semi-finals
Winners advance to final.
Third place
Final
Both teams advance to the final tournament.
References
External links
Under 20s – Women CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Femenino Sub-20 UNCAFut.com
Women's U20 CFUfootball.org
Final round results
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Qualifying
U-20 Championship qualification
Women's U-20 Championship qualification
2014
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