The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification is a women's under-20

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competition which decides the participating teams of the

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. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

A total of 23 (out of 41)

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member national teams entered, with four automatic qualifiers, and the remaining 19 teams entering regional qualification tournaments. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Central American zone

In the Central American Zone, six

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member national teams entered the qualifying competition, hosted by Nicaragua. In the group stage, the six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the classification stage, where the winners of one group play the runners-up of the other group, with the two winners qualifying for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives. The schedule of the qualifying competition was announced on 17 May 2017. All times local, UTC−6.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Classification stage

Winners qualify for

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Goalscorers

;7 goals * Fabiola Villalobos ;3 goals * Daniela Coto ;2 goals * Mariela Campos * Amaya González * Maggi Segovia * Fátima Romero * Alys Cruz * Yessenia Flores ;1 goal * Jada Brown * Priscila Chinchilla * María Paula Coto * María Paula Elizondo * Indira González *

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 ...

* Gloriana Villalobos *

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* Mara Rodríguez * Kendra Haylock * Sheyla Flores * Shanelly Treminio * Liz Vega

Caribbean zone

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who qualified automatically as hosts. The draw of the qualifying competition was held on 5 June 2017, 10:00 UTC−4, at the CONCACAF headquarters in

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. Haiti, Bermuda, and Dominican Republic were automatically seeded in Groups A–C respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining nine teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition. All times local, UTC−4, except Group B which is UTC−3.

First round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Final round

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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. :

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

References

External links

Under 20s – Women
CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Femenino Sub-20
UNCAFut.com
Women's U20
CFUfootball.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship qualification 2018

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