The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification was a women's under-17

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competition which decided the participating teams of the

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. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: *Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e.,

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and the

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, who all qualified automatically *Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) *Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including

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who qualified automatically as hosts The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the

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in Jordan.

Teams

A total of 27

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member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, four teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 23 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions. ;Notes :

¹ Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Central American zone

In the Central American Zone, all seven

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member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into one group of four teams and one group of three teams, as drawn on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in

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. Group A was played between 4–8 November 2015 in

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, while Group B was played between 11–15 November in

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(originally between 27–31 October 2015 before Panama withdrew). The two group winners qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives. Times UTC−6.

Group A

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Group B

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Goalscorers

;5 goals * Merilyn Alvarado * Gloriana Villalobos ;4 goals *

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* Ashley Cruz ;2 goals * Hillary Corrales * Valeria del Campo * Karla Moulds * Niurka Oliva * Lisbeth Bonilla * Katherine Mejía * Sandra Ponce * Fátima Romero ;1 goal * Shandy Vernon * Carmen Marín * Yedry Salas * María Sanabria * Astrid López * Kali MacNally * Ashley Tobar *

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* Kiara Martínez * Yessenia Flores

Caribbean zone

In the Caribbean Zone, 16 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition (

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was not included in the original draw, but was later added). Among them, 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 15–19 July and 22–26 August 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners, the two best runners-up of the four-team groups, and the runner-up of the three-team group advanced to the final round to be joined by final round hosts Puerto Rico. In the final round, played between 13–22 November 2015 in Puerto Rico, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams of each group advanced to play a single-elimination tournament. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives besides hosts Grenada. Times UTC−4; UTC−3 for Group 4.

First round

Group 1

Matches played in

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Group 2

Matches played in

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Group 3

Matches played in

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. In the original draw, the group included only three teams, but Dominica was later added to this group. ---- ---- The second round of matches, originally scheduled for 24 August (17:30 and 20:00), were delayed to 25 August due to a tropical storm.

Group 4

Matches played in

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Ranking of second-placed teams

In addition to the runner-up of Group 2 (with three teams), the two best runners-up of Groups 1, 3 and 4 (with four teams) also advance to the final round.

Final round

Matches played in

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Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

Third place playoff

Final

Goalscorers

;14 goals *

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;7 goals * Nia Honore ;6 goals * Lilian Pérez * Jody Brown ;5 goals * Yilianny Sablon * Nelourde Nicolas * Tarania Clarke * Rena Gordon * Laurelle Theodore * Ranae Ward ;4 goals * Dayarí Balbuena * Lovelie Pierre *

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* Ángela Díaz ;3 goals * Shaunte Carrington * Leilanni Nesbeth * María López * Melissa Dacius * Roseline Éloissaint * Shanhaine Nelson * Chayenne Dompig * Kaydeen Jack ;2 goals * Nashandi Clarke * Felicia Jarvis *

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* Sabrina Suberan * Dolores Jean-Thomas * Mikerline Saint-Félix * Sherice Clarke * Monique Perrier * Zynzelle Pemberton * Amaya Ellis * Alexis Fortune * Kelsey Henry ;1 goal * Hannan Simms * Caitlin Padmore * Nia Christopher * Zakiyah Durham * Teyah Lindo * Symira Lowe-Darrell * Emily Lowery * Katie Lowery * Nahomi Aguilar * Braysi Cabrera * Wendy Corcho * Maidevis Espinosa * Sairy Ferrer * Maristiania Mengana * Yenifer Ramos * Yilien Sarria * Lindsay Hart * Sjulienne Martina * Carmen Cambiazo * Ana Taveras * Minely Ureña *

Melchie Dumornay Melchie Daëlle Dumornay (born 17 August 2003), also known as Corventina, is a Haitian professional women's association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon and the Haiti women ...

* Wagnelada Millien * Tateyana Pitter * Shayla Smart * Josephine Cotto * Shaniqua Browne * Zhane Phillip * Brandy Renfrum * Nancy Righters * Shania Tjoen A Choy * Raenah Campbell * Asha James * Natisha John * Shenieka Paul Note: Two goals scored by Dominica missing goalscorer information.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. :

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

References

External links

Under 17s – Women
CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Femenino Sub-17
UNCAFut.com
Women's U17
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