2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying took place between 5–13 November 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The teams compete for four of the twenty berths in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.^[1]

2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	5–13 November 2021
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	131 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juruel Bernadina (6 goals)
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Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019.^[2] A total of 34 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 18 entrants participated in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.^[3]

Exempt from qualifying (16 teams) Rank Team Points 1  United States 7,092 2  Mexico 6,167 3  Panama 5,065 4  Honduras 4,794 5  Costa Rica 3,466 6  El Salvador 3,395 7  Cuba 2,644 8  Haiti 2,455 9  Canada 2,404 10  Trinidad and Tobago 2,395 11  Guatemala 2,187 12  Jamaica 2,089 13  Antigua and Barbuda 1,535 14  Suriname 1,327 15  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,325 16  Aruba 1,248

Key to colours Group winners advance to 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Participating in qualifying stage (18 teams) Rank Team Points 17  Dominican Republic 1,232 18  Bermuda 1,214 19  Curaçao 1,194 20  Nicaragua 1,193 21  Puerto Rico 1,150 23  Saint Lucia 871 24  Grenada 856 25  Guyana 773 26  Dominica 772 27  Cayman Islands 730 28  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 723 30  Belize 655 31  Barbados 528 32  Saint Martin[a] 500 33  U.S. Virgin Islands 499 34  Sint Maarten[a] 466 36  Anguilla 55 39  British Virgin Islands 0

Did not enter tournament (7 teams) Rank Team Points 22  Guadeloupe[a] 1,050 29  Martinique[a] 681 35  Turks and Caicos Islands 67 37  Montserrat 0 38  French Guiana[a] 0 40  Bonaire[a] 0 41  Bahamas 0

Notes

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

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round took place on 17 September 2021, 11:00 EST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[4] The 19 teams which initially entered the qualifying stage were drawn into four groups: three groups of five teams and one group of four teams.^[5] Montserrat, initially drawn into Group C, later withdrew before the start of the tournament.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Dominican Republic  Bermuda  Curaçao  Nicaragua	Puerto Rico  Saint Lucia  Grenada  Guyana	Dominica  Cayman Islands  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Belize	Barbados  Saint Martin  U.S. Virgin Islands  Sint Maarten	Anguilla  Montserrat (W)  British Virgin Islands

• (W): Withdrew after draw

Qualifying stage

The winners of each group qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where they enter the round of 16 of the knockout stage.

All times are local, AST (UTC-04:00). (5/6 November matches ADT (UTC-03:00).

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):^[7]

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Curaçao	4	4	0	0	23	2	+21	12	2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Grenada	4	3	0	1	18	6	+12	9
3	British Virgin Islands	4	2	0	2	2	11	−9	6
4	Sint Maarten	4	1	0	3	2	10	−8	3
5	Dominica	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: CONCACAF

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)

16:00

Grenada	7–0	Sint Maarten
Belfon 14' Dea. Phillip 42', 90+4' Bowen 45' Joseph 45+4' S. Williams 61' Ettienne 73'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)

19:00

Curaçao	7–0	British Virgin Islands
Felicia 4', 29' Sambo 18', 49' Bernadina 25' Dorand 90' Potmis 90+3'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

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7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)

15:00

Dominica	2–5	Grenada
Anselm 6' Lawrence 53'	Report	Ettienne 8', 59' Joseph 32', 45+3' S. Williams 80' (pen.)

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Germán Martínez (El Salvador)

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)

18:00

Curaçao	2–0	Sint Maarten
Kastaneer 14' Bernadina 40'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)

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9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)

15:00

Sint Maarten	2–0	Dominica
Craane 37' Eustace 88'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)

18:00

British Virgin Islands	0–4	Grenada
	Report	Clarke 27' Lawlite 33' Lemoud 45+2' Ettienne 67'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)

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11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

15:00

British Virgin Islands	1–0	Sint Maarten
Chalwell 70'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

18:00

Dominica	0–10	Curaçao
	Report	Does 5', 86' Felicia 11', 45' Bernadina 14', 24', 53' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Ilaria 64' Augustine 84' (o.g.)

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)

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13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

15:00

Dominica	0–1	British Virgin Islands
	Report	Forbes 39' (pen.)

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

18:00

Curaçao	4–2	Grenada
Inesia 42' Sambo 45', 77' Does 46'	Report	Dea. Phillip 59' Clarke 81'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic (H)	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10	10	2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Saint Lucia	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8
3	Belize	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	7
4	Anguilla	4	0	1	3	2	15	−13	1
5	Saint Martin	4	0	1	3	5	15	−10	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)

16:00

Saint Lucia	5–2	Saint Martin
Caull 4', 43', 89' Berthier 10' Caroo 87'	Report	Isidor 8' Fremondiere 40'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05)

19:00

Dominican Republic	6–0	Anguilla
Joseph 2' Martes 10' Sandy 33' Vargas 50' Bryan 72' (o.g.) Azcona 74'	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)

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7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)

15:00

Belize	0–0	Saint Lucia
	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)

18:00

Dominican Republic	2–0	Saint Martin
More 18' Joseph 40'	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

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9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)

15:00

Saint Martin	1–6	Belize
Gomez 35' (o.g.)	Report	Augustine 13' Daniels 15' Reneau 31', 83' Higinio 45+2' Dubon 75'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)

18:00

Anguilla	0–3	Saint Lucia
	Report	Sandiford 30' Bryan 38' (o.g.) Caroo 71'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

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11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

15:00

Anguilla	2–2	Saint Martin
Gayle 82', 88'	Report	Isidor 12' (pen.) Chilin 68'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)

18:00

Belize	0–2	Dominican Republic
	Report	Montes de Oca 16' Alvarez 23'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)

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13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

15:00

Belize	4–0	Anguilla
Higinio 19' Daniels 38', 61' Bradshaw 90+1' (o.g.)	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

18:00

Dominican Republic	2–2	Saint Lucia
Joseph 88' Azcona 90+4'	Report	Caull 28', 45'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Bermuda	3	2	0	1	6	8	−2	6
4	Barbados	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: CONCACAF

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06)

16:00

Puerto Rico	0–3 Awarded[note 1]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06)

19:00

Bermuda	3–2	Barbados
Richardson 38' Mills 41' Jones 90+2'	Report	Lucas 35' (pen.) Morris 90+1'

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

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8 November 2021 (2021-11-08)

15:00

Puerto Rico	1–0	Barbados
Mateo 10'	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

8 November 2021 (2021-11-08)

18:00

Bermuda	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Warner 48' Hall 74' Jones 83'	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

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10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

15:00

Barbados	0–2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Report	Velox 61' (pen.) Richards 68' (pen.)

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

18:00

Puerto Rico	6–0	Bermuda
de León 5', 62' Cruz 40', 42' Rivera 69' (pen.) Joseph 75' (o.g.)	Report

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo

Referee: Germán Martínez (El Salvador)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nicaragua	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	Cayman Islands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Guyana	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Source: CONCACAF

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06)

16:00

Guyana	0–0	Cayman Islands
	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06)

19:00

Nicaragua	7–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Batiz 7', 25' Caceres 28', 80' Talavera 33' (pen.) Gutiérrez 36' Corrales 84'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

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8 November 2021 (2021-11-08)

15:00

Guyana	5–1	U.S. Virgin Islands
Glasgow 34', 41', 57' Niles 45' Coates 88'	Report	Henry 55' (pen.)

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)

8 November 2021 (2021-11-08)

18:00

Nicaragua	2–1	Cayman Islands
Caceres 50' Gutiérrez 71'	Report	Hendricks-Seymour 56'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)

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10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

15:00

U.S. Virgin Islands	2–5	Cayman Islands
Henry 30' (pen.) William 90+3'	Report	Hendricks-Seymour 13', 78' Conolly 53', 67' Ebanks 65'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

18:00

Guyana	0–5	Nicaragua
	Report	Talavera 32', 48' Batiz 54' Palacios 60', 77'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 4.23 goals per match.

6 goals

• Juruel Bernadina

5 goals

• Kegan Caull

4 goals

• Gio-Renys Felicia
• Naygiro Sambo
• Benjamin Ettienne

3 goals

• Daijon Daniels
• Shameer Hendricks-Seymour
• Keanu Does
• Jason Joseph
• Divonte Joseph
• Deanroy Phillip
• Omari Glasgow
• Keylon Bátiz
• Jareck Cáceres
• Widman Talavera

2 goals

• Jauron Gayle
• Kevin Higinio
• Eldon Reneau
• Stefan Jones
• Syrus Conolly
• Edison Azcona
• Keishon Clarke
• Shermine Williams
• Manuel Gutiérrez
• William Palacios
• Daniel Cruz Jr.
• Jeremy de León
• Daneo Caroo
• Wendy Isidor
• Naquan Henry

1 goal

• Kevon Lucas
• Zuhri Morris
• Tyrese Augustine
• Jaden Dubón
• Sincere Hall
• Keyni Mills
• Jarryd Richardson
• Jazir Warner
• Luka Chalwell
• Jake Forbes
• Elder Ebanks
• Shudelmar Dorand
• Ghillian Ilaria
• Rayhim Inesia
• Sidney Kastaneer
• Akram Potmis
• Felix Anselm
• Adriel Lawrence
• Yordy Alvarez
• Kefler Martes
• Bryan More
• Ángel Montes de Oca
• Diefri Sandy
• Adonis Vargas
• Shonnil Belfon
• Kimron Bowen
• Aquil Lawlite
• Ogiste Lemoud
• Ravi Coates
• Darron Niles
• Darwin Corrales
• Jan Mateo
• Wilfredo Rivera
• Dahmanii Berthier
• Brandon Sandiford
• Romalli Chilin
• Enzo Fremondiere
• Bishon Richards
• Oryan Velox
• Jean-Jacques Craane
• Reshawn Eustace
• Arthbert William

1 own goal

• Noah Bradshaw (against Belize)
• Edwin Gomez (against Saint Martin)
• Joshua Joseph (against Puerto Rico)
• Donte Augustine (against Curaçao)

2 own goals

• Caleb Bryan (against the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia)

Notes

1. Match suspended and later awarded to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines due to Puerto Rico failing to comply with Concacaf's COVID-19 protocols ahead of the fixture.^[8][9]