The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth

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championship organized by

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for the women's under-17 national teams of the

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and

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region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by

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, and was planned to take place between 19 – 29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017. A total of eight teams participated in the tournament. On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the

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. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as

and

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were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

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as the CONCACAF representatives. Defending champions

won their fourth title, after defeated

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in the final.

Qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in

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. All matches of the rescheduled tournament in the United States were played at

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Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST ( UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Drawing of lots. All times are local, CST ( UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT ( UTC−4) for the United States.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no

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is played and the match is decided by a

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. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes,

is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a

(Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for

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Third place match

Winner qualifies for

Final

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

. :

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

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 ...

* Alison González * Sunshine Fontes ;4 goals * Natalia Mauleón ;3 goals * Andersen Williams *

María Paula Salas María Paula Salas Zúñiga (born 12 July 2002) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Costa Rica women's national team. Club career Born in San Ramón, Salas began playing ...

* Flero Surpris * Nayeli Díaz * Nicole Pérez * Maya Doms ;2 goals * Kaila Novak * Priscila Chinchilla * Aylín Avilez * Mia Fishel * Reilyn Turner ;1 goal * Jadae Steede Hill * Leilanni Nesbeth * Teni Akindoju *

Jordyn Huitema Jordyn Pamela Huitema ( ; born May 8, 2001) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign FC and the Canada women's nat ...

* Jayde Riviere * Daniela Contreras * Carmen Marín * Milan Pierre * Vanessa Buso * Reyna Reyes * Anette Vázquez * Isabel Cacho * Hannah Bebar * Sophia Jones * Samantha Kroeger * Payton Linnehan * Makenna Morris * Diana Ordoñez * Kennedy Wesley * Astrid Wheeler ;1 own goal * Jeimy Umaña * Valeria Roblero

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Best XI *Goalkeeper:

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*Right Back: Reyna Reyes *Center Back: Kennedy Wesley *Center Back: Tanna Sánchez *Left Back: Kate Wiesner *Center Midfielder: Sophia Jones *Center Midfielder:

*Center Midfielder: Nicole Pérez *Winger/Right Midfielder: Samantha Meza *Winger/Left Midfielder: Natalia Mauleón *Forward: Sunshine Fontes

Notes

References

External links

Under 17s – Women
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship 2018

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