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2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
Dates5–13 November 2021
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored131 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Curaçao Juruel Bernadina
(6 goals)
2020 2024
International football competition

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.

Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019. 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.

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 500
33  U.S. Virgin Islands 499
34  Sint Maarten 466
36  Anguilla 55
39  British Virgin Islands 0
Did not enter tournament (7 teams)
Rank Team Points
22  Guadeloupe 1,050
29  Martinique 681
35  Turks and Caicos Islands 67
37  Montserrat 0
38  French Guiana 0
40  Bonaire 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. 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. Montserrat, initially drawn into Group C, later withdrew before the start of the tournament.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  • (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):

  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
Grenada 7–0 Sint Maarten
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Curaçao 7–0 British Virgin Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Dominica 2–5 Grenada
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Germán Martínez (El Salvador)
Curaçao 2–0 Sint Maarten
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)
Sint Maarten 2–0 Dominica
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
British Virgin Islands 0–4 Grenada
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)
British Virgin Islands 1–0 Sint Maarten
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Dominica 0–10 Curaçao
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Dominica 0–1 British Virgin Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Curaçao 4–2 Grenada
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: 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
Saint Lucia 5–2 Saint Martin
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Erick Lezama (Nicaragua)
Dominican Republic 6–0 Anguilla
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)
Belize 0–0 Saint Lucia
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Dominican Republic 2–0 Saint Martin
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Saint Martin 1–6 Belize
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Anguilla 0–3 Saint Lucia
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Anguilla 2–2 Saint Martin
  • Gayle 82', 88'
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Belize 0–2 Dominican Republic
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)
Belize 4–0 Anguilla
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Dominican Republic 2–2 Saint Lucia
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: 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
Puerto Rico 0–3
Awarded
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo
Bermuda 3–2 Barbados
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Puerto Rico 1–0 Barbados
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Bermuda 3–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Barbados 0–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)
Puerto Rico 6–0 Bermuda
Report
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo DomingoReferee: 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
Guyana 0–0 Cayman Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Nicaragua 7–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
Guyana 5–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)
Nicaragua 2–1 Cayman Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)
U.S. Virgin Islands 2–5 Cayman Islands
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Guyana 0–5 Nicaragua
Report
Estadio Panamericano, San CristóbalReferee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers

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

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

  • Anguilla 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.

References

  1. "2021 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed". CONCACAF. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Ranking". CONCACAF.com.
  3. "Draw reveals groups for CMU20 Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 17 September 2021.
  4. "2021 Concacaf Men's Under-20 Qualifiers draw rescheduled for September 17". Concacaf. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. "Draw reveals groups for CMU20 Qualifiers". Concacaf. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. "2021 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed". Concacaf. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. "Regulations". CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. "Suspendido el primer partido de la Selección Nacional Sub-20 Masculina" (in Spanish). Puerto Rican Football Federation. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. "2021 CMU20 Qualifiers Statement". Concacaf. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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