2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship


The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.

Qualifying

RegionQualification TournamentQualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament
Central America (UNCAF)Central American U-20 qualifying tournament

North America (NAFU)Automatically qualifiedfbu|20|MEX

Group stage

The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1

All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
fbu|20|HON|1949fbu|20|JAMfbu|20|SLVfootball box
|date = 6 March 2009
|time = 17:00 ECT
|team1 =
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 =
|goals1 = Rojas
Valladares
|goals2 = Blanco
Flores
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 556
|referee = Roberto García
football box
|date = 6 March 2009
|time = 19:00 ECT
|team1 =
|score = 0–3
|report =
|team2 = United States
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Marošević
Duka
Schuler
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 556
|referee = Ricardo Cerdas
football box
|date = 8 March 2009
|time = 16:00 ECT
|team1 =
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 =
|goals1 = Sosa
|goals2 = Campbell
Adlam
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 524
|referee = Paul Ward
football box
|date = 8 March 2009
|time = 18:00 ECT
|team1 = United States
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 524
|referee = Geoffrey Hospedales
football box
|date = 10 March 2009
|time = 17:00 ECT
|team1 =
|score = 0–4
|report =
|team2 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Leveron
Martínez
Rojas
Altimirano
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 467
|referee = Geoffrey Hospedales
football box
|date = 10 March 2009
|time = 19:00 ECT
|team1 = United States
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 =
|goals1 = Shea
Taylor
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
|attendance = 467
|referee = Rene Guerrero

Group 2

All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321031+27
312032+15
31023303
301225−31

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Championship round

All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Semifinals


Goalscorers

;3 goals
;1 goal

Final ranking

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.