CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a single-elimination championship round.

Results

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era

The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.

Edition

Year

Host

Champions

Runners-up

1998

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CONCACAF U-20 Championship era

Beginning with the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate the competition.

Edition

Year

Host

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Fourth place

2009

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Winners by country

Note: no championship titles or runners-ups between 1998 and 2007.

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Rank	Team
1		27	129	94	23	12	351	75	263	247
2		25	122	76	19	27	292	97	195	213
3		20	95	61	14	20	199	89	110	160
4		21	89	51	16	22	197	89	108	146
5		24	101	50	19	32	191	108	73	143
6		20	91	31	19	41	108	133	−25	92
7		18	78	30	15	33	120	110	10	88
8		12	43	25	8	10	75	45	30	80
9		21	83	24	22	37	109	150	−41	78
10		14	62	24	12	26	78	82	−4	71
11		21	74	17	17	40	86	129	−43	63
12		10	32	9	7	16	48	59	−11	32
13		11	41	10	6	25	36	97	−61	26
14		6	23	8	0	15	41	81	−40	22
15		13	39	8	5	26	46	91	−45	21
16		7	22	8	0	14	38	53	−15	19
17		10	32	4	6	22	18	101	−83	16
18		9	22	4	0	18	21	100	−79	11
19		5	16	3	2	11	17	42	−25	10
20		3	9	3	0	6	12	20	−8	9
21		3	13	3	0	10	13	31	−18	7
22		4	13	2	1	10	12	46	−34	7
23		3	7	2	0	5	11	9	2	6
24		1	5	2	0	3	5	14	−9	6
25		3	11	2	0	9	10	29	−19	6
26		3	13	1	2	10	9	50	−41	5
27		1	4	1	1	2	8	11	−3	4
28		4	11	1	1	9	10	36	−26	4
29		6	20	1	2	17	15	54	−39	4
30		1	5	1	0	4	8	15	−7	3
31		2	8	1	0	7	8	36	−28	3
32		1	4	0	1	3	0	10	−10	1
33		1	5	0	1	4	3	23	−20	1
34		1	5	0	0	5	4	41	−37	1
35		1	5	0	0	5	2	40	−38	0