2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

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2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
File:2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
CitySan Pedro Sula
Dates27 February – 15 March
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (6th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg Honduras
Third placeFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored113 (3.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Panama Ronaldo Córdoba
(6 goals)
2013
2017

The 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a scheduled age-restricted international association football tournament organised by CONCACAF. The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. The competition was hosted by Honduras.[1]

Qualified teams

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Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-17 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Automatic 15th Runners-up (2011) 6
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (TH) Automatic 15th Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013) 11
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Automatic 16th Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) 14
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
File:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg Honduras Host 16th Fourth place (1983, 1985, 1987, 2013) 3
 Costa Rica Triangular 1 winner 15th Champions (1994) 8
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama Triangular 2 winner 7th Runners-up (2013) 2
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Repechage playoff winner 10th Quarterfinals (2013) 0
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Group A winner 6th Final round group winner (2007) 1
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia Group A runner-up 2nd Group stage (1988) 0
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Group B winner 12th Final round group winner (1999) 2
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Group B runner-up 9th Champions (1988) 2
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Best third place 13th Runners-up (1983) 2

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

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San Pedro Sula
Estadio Francisco Morazán Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 37,325
File:Morazan Stadium Platense Olimpia 2015.jpg File:Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano de San Pedro Sula 2017 04.jpg

New format

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Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. As from 2015 there will be two groups of six teams, each team will play a minimum of five games and the competition will have a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.[1]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, consisted of four quarterfinals, two semifinals, a third-place playoff and a final, has been replaced with two playoff games and a final.

The draw took place on 8 December at the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés, Honduras.[2]

On 2 December 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.[3] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Pot Teams
Pot 1 (Central America)
Pot 2 (Caribbean)
Pot 3 (North America)
Pot A (Seeding for Group A) Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
Pot B (Seeding for Group B) Six balls with a group positions, 1-6

Prior to the draw, hosts Honduras were assigned to position A1. The remaining teams in Pot 1 were drawn, alternating between groups A and B. Teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) or Pot B (Group B). After all teams had been drawn from Pot 1, the draw proceeded (continuing to alternate between Groups A and B) to Pot 2, then Pot 3.[3]

Squads

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Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association had to provide a provisional list of twenty to thirty players to CONCACAF thirty days before their first match. A final twenty-man selection had to be provided upon arrival in the venue.[4]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg Honduras (H) 5 3 2 0 9 4 +5 11 Final and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10 Playoff stage
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 3 1 1 13 4 +9 10
4 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 5 1 1 3 7 9 −2 4
5 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 5 0 4 1 4 9 −5 4
6 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 5 0 1 4 4 15 −11 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 3 +10 11 Final and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10 Playoff stage
3  Costa Rica 5 3 1 1 13 5 +8 10
4 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 5 3 0 2 15 7 +8 9
5 File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 5 1 0 4 6 17 −11 3
6 File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 5 0 0 5 4 23 −19 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final stage

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In the final stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[4]

Playoff stage

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The second-and third-place teams from each group were re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.

Ranking of second and third-placed teams

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 3 1 1 13 4 +9 10
2 B  Costa Rica 5 3 1 1 13 5 +8 10
3 B File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10
4 A File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10
First match(es) will be played: 27 February 2015. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Because all four teams finished with the same number of points and not all of them faced each other, the first playoff tiebreaker used for reseeding was goal differential in all group matches. Because two teams were tied on goal differential, the No. 3 and 4 seeds were determined based on total goals scored in the tournament.[5] This resulted in both third-place teams being ranked ahead of both second-place teams.


Costa Rica and the United States qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Final

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Both Honduras and Mexico qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Top goalscorers

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Players with three or more goals:[6]

References

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