2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship


The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF 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 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and joined host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

The 41 CONCACAF 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 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 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.
RoundTeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancePrevious FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage 11thChampions 9
Group stage11thChampions 8
Group stage9thChampions 7
Group stage6thThird place [|1]
Group stage10thFourth place 0
Group stage11thFourth place 0
Group stage 3rdSemi-finals 0
Group stage4thFourth place 0
Group stage2ndQuarter-finals 0
Group stage5thGroup stage 0
Group stage3rdRound of 16 0
Group stage2ndRound of 16 0
Group stage6thFourth place 0
Group stage5thRound of 16 0
Group stage4thGroup stage 0
Group stage2ndGroup stage 0
Knockout stage2ndRound of 16 0
Knockout stage3rdRound of 16 0
Knockout stage1stDebut0
Knockout stage3rdGroup stage 0

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST, 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:
Pot 1Pot [|2]Pot 3Pot 4

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
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

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 :
  1. Points obtained in all group matches.
  2. Goal difference in all group matches.
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches.
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
  7. Fair play points in all group matches :
  8. *Yellow card: −1 point
  9. *Indirect red card : −3 points
  10. *Direct red card: −4 points
  11. *Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
  12. Drawing of lots.
All times are local, AST.

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, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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3rd Place

Winner qualified for 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
217.11.20202
10 3 20229
10 3 20228
12 3 20227

Awards



GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Anna Karpenko