2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
City | Bacolet and Macoya |
Dates | 6–15 March 2009 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Costa Rica (2nd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Honduras |
Fourth place | Trinidad and Tobago |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals) |
The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.
Contents
Qualifying
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Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
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Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago† |
Central America (UNCAF) | Central American U-20 qualifying tournament | Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras‡ |
North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |
- Notes
- † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
- ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[1][2] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya.[3] Honduras won the match 3–1.[4]
Squads
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Venues
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Dwight Yorke Stadium Location:Bacolet, Tobago Capacity:7,500 Home club: Tobago United |
Marvin Lee Stadium Location:Macoya, Trinidad Capacity:6,000 Home club: Joe Public F.C. |
Group stage
The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.
Group 1
All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Group 2
All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Championship round
All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Semifinals
Costa Rica | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Estrada Guzmán Gamboa Castro |
4 – 2 | Leverón Mejía Mayorquin Fonseca |
United States | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Jeffrey Duka Marošević Davies Wallace |
4 – 3 | Rochford Joseph Bentick Bateau Paul |
Third place
Final
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
Final Ranking
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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.