1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria. The tournament took place from 5 August–10 October, although qualification started before.

1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1998 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countries	Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	5 August – 10 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 1996 2001 → All statistics correct as of 24 March 2011.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region	Qualification	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	Caribbean qualifying	Jamaica
	host	Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)		Guatemala
	Central American qualifying	Costa Rica  Honduras
North America (NAFU)	Automatically qualified	Canada  Mexico  United States

Final stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Jamaica	2 – 5	Mexico

6 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Guatemala	1 – 2	Honduras

6 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

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Honduras	0 – 2	Mexico

8 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Guatemala	2 – 1	Jamaica

8 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

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Honduras	5 – 1	Jamaica

10 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Guatemala	0 – 2	Mexico

10 November 1998

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Costa Rica	1 – 1	United States

5 August 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 3	Canada
		Bernier De Serpa Ribeiro

5 August 1998

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Canada	1 – 5	United States
De Serpa 47'		Albright 21', 56' Beasley 26' Garcia 41', 50'

7 August 1998

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 4	Costa Rica

7 August 1998

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Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 6	United States

9 August 1998

Canada	0 – 1	Costa Rica

9 August 1998

See also

• 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament qualifying