2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place between February 18 and March 3, 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2013 (in Spanish)
2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Puebla, Puebla
Dates	(2013-02-18) (2013-03-03)February 18 – March 3, 2013 (13 days)[1]
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (12th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	65 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amet Ramírez (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Antonio Briseño
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Qualified teams

Main article: 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Four teams qualified through the Central American qualifying tournament and five qualified through the Caribbean qualifying tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances	World Cup Participations
North American zone
Canada	Automatic	20th	Champion (1986, 1996)	8
Mexico (TH)	Host	23rd	Champion (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011)	12
United States	Automatic	21st	Runner-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009)	12
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
Costa Rica	Group A Winner	18th	Champion (1988, 2009)	8
El Salvador	Group B Winner	14th	Champion (1964)
Nicaragua	Group A Runner-up	8th	Second Round (1976)
Panama	Group B Runner-up	8th	Fourth Place (2011)	4
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Haiti	Group A Winner	6th	Second round (1978)
Jamaica	Group B Winner	18th	Third Place (1970)	1
Puerto Rico	Group A Runner-up	7th	First Round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
Cuba	Group B Runner-up	11th	Runner-up (1970, 1974)
Curaçao	Best Third Place Finish	12th	Third Place (1962)

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

Puebla	Puebla
	Estadio Cuauhtemoc	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.
	Capacity: 49,000	Capacity: 20,700

Squads

Main article: 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was made on 21 November 2012. All times listed are local time, (UTC−06:00)

Key to colours in group tables
	Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
Haiti	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

18 February 2013 (2013-02-18)

17:30

Haiti	1–2	United States
Jean-Dany 49'	Report	Gil 3' (pen.) Cuevas 26'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,827

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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20 February 2013 (2013-02-20)

17:30

Costa Rica	1–0	Haiti
Ruíz 22'	Report

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,128

Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

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22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)

17:30

United States	1–0	Costa Rica
Villarreal 63'	Report

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,123

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Canada	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

18 February 2013 (2013-02-18)

20:00

Cuba	2–1	Canada
Reyes 69', 78'	Report	Vukovic 90'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,827

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

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20 February 2013 (2013-02-20)

20:00

Nicaragua	0–3	Cuba
	Report	Diz 28' Luis 47' Reyes 64'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,128

Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

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22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)

20:00

Canada	5–1	Nicaragua
Piette 6' Clarke 28', 53' Eustaquio 38' (pen.) McKendry 63'	Report	Pavón 45' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 3,123

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panama	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

19 February 2013 (2013-02-19)

17:30

Puerto Rico	1–4	Jamaica
Strain 22'	Report	Holness 8' Lowe 60' Anderson 69, 82'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)

17:30

Panama	4–0	Puerto Rico
Ramírez 10', 87' Chen 84' González 90+2'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 4,635

Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

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23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)

15:30

Jamaica	0–4	Panama
	Report	Ramírez 45', 57' Piggott 79' Jiménez 84'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 12,886

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Curaçao	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

19 February 2013 (2013-02-19)

20:00

Mexico	3–0	Curaçao
Corona 21', 33' Bueno 35'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 34,236

Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

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21 February 2013 (2013-02-21)

20:00

El Salvador	2–1	Curaçao
Ayala 25' Mejía 65'	Report	Merencia 76'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 4,618

Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

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23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)

18:00

Mexico	3–0	El Salvador
Escoboza 15' Gómez 53' Ayala 87' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 37,302

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Knockout phase

	Quarter-final				Semi-final				Final
	26 February
	United States	4
					1 March
	Canada	2
					United States	2
	26 February
					Cuba	0
	Cuba	2
									3 March
	Costa Rica	1
									United States	1
	27 February
									Mexico (aet)	3
	Panama	1
					1 March
	El Salvador	3
					El Salvador	0
	27 February
					Mexico	2			Third place
	Mexico	4
									3 March
	Jamaica	0
									Cuba	0
									El Salvador	1

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

26 February 2013 (2013-02-26)

17:00

United States	4–2	Canada
Gil 29' Villarreal 40', 54' Trapp 45+1'	Report	Carreiro 23' Piette 64'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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26 February 2013 (2013-02-26)

20:00

Cuba	2–1	Costa Rica
Hernandez 13', 80'	Report	Ramirez 40'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 1,685

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

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27 February 2013 (2013-02-27)

17:00

Panama	1–3	El Salvador
Jiménez 33'	Report	Henriquez 55', 90+3' Peña 80'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 9,980

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

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27 February 2013 (2013-02-27)

20:00

Mexico	4–0	Jamaica
Zamorano 12' Bueno 43' Flores 67' Escoboza 75'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 39,700

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)

17:00

United States	2–0	Cuba
Rodriguez 7' Cuevas 10'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla^[2]

Attendance: 10,568

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)

20:00

El Salvador	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Briseño 76', 84'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla^[2]

Attendance: 33,525

Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Third place playoff

3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)

15:00

Cuba	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	González 90+1'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 17,140

Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Final

3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)

18:00

United States	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Joya 10' (pen.)	Report	Corona 4' Gómez 100' Espericueta 113' (pen.)

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla

Attendance: 41,621

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Player awards

Top Goalscorer

• Ameth Ramírez (FW)

Most Valuable Player of the tournament

• Antonio Briseño (LCB)^[3]

Golden Glove

• Richard Sánchez

Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Richard Sánchez	Francisco Flores (RB) Hedgardo Marin (RCB) Antonio Briseño (LCB) Bernardo Hernandez (LB)	Jairo Henriquez (RM) Josecarlos Van Rankin (CM) Wil Trapp (CM) Luis Gil (LM)	Ameth Ramírez (FW) Jose Villarreal (FW)

Source:^[3]

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Ameth Ramírez

3 goals

• Maykel Reyes
• Jesús Manuel Corona
• Jose Villarreal

2 goals

• Caleb Clarke
• Samuel Piette
• Arichel Hernandez
• Kendan Anderson
• Jairo Henríquez
• Antonio Briseño
• Marco Bueno
• Alonso Escoboza
• Julio Gómez
• Jairo Jiménez
• Daniel Cuevas
• Luis Gil

1 goal

• Dylan Carreiro
• Mauro Eustaquio
• Ben McKendry
• Stefan Vukovic
• David Ramírez
• John Jairo Ruíz
• Adrián Diz
• Daniel Luis
• Vidarrell Merencia
• Olivier Ayala
• Roberto González
• Rommel Mejia
• José Peña
• Maurice Jean-Dany
• Omar Holness
• Damion Lowe
• Jonathan Espericueta
• Francisco Flores
• Armando Zamorano
• Eulises Pavón
• Roberto Chen
• Alexander Gonzalez
• Romario Piggott
• Reid Strain
• Benji Joya
• Mario Rodriguez
• Wil Trapp

1 own goal

• Olivier Ayala (playing against Mexico)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Mexico (H)	5	5	0	0	15	1	+14	15	Champions
2	United States	5	4	0	1	10	6	+4	12	Runners-up
3	El Salvador	5	3	0	2	6	7	−1	9	Third place
4	Cuba	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	9	Fourth Place
5	Panama	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Canada	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
7	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
8	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
9	Haiti	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
11	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
12	Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	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.

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The four semi-finalist teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

•  Cuba
•  El Salvador
•  Mexico
•  United States