1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was a football tournament that was played in April 1996 in Mexico. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1]

1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1996 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	(1996-04-14) (1996-04-25)14–25 April 1996 (11 days)
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
← 1994 1998 →

Qualification

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aruba	1–4	Netherlands Antilles	1–0	0–4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles	4–1	Dominican Republic	4–1	0–0

Other qualification matches may have been played.^[1]

Qualified teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region	Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)	Jamaica  Martinique  Netherlands Antilles  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua
North America (NAFU)	Canada  Mexico (host)  United States

Squads

Main article: 1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament squads

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Netherlands Antilles	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
4	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Mexico	4 – 0	Netherlands Antilles

14 April 1996

Day 1

El Salvador	2 – 3	Guatemala

14 April 1996

Day 1

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Mexico	1 – 0	Guatemala

16 April 1996

Day 2

El Salvador	1 – 1	Netherlands Antilles

16 April 1996

Day 2

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Guatemala	0 – 0	Netherlands Antilles

18 April 1996

Day 3

Mexico	2 – 0	El Salvador

18 April 1996

Day 3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Martinique	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Honduras	3 – 0	Martinique

15 April 1996

Day 1

Jamaica	1 – 4	United States

15 April 1996

Day 1

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Honduras	0 – 1	Jamaica

17 April 1996

Day 2

Martinique	0 – 2	United States

17 April 1996

Day 2

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Honduras	0 – 0	United States

19 April 1996

Day 3

Jamaica	3 – 0	Martinique

19 April 1996

Day 3

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Costa Rica	3 – 0	Nicaragua

15 April 1996

Day 1

Canada	1 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Munoz 40'

15 April 1996

Day 1

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Costa Rica	5 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago

17 April 1996

Day 2

Canada	3 – 0	Nicaragua
De Rosario 57', 85' Jordan 67'

17 April 1996

Day 2

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Canada	2 – 0	Costa Rica
Kindel 72', 76'

19 April 1996

Day 3

Nicaragua	1 – 6	Trinidad and Tobago

19 April 1996

Day 3

Final stage

Qualifying group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Costa Rica	2 – 1	Guatemala

21 April 1996

Day 1

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Costa Rica	2 – 1	Jamaica

23 April 1996

Day 2

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Guatemala	0 – 0	Jamaica

25 April 1996

Day 3

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (C)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament champions
2	Mexico	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	United States	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Mexico	2 – 2	Canada
Gutierrez 55' Rodriguez 75'		De Rosario 57' Kindel 87'

21 April 1996

Day 1

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Canada	2 – 0	United States
De Rosario 81' Jordan 83'

23 April 1996

Day 2

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Mexico	2 – 1	United States

25 April 1996

Day 3

1996 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Canada Second title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Canada	5	4	1	0	10	2	+8	13	Champions
2	Mexico (H)	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	13	Runners-up
3	United States	5	2	1	2	7	5	+2	7	Third place
4	Costa Rica	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	12	Fourth Place
5	Jamaica	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7	Lost in Qualification Round
6	Guatemala	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
7	Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4	Eliminated in Group stage
8	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
9	Netherlands Antilles	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
10	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
11	Martinique	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0
12	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  United States