2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was originally to be the 7th edition of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship (28th edition if all eras included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Honduras between 20 June and 5 July 2020.^[1] However, on 13 May 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates of the tournament to be confirmed later.^[2]

2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
Dates	Cancelled (originally 20 June – 5 July 2020)
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
← 2018 2022 →

The final tournament would feature 20 teams, using the same format as the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. The top four teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the CONCACAF representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.^[3] Following this announcement, CONCACAF decided on 4 January 2021 that the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which served as the regional qualifiers, would be cancelled.^[4]

The United States were the defending champions.

Qualified teams

Further information: 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

The format for qualification has changed since the 2016 edition (qualifying was not played in 2018). The qualifying competition no longer features Caribbean and Central American zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019.^[5] A total of 33 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 17 entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.^[6]

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance (planned)	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances
Group stage	United States (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	25th	Champions (2017, 2018)	16
	Mexico	2nd ranked entrant	27th	Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015)	16
	Panama	3rd ranked entrant	12th	Runners-up (2015)	6
	Honduras (hosts)	4th ranked entrant	20th	Champions (1982, 1994)	8
	Costa Rica	5th ranked entrant	21st	Champions (1988, 2009)	9
	El Salvador	6th ranked entrant	18th	Champions (1964)	1
	Cuba	7th ranked entrant	14th	Runners-up (1970, 1974)	1
	Haiti	8th ranked entrant	10th	Second round (1978)	0
	Canada	9th ranked entrant	24th	Champions (1986, 1996)	8
	Trinidad and Tobago	10th ranked entrant	21st	Runners-up (1990)	2
	Guatemala	11th ranked entrant	20th	Runners-up (1962, 1973)	1
	Jamaica	12th ranked entrant	21st	Third place (1970)	1
	Antigua and Barbuda	13th ranked entrant	5th	First round (1980, 1986, 2017)	0
	Suriname	14th ranked entrant	7th	First round (1976, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2018)	0
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15th ranked entrant	4th	First round (2007, 2017, 2018)	0
	Aruba	16th ranked entrant	3rd	First round (2015, 2018)	0
Knockout stage	Nicaragua	Qualifying Group A winner	10th	Second round (1976)	0
	Dominican Republic	Qualifying Group B winner	6th	Second round (1976)	0
	Guadeloupe[a]	Qualifying Group C winner	4th	First round (1992, 2011, 2018)	0
	Barbados	Qualifying Group D winner	7th	First round (1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2018)	0

Notes

1. Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

Venues

San Pedro Sula	San Pedro Sula
	Estadio Francisco Morazán	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 37,325

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 20 November 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[7] Based on the CONCACAF Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (Group E)  Mexico (Group F)  Panama (Group G)  Honduras (Group H)	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Cuba  Haiti	Canada  Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  Jamaica	Antigua and Barbuda  Suriname  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Aruba

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete.

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)

United States	Cancelled	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)

Costa Rica	Cancelled	Jamaica

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)

United States	Cancelled	Jamaica

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)

Costa Rica	Cancelled	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)

Jamaica	Cancelled	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)

Costa Rica	Cancelled	United States

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)

El Salvador	Cancelled	Canada

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)

Mexico	Cancelled	Aruba

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)

El Salvador	Cancelled	Aruba

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

23 June 2020 (2020-06-23)

Mexico	Cancelled	Canada

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)

Canada	Cancelled	Aruba

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

25 June 2020 (2020-06-25)

El Salvador	Cancelled	Mexico

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)

Panama	Cancelled	Suriname

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)

Haiti	Cancelled	Trinidad and Tobago

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)

Panama	Cancelled	Trinidad and Tobago

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)

Haiti	Cancelled	Suriname

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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24 June 2020 (2020-06-24)

Trinidad and Tobago	Cancelled	Suriname

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

24 June 2020 (2020-06-24)

Panama	Cancelled	Haiti

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)

Cuba	Cancelled	Guatemala

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)

Honduras	Cancelled	Antigua and Barbuda

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)

Cuba	Cancelled	Antigua and Barbuda

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

22 June 2020 (2020-06-22)

Guatemala	Cancelled	Honduras

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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24 June 2020 (2020-06-24)

Antigua and Barbuda	Cancelled	Guatemala

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

24 June 2020 (2020-06-24)

Honduras	Cancelled	Cuba

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

28 June – Francisco Morazán

1E

30 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

Barbados

W25

28 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

W28

2G

3 July – Olímpico Metropolitano

3E

W33

28 June – Francisco Morazán

W34

1G

30 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

Dominican Republic

W26

28 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

W27

2E

5 July – Olímpico Metropolitano

3G

W37

27 June – Francisco Morazán

W38

1F

30 June – Francisco Morazán

Guadeloupe

W29

27 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

W32

2H

3 July – Olímpico Metropolitano

3F

W35

27 June – Francisco Morazán

W36

1H

30 June – Francisco Morazán

Nicaragua

W30

27 June – Olímpico Metropolitano

W31

2F

3H

Round of 16

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)

1F	Cancelled	Guadeloupe

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)

1H	Cancelled	Nicaragua

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)

2F	Cancelled	3H

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)

2H	Cancelled	3F

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)

1E	Cancelled	Barbados

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)

1G	Cancelled	Dominican Republic

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)

2E	Cancelled	3G

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)

2G	Cancelled	3E

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Quarter-finals

Winners would have qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

W25	Cancelled	W28

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

W26	Cancelled	W27

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

W29	Cancelled	W32

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

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30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)

W30	Cancelled	W31

Estadio General Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Semi-finals

3 July 2020 (2020-07-03)

W33	Cancelled	W34

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

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3 July 2020 (2020-07-03)

W35	Cancelled	W36

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Final

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05)

W37	Cancelled	W38

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula