1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1978 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in Honduras. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	26 November – 17 December
Teams	13
Venue(s)	•Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés •Estadio Francisco Morazán
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Costa Rica
← 1976 1980 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region	Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)	Bermuda  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Haiti  Netherlands Antilles  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Honduras (host)
North America (NAFU)	Canada  Mexico  United States

Round 1

Group A

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	4
Canada	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	2
Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	0	14	–14	0

26 November	Canada	9–0	Dominican Republic
30 November	Honduras	5–0	Dominican Republic
3 December	Honduras	2–0	Canada

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Group B

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	1	2	5	–3	2
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3	0

28 November	United States	2–0	Puerto Rico
1 December	United States	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago
4 December	Puerto Rico	1–2	Trinidad and Tobago

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Group C

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	6
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Netherlands Antilles	3	1	0	2	3	9	–6	2
Grenada	3	0	0	3	2	13	–11	0

26 November	Mexico	7–0	Grenada
27 November	El Salvador	2–0	Netherlands Antilles
30 November	Netherlands Antilles	3–2	Grenada
	El Salvador	0–2	Mexico
3 December	El Salvador	3–0	Grenada
	Mexico	5–0	Netherlands Antilles

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Group D

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	4
Haiti	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Bermuda	2	0	0	2	3	6	–3	0

28 November	Haiti	2–1	Bermuda
1 December	Costa Rica	4–2	Bermuda
4 December	Costa Rica	1–0	Haiti

Round 2

Group A

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	2
United States	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1

7 December	Canada	0–0	United States
	Honduras	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
10 December	Canada	0–1	Honduras
	United States	1–3	Trinidad and Tobago
12 December	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Honduras	1–0	United States

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Group B

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Mexico	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
El Salvador	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
Haiti	3	0	0	3	0	8	–8	0

7 December	Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador
	Mexico	1–0	Haiti
10 December	El Salvador	1–3	Mexico
	Costa Rica	3–0	Haiti
12 December	El Salvador	4–0	Haiti
	Costa Rica	3–1	Mexico

Semifinals

14 December 1978 (1978-12-14)

Mexico	2 – 0	Honduras

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

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14 December 1978 (1978-12-14)

Canada	4 – 0	Costa Rica

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Third place match

17 December 1978 (1978-12-17)

Honduras	2 – 1	Costa Rica

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

Final

17 December 1978 (1978-12-17)

Mexico	1 – 0	Canada

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa

1978 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Mexico Sixth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Canada
•  Mexico

External links

• Results by RSSSF