2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament

The 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Canada. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in Panama and Group B was held in Mexico. On January 21, 2007, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On February 23, 2007, Mexico and Costa Rica achieved qualification as well.

2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Panama Mexico
Dates	January 7 – February 25
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	96,571 (8,048 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andre Akpan (3 goals) Jean Carlos Solórzano
← 2005 2009 → All statistics correct as of March 18, 2009.

Qualification

Main article: 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region	Qualification	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	Caribbean qualifying	Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central America (UNCAF)	Central American qualifying	Costa Rica  Guatemala
	host	Panama
North America (NAFU)		Mexico
	automatically qualified	United States

Squads

Main article: 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament squads

Group A

Panama hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City between January 17–21.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Panama	3	1	1	1	4	8	−4	4
Haiti	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
Guatemala	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Haiti	1 – 4	United States
Yveson 73' (pen.)	Report[permanent dead link]	Akpan 25' 38' 61' Wallace 48'

17 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)

Panama	1 – 1	Guatemala
Barahona 65'	Report	Ovalle 2' (o.g.)

17 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 7,545

Referee: Manuel Glower (Mexico)

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United States	0 – 0	Guatemala
	Report

19 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Panama	3 – 2	Haiti
Wallace 22' Saintilus 72' (o.g.) Brown 83'	Report	Saintilus 60' Yveson 77'

19 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 9,632

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Guatemala	0 – 2	Haiti
	Report	Augustin 52' 83'

21 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Roy McArthur (Guyana)

Panama	0 – 5	United States
	Report	Adu 7' 90' Rogers 49' Smith 60' Villanueva 70'

21 January 2007

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 17,180

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group B

Mexico hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Banorte in Culiacán, Sinaloa between February 21–25.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
Jamaica	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Jamaica	0 – 2	Costa Rica
	Report	Borges 3' (pen.) Solórzano 90+'

21 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 250

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Mexico	2 – 0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Villaluz 28' dos Santos 86'	Report

21 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 12,833

Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)

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Costa Rica	3 – 2	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cordero 5' Solórzano 43' Herrera 55'	Report	Berkeley 2' Hanley 14'

23 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 250

Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

Mexico	2 – 0	Jamaica
Villaluz 31' dos Santos 56'	Report

23 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 17,425

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 – 1	Jamaica
Berkeley 77'	Report	Grant 36'

25 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 405

Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)

Mexico	1 – 1	Costa Rica
Esqueda 70'	Report	Solórzano 6'

25 February 2007

Estadio Banorte, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Attendance: 19,051

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

See also

• 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
• 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links

• 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying at CONCACAF.com
• Results by RSSSF