The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by

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and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015. A total of eight teams played in the tournament. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the

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. The top three teams qualified for the

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in Papua New Guinea. The

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won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 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), including

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

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The tournament was hosted in

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. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the

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would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST ( UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in

. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 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

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(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, CST ( UTC−6). The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain. As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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and

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would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place playoff

Winner qualified for

Final

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 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 * Jessie Scarpa ;4 goals * Oshay Nelson-Lawes ;3 goals * Taylor Pryce * Elexa Bahr *

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* Ashley Sanchez ;2 goals * Sarah Kinzner * Sarah Stratigakis * Nérilia Mondésir *

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* Katty Martínez * Kiana Palacios * Maria Sánchez * Blanca Solis ;1 goal * Shana Flynn * Vital Kats * Martina Loncar * Sura Yekka * Batcheba Louis * Fátima Romero * Chanel Hudson-Marks * Rebeca Bernal * Yassiel Franco * Keisilyn Gutiérrez * Karla Riley * Tsaianne Leander * Marley Canales * Tierna Davidson * Savannah DeMelo * Emily Fox * Kelcie Hedge * Ella Stevens ;1 own goal * Cherry Velásquez ()

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Best XI *Goalkeeper: Rosemary Chandler *Right Defender: Emily Fox *Central Defender: Bianca St. Georges *Central Defender: Natalie Jacobs *Left Defender: Tierna Davidson *Right Midfielder: Jessie Scarpa *Central Midfielder: Kiana Palacios *Central Midfielder: Savannah DeMelo *Central Midfielder: Sarah Stratigakis *Left Midfielder: Ashley Sanchez *Forward:

References

External links

Under 20s – Women
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship 2015

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