1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1976 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in Puerto Rico. It also served as qualification for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Puerto Rico
City	San Juan Aguadilla
Dates	19 September – 6 October
Teams	15
Venues	Estadio Sixto Escobar Estadio Country Club Estadio Baldrich Parque Colón
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (5th title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Guatemala
← 1974 1978 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region	Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)	Barbados  Bermuda  Dominican Republic  Jamaica  Netherlands Antilles  Puerto Rico (host)  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua
North America (NAFU)	Canada  Mexico  United States

Round 1

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6
Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	6	7	–1	2
Barbados	3	1	0	2	4	8	–4	2
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	3	10	–7	2

	Puerto Rico	1–4	Dominican Republic
	Honduras	4–0	Barbados
	Puerto Rico	2–1	Barbados
	Barbados	3–2	Dominican Republic
	Puerto Rico	0–5	Honduras
	Honduras	3–0	Dominican Republic

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	4
Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Bermuda	2	0	0	2	1	5	–4	0

	United States	3–0	Bermuda
	Bermuda	1–2	Nicaragua
	United States	1–0	Nicaragua

Group 3

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guatemala	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Canada	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
Netherlands Antilles	3	1	0	2	3	9	–6	2

	Netherlands Antilles	3–2	Jamaica
	Canada	2–2	Guatemala
	Canada	3–0	Netherlands Antilles
	Jamaica	0–1	Guatemala
	Guatemala	4–0	Netherlands Antilles
	Canada	0–2	Jamaica

Group 4

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	4	7	–3	3
Suriname	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	2
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	2	9	–7	1

	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2	Suriname
	Mexico	3–1	El Salvador
	Mexico	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	El Salvador	1–6	Suriname
	El Salvador	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Mexico	3–0	Suriname

Round 2

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	20	2	+18	6
United States	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	4
Canada	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	2
Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0

	Mexico	5–0	Canada
	United States	9–0	Dominican Republic
	Canada	7–0	Dominican Republic
	United States	1–7	Mexico
	Mexico	8–1	Dominican Republic
	United States	4–2	Canada

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	6
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	5	7	–2	1
Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	2	10	–8	1

	Guatemala	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Honduras	6–0	Nicaragua
	Nicaragua	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Guatemala	0–1	Honduras
	Guatemala	2–0	Nicaragua
	Honduras	4–3	Trinidad and Tobago

Semifinals

3 October 1976 (1976-10-03)

Mexico	2 – 0	Guatemala

3 October 1976 (1976-10-03)

Honduras	1 – 0	United States

Third place match

5 October 1976 (1976-10-05)

United States	1 – 0	Guatemala

Final

6 October 1976 (1976-10-06)

Mexico	0 – 0	Honduras
Penalties
	3 – 2

1976 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Mexico Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Honduras
•  Mexico

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• Results by CONCACAF