The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the

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, 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. Same as previous edition, the tournament featured 20 teams and was held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

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and joined host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

The 41

teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020, and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying. The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament. Costa Rica will host the

and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

Venues

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST ( UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

CONCACAF announced the appointment of the match officials on February 11, 2022. Referees * Carly Shaw-MacLaren * Marianela Araya Cruz * Astrid Gramajo *

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* Odette Hamilton * Katia García * Francia González * Diana Pérez * Priscilla Pérez * Tatiana Guzmán * Sandra Benítez * Mirian León * Crystal Sobers * Ekaterina Koroleva * Tori Penso * Natalie Simon Assistants referees * Krystal Evans * Natasha Trott * Chantal Boudreau * Ivette Santiago Rodríguez * Santa Medina * Iris Vail * Lourdes Noriega * Shirley Perelló * Princess Brown * Jassett Kerr * Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing * Yudilia Briones * Enedina Caudillo * Karen Díaz * Mayra Mora * Sandra Ramírez * Lidia Ayala * Mijensa Rensch * Carissa Douglas-Jacobs * Felisha Marsical * Brooke Mayo * Meghan Mullen * Kathryn Nesbitt Video assistant referees * Benjamin Whitty *

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* Bejamín Pineda * Said Martínez * Adonai Escobedo * Eduardo Galván * Ismael Cornejo * Allen Chapman * Tim Ford

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers. ;Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8): #

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obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss). #

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in all group matches. #Number of goals scored in all group matches. #Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question. #Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question. #Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question. #Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match): #*Yellow card: −1 point #*Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points #*Direct red card: −4 points #*Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points #Drawing of lots. All times are local, AST ( UTC−4).

Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes,

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

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(Regulations Article 12.13).

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the

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3rd Place

Winner qualified for

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

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

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

² (H) qualified as host of

Awards

References

External links

Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship
CONCACAF.com {{2022–23 in North and Central America, and Caribbean women's football (CONCACAF) 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship U-20 Championship Women's U-20 Championship 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup qualification International association football competitions hosted by the Dominican Republic