2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 2015 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.png 200px Honduras San Pedro Sula 3–13 December 8 1 2 1 20 USA 5 20 CAN 20 MEX 20 HON 1949 16 63 20 USA Mallory Pugh (7 goals) 20 USA Mallory Pugh 20 USA Rosemary Chandler 20 CAN 2014 2018 The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th 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. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015.Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship 2015 http://www.concacaf.com/article/honduras-to-host-under-20-womens-championship CONCACAF 7 May 2015 7 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150509024040/http://www.concacaf.com/article/honduras-to-host-under-20-womens-championship 9 May 2015 dead A total of eight teams played in the tournament. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140712053521/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016%5fneutral.pdf dead July 12, 2014 Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016 FIFA 23 June 2014 The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=mexico-complete-png-line-up-2744594.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160327154023/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=mexico-complete-png-line-up-2744594.html dead March 27, 2016 Mexico complete PNG line-up FIFA.com 13 December 2015 Qualification 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), including Honduras who qualified automatically as hosts Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearancesNorth American Zone (NAFU) 20 CAN Automatic 6th Winner (2004, 2008) 6 20 MEX Automatic 8th Runner-up (2010, 2014) 6 20 USA Automatic 8th Winner (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) 7Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competitionhttp://www.uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-femenino/femenino-sub20/6604-eliminatoria-sub-20-femenina-de-uncaf-se-realizara-en-panama-del-31-de-julio-al-8-de-agosto Eliminatoria Sub-20 Femenina de UNCAF se realizara en Panama del 31 de julio al 8 de agosto UNCAF 3 June 2015 Spanish 14 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150611041110/http://uncafut.com/web/index.php/futbol-femenino/femenino-sub20/6604-eliminatoria-sub-20-femenina-de-uncaf-se-realizara-en-panama-del-31-de-julio-al-8-de-agosto 11 June 2015 dead dmy-all 20 HON 1949 Hosts 2nd Group stage (2014) 0 20 PAN Group winner 5th Fourth place (2012) 0Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competitionhttp://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/women-s-u20/9627-cfu-2015-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-set-to-begin-on-june-19 CFU 2015 Women's U 20 Qualifiers set to begin on June 19 Caribbean Football Union June 13, 2015 June 14, 2015 July 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082938/http://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/women-s-u20/9627-cfu-2015-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-set-to-begin-on-june-19 dead 20 HAI Final round winner 3rd Group stage (2002) 0 20 JAM Final round runner-up 8th Fourth place (2006) 0 20 TRI Final round 3rd place 7th Fourth place (2014) 0 Venues The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-schedule-for-final-stages-at-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015 CONCACAF Announces Schedule for Final Stages at CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015 CONCACAF.com December 10, 2015 December 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151214163542/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-schedule-for-final-stages-at-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015 December 14, 2015 dead Draw The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula.http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015 Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015 CONACACAF.com 4 November 2015 4 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107185807/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015 7 November 2015 dead The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B.http://www.concacaf.com/video/draw-concacaf-womens-under-20-championship-honduras-2015 Draw: CONCACAF Women's Under 20 Championship Honduras 2015 CONCACAF.com 3 November 2015 4 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107052206/http://www.concacaf.com/video/draw-concacaf-womens-under-20-championship-honduras-2015 7 November 2015 dead Pot 1Pot 220 HON 1949 (Position A1) 20 USA (Position B1) 20 CAN 20 MEX20 PAN 20 HAI 20 JAM 20 TRI Squads Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CU20W-Regulations-ENG.pdf CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Honduras 2015 Regulations CONCACAF.com 2015-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150036/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CU20W-Regulations-ENG.pdf 2015-12-22 dead Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; Drawing of lots. All times were local, CST (UTC−6).http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CONCACAF-U20-Womens-Honduras-Draw-Hand-out.pdf 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Schedule CONCACAF.com 2015-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143742/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CONCACAF-U20-Womens-Honduras-Draw-Hand-out.pdf 2015-12-22 dead The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain.http://www.concacaf.com/article/cu20w-rain-forces-postponement-of-saturday-games CU20W: Rain forces postponement of Saturday games CONCACAF.com 5 December 2015 6 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203141302/http://www.concacaf.com/article/cu20w-rain-forces-postponement-of-saturday-games 3 February 2016 dead As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula.http://www.concacaf.com/article/schedule-changes-announced-for-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015-after-postponements-for-extreme-weather Schedule Changes Announced for CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship Honduras 2015 after Postponements for Extreme Weather CONCACAF.com 5 December 2015 6 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208193234/http://www.concacaf.com/article/schedule-changes-announced-for-concacaf-under-20-womens-championship-honduras-2015-after-postponements-for-extreme-weather 8 December 2015 dead Group A main WDL CONCACAF 20 HON 1949 20 CAN 20 TRI 20 JAM complete 1 1 1 4 4 H 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 1 10 1 1 1 8 10 CAN HON JAM TRI Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 12 3 y 17:00 20 CAN 20 TRI 2–0 Kinzner 16Loncar 81 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Alondra Arellano (Mexico) Report 2015 12 3 y 19:30 20 HON 1949 20 JAM 2–2 Bahr 4 43 Shaw 23 pen. 73 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Ekaterina Koroleva (United States) Report 2015 12 6 y 10:00 20 JAM 20 CAN 0–7 Yekka 3Kinzner 21Flynn 27 pen.Pryce 50 68 80Kats 70 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Melissa Pérez (Panama) Report 2015 12 6 y 14:00 20 TRI 20 HON 1949 0–2 Romero 4Bahr 67 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Maurees Skeete (Guyana) Report 2015 12 8 y 10:00 20 TRI 20 JAM 1–6 Leander 30 Shaw 8Nelson-Lawes 21 34 46 86Hudson-Marks 55 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Maurees Skeete (Guyana) Report 2015 12 8 y 14:00 20 HON 1949 20 CAN 0–2 Stratigakis 5 16 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Alondra Arellano (Mexico) Report Group B main WDL CONCACAF 20 USA 20 HAI 20 PAN 20 MEX complete 2 1 0 14 3 1 0 2 3 13 0 0 3 3 11 2 1 0 9 2 USA MEX HAI PAN Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 12 4 y 17:00 20 HAI 20 PAN 3–2 Louis 19Mondésir 31 pen. 53 Riley 40Franco 64 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) Report 2015 12 4 y 19:30 20 USA 20 MEX 2–2 Pugh 20 pen.Fox 22 Solis 32Palacios 66 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Marianela Araya (Costa Rica) Report (CONCACAF)Report (US Soccer) 2015 12 7 y 10:00 20 MEX 20 HAI 5–0 Martínez 12 88Sánchez 31 77Bernal 84 pen. Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Report (CONCACAF)Report (FEMEXFUT) 2015 12 7 y 14:00 20 PAN 20 USA 1–6 Gutiérrez 82 Hedge 8Pugh 11 78Scarpa 42 47 90+3 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Gillian Martindale (Barbados) Report 2015 12 9 y 10:00 20 PAN 20 MEX 0–2 Solis 40Crowther 41 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Karitza Guerra (Honduras) Report (CONCACAF)Report (FEMEXFUT) 2015 12 9 y 14:00 20 USA 20 HAI 6–0 DeMelo 16Pugh 35 44Scarpa 48Davidson 50Stevens 55 Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, San Pedro Sula Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago) Report Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket N4 yes high yes 11 December – San Pedro Sula 20 CAN 0 (5) 20 MEX 0 (4) 11 December – San Pedro Sula 20 USA 7 20 HON 1949 0 13 December – San Pedro Sula 20 CAN 0 20 USA 1 13 December – San Pedro Sula 20 MEX 2 20 HON 1949 0 Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 2015 12 11 y 17:00 20 CAN 20 MEX 0–0 yes Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) https://archive.today/20161214101452/http://www.concacaf.com/category/under-20s-women/game-detail/254107 Report (CONCACAF) Report (CanadaSoccer) St. Georges Kats Pryce Richards Pickett 5–4 Bernal Flores González Palacios Rodríguez 2015 12 11 y 20:00 20 USA 20 HON 1949 7–0 Sanchez 33 38Pugh 35 60Scarpa 68Canales 88Velásquez 90+6 o.g. Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Marianela Araya (Costa Rica) Report Third place playoff Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 2015 12 13 y 15:00 20 MEX 20 HON 1949 2–0 Palacios 40Crowther 71 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) Report (CONCACAF)Report (FEMEXFUT) Final 2015 12 13 y 18:00 20 CAN 20 USA 0–1 Sanchez 72 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Gillian Martindale (Barbados) Report Winners fbwu 20 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship USA Fifth Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 20 USA 02 11 December 2015 07 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 20 CAN 01 11 December 2015 06 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014) 20 MEX 03 13 December 2015 06 6 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Goalscorers 7 goals 22em 20 USA Mallory Pugh 5 goals 22em 20 USA Jessie Scarpa 4 goals 22em 20 JAM Oshay Nelson-Lawes 3 goals 22em 20 CAN Taylor Pryce 20 HON 1949 Elexa Bahr 20 JAM Khadija Shaw 20 USA Ashley Sanchez 2 goals 22em 20 CAN Sarah Kinzner 20 CAN Sarah Stratigakis 20 HAI Nérilia Mondésir 20 MEX Jacqueline Crowther 20 MEX Katty Martínez 20 MEX Kiana Palacios 20 MEX Maria Sánchez 20 MEX Blanca Solis 1 goal 22em 20 CAN Shana Flynn 20 CAN Vital Kats 20 CAN Martina Loncar 20 CAN Sura Yekka 20 HAI Batcheba Louis 20 HON 1949 Fátima Romero 20 JAM Chanel Hudson-Marks 20 MEX Rebeca Bernal 20 PAN Yassiel Franco 20 PAN Keisilyn Gutiérrez 20 PAN Karla Riley 20 TRI Tsaianne Leander 20 USA Marley Canales 20 USA Tierna Davidson 20 USA Savannah DeMelo 20 USA Emily Fox 20 USA Kelcie Hedge 20 USA Ella Stevens 1 own goal 22em 20 HON 1949 Cherry Velásquez (playing against United States) Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.http://www.concacaf.com/article/tsg-announces-cu20w-best-xi-awards TSG announces CU20W Best XI, Awards CONCACAF 13 December 2015 13 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151216194250/http://www.concacaf.com/article/tsg-announces-cu20w-best-xi-awards 16 December 2015 dead Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove20 USA Mallory Pugh20 USA Mallory Pugh20 USA Rosemary Chandler CONCACAF Fair Play Award20 CAN Best XI Goalkeeper: 20 USA Rosemary Chandler Right Defender: 20 USA Emily Fox Central Defender: 20 CAN Bianca St. Georges Central Defender: 20 USA Natalie Jacobs Left Defender: 20 USA Tierna Davidson Right Midfielder: 20 USA Jessie Scarpa Central Midfielder: 20 MEX Kiana Palacios Central Midfielder: 20 USA Savannah DeMelo Central Midfielder: 20 CAN Sarah Stratigakis Left Midfielder: 20 USA Ashley Sanchez Forward: 20 USA Mallory Pugh References External links Under 20s – Women, CONCACAF.com 2015 U-20 Championship Women's U-20 Championship 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Category:Women's football in Honduras Category:December 2015 sports events in North America Category:Sport in San Pedro Sula