1988 CONCACAF U-16 Tournament

The 1988 CONCACAF U-16 Championship was a North American international association football tournament, it determined the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship entrants from the CONCACAF region. The 1988 edition of the competition was held in Trinidad and Tobago.

1988 CONCACAF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	12–27 November
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	59 (2.27 per match)
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First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Trinidad & Tobago	4	4	0	0	8	0	8
USA	4	3	0	1	19	2	6
Honduras	4	2	0	2	5	9	4
Guatemala	4	0	1	3	2	9	1
Saint Lucia	4	0	1	3	2	16	1

12 November 1988 (1988-11-12)

Guatemala	1-6	United States

Port of Spain

12 November 1988 (1988-11-12)

Trinidad and Tobago	5-0	Saint Lucia

Port of Spain

14 November 1988 (1988-11-14)

Guatemala	1-1	Saint Lucia

Port of Spain

14 November 1988 (1988-11-14)

United States	7-0	Honduras

Port of Spain

16 November 1988 (1988-11-16)

Honduras	4-1	Saint Lucia

Port of Spain

16 November 1988 (1988-11-16)

Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	Guatemala

Port of Spain

18 November 1988 (1988-11-18)

Saint Lucia	0-6	United States

Port of Spain

18 November 1988 (1988-11-18)

Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	Honduras

Port of Spain

20 November 1988 (1988-11-20)

Guatemala	0-1	Honduras

Port of Spain

20 November 1988 (1988-11-20)

Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	United States

Port of Spain

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	2	2	0	5	2	6
Cuba	4	2	2	0	3	0	6
Jamaica	4	1	3	0	1	0	5
Costa Rica	4	1	0	3	3	5	2
El Salvador	4	0	1	3	1	6	1

13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)

Costa Rica	0-2	Cuba

San Fernando

13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)

Canada	3-1	El Salvador

San Fernando

15 November 1988 (1988-11-15)

Cuba	0-0	Jamaica

San Fernando

15 November 1988 (1988-11-15)

Costa Rica	1-2	Canada

San Fernando

16 November 1988 (1988-11-16)

Jamaica	0-0	Canada

San Fernando

16 November 1988 (1988-11-16)

El Salvador	0-2	Costa Rica

San Fernando

19 November 1988 (1988-11-19)

Jamaica	0-0	El Salvador

San Fernando

19 November 1988 (1988-11-19)

Cuba	0-0	Canada

San Fernando

21 November 1988 (1988-11-21)

El Salvador	0-1	Cuba

San Fernando

21 November 1988 (1988-11-21)

Jamaica	1-0	Costa Rica

San Fernando

Final Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Cuba	3	2	0	1	5	1	4
USA	3	2	0	1	3	2	4
Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	3
Trinidad & Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	2	1

23 November 1988 (1988-11-23)

United States	1-2	Canada

Port of Spain

23 November 1988 (1988-11-23)

Trinidad and Tobago	0-1	Cuba

Port of Spain

25 November 1988 (1988-11-25)

United States	1-0	Cuba

Port of Spain

25 November 1988 (1988-11-25)

Trinidad and Tobago	0-0	Canada

Port of Spain

27 November 1988 (1988-11-27)

Canada	0-4	Cuba

Port of Spain

27 November 1988 (1988-11-27)

Trinidad and Tobago	0-1	United States

Port of Spain

Canada, Cuba and USA qualified to the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland.