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2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament determined the Caribbean and Central American Under-20 association football national teams that would participate in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which itself will qualify national teams to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification began on 14 May 2008. The final round of qualification was a one-game playoff on 2 March 2009, between the runner-up from the Caribbean zone, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American zone, Honduras. The three North American zone nations, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as well as tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago, were automatically entered into the final tournament without need for qualification.

Caribbean zone

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First round

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The first round consisted of five groups of four teams. The five group winners and top four group runners-up from each group advanced to the second qualification round.

Group A

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All Group A matches were hosted by Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, the governing by for association football in Cuba. All matches were played at Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Haiti 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
  Dominican Republic 3 1 1 1 8 2 +6 4
  Cuba 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
  Bahamas 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Haiti  1 – 0  Dominican Republic
Ultegun   68'
Attendance: 3,000
Cuba  5 – 0  Bahamas
Adrila   7'
Hernandez   15'
Palmero   31'
Garcia   54'
Cordoves   69'
Attendance: 3,000
Bahamas  0 – 5  Haiti
Fritznel   6'
Ultegun   7', 11'
Herold   20', 28'
Attendance: 500
Cuba  1 – 1  Dominican Republic
Hernandez   34' Leonardo   5'
Attendance: 500
Dominican Republic  7 – 0  Bahamas
Rodriguez   26', 56'
Frechilla   36'
Berroa   44'
Garcia   55'
Jimenez   67'
Sierra   77'
Attendance: 2,000
Cuba  0 – 3  Haiti
Herold   25'
Valdo   40'
Ultegun   48'
Attendance: 2,000

Group B

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All Group B matches were hosted by the Cayman Islands Football Association, the governing body for association football in the Cayman Islands, and were played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Jamaica 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
  Bermuda 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
  Cayman Islands 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Jamaica  1 – 0  Puerto Rico
Palmer   34'
Attendance: 1,500
Cayman Islands  0 – 0  Bermuda
Attendance: 1,500
Bermuda  0 – 4  Jamaica
Adlam   22', 44'
Williams   49', 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Cayman Islands  2 – 3  Puerto Rico
Godet   28'
Tatum   70'		 Cabrero   13'
Luna   29'
Pacheco   35'
Attendance: 2,000
Puerto Rico  1 – 2  Bermuda
Cabrero   5' Hollis   46'
Coke   86'
Attendance: 2,000
Cayman Islands  0 – 3  Jamaica
Clennon   12', 24'
Adlam   76'
Attendance: 2,000

Group C

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All Group C matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing body for association football in Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
  Aruba 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
  Suriname 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
  Dominica 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Suriname  1 – 1  Dominica
Drenthe   12' (Report) Glenworth   90'
Attendance: 500
Aruba  2 – 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis
De L'Isle   19'
Grovell   70'		 (Report) Benjamin   3', 38'
Somersall   8'
Attendance: 500
Saint Kitts and Nevis  1 – 1  Suriname
Somersall   63' (Report) Loswijk   26'
Attendance: 700
Aruba  1 – 0  Dominica
Abdul   71' (Report)
Attendance: 700
Dominica  1 – 4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kennedy   17' (Report) Somersall   10'
Benjamin   37', 42'
Hanley   90'
Attendance: 800
Aruba  2 – 2  Suriname
Nuñez Jr.   66'
Abdul   75'		 (Report) Odang   21'
Loswijk   54'
Attendance: 800

Group D

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All Group D matches were hosted by the Grenada Football Association, the governing body for association football in Grenada. All matches were played at Tanteen Recreational Ground in St. George's.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 3 0 0 26 1 +25 9
  Grenada 3 1 1 1 19 3 +16 4
  Guyana 3 1 1 1 17 4 +13 4
  British Virgin Islands 3 0 0 3 1 54 −53 0
Grenada  17 – 0  British Virgin Islands
D. Daniel   2', 11', 39', 42', 45'
R. Daniel   5', 19', 37', 65', 85', 88', 90+', 90+'
C. Murray   24', 45', 81'
Q. Murray   33'		 (Report)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  23 – 1  British Virgin Islands
Douglas   17'
Stewart   21', 26', 37', 41', 45'
Hamlet   29'
Samuel   45', 77', 85', 87'
Browne   46', 73', 66'
Richardson   48', 75', 89'
William   53', 68', 70', 72'
Balcombe   69', 83'		 (Report) Evans   89'
Attendance: 100
Grenada  2 – 2  Guyana
C. Murray   22'
R. Daniel   83'		 (Report) Beaton   48'
McLennon   69'
Attendance: 100
British Virgin Islands  0 – 14  Guyana
(Report) Camacho   11'
Murray   14', 34', 69', 78', 88'
McKinnon   27'
Crandson   36', 52', 84'
McLennon   44', 51'
Primo   64'
  78' (o.g.)

Group E

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All Group E matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Antigua and Barbuda 3 3 0 0 24 0 +24 9
  Netherlands Antilles 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
  Saint Martin 3 1 0 2 8 6 +2 3
  Anguilla 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0
Antigua and Barbuda  3 – 0  Saint Martin
Constant   27', 59'
Challenger   33'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Netherlands Antilles  8 – 0  Anguilla
Bacuna   6', 76'
Jantji   12'
Rijna   30'
Constancia   32', 39'
Torbed   46'
Poppen   83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Henry Kia (Suriname)
Anguilla  0 – 7  Saint Martin
(Report) Fleming   31'
Bellechasse   42'
Merabli   45', 68'
Daniel   62'
Galvani   64', 76'
Attendance: 300
Antigua and Barbuda  15 – 0  Anguilla
Hazlewood   2', 61', 64'
Challenger   17', 27', 46', 70', 82'
Constant   24', 37', 44'
Martin   83'
Thomas   87'
Gregory   89'
Roach   90+'		 (Report)
Attendance: 450
Netherlands Antilles  3 – 1  Saint Martin
Bacuna   41'
Carmelita   75'
Trenidad   90'		 (Report) Fleming   46'
Attendance: 450

Second round

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The second round consists of three groups of three. The three group winners from each group as well as the best-performing runner-up will move on to the third and final round of the CFU region's qualification tournament.[1]

Group F

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All Group F matches were hosted by Federación Dominicana de Fútbol, the governing by for association football in the Dominican Republic. All matches were played at Estadio Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Haiti 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
  Grenada 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
  Dominican Republic0 – 2  Haiti
(Report)[permanent dead link] Vorbe   11'
Exantus   88'
Attendance: 1000
  Grenada0 – 2  Haiti
(Report)[permanent dead link] Vorbe   6', 50'
Attendance: 1400
  Dominican Republic5 – 0  Grenada
Frechilla   1'
Rodriguez   30', 32', 54'
Berroa   38'		 (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 300

Group G

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All Group G matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
  Netherlands Antilles 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
  Netherlands Antilles4 – 4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Thorbed   46'
Victoria   84'
Constancia   86', 90'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Blanchette   5', 33'
Benjamin   25', 75'
Attendance: 200

Group H

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All Group H matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing by for association football in the Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Jamaica 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6
  Aruba 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 3
  Antigua and Barbuda 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0

Third round

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The final round of CFU qualification were hosted by, the governing body for association football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1][2] The matches were played at Victoria Park in Kingstown, the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3] The group winner, Jamaica, qualified for the tournament proper, and the runner up from the Caribbean region, St Vincent and the Grenadines, as group runner-up, earned the right to a one-game playoff with the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[2][4][5][6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Jamaica 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
  Haiti 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Jamaica  1 – 1  Haiti
Orgill   55' (Report)[permanent dead link] Fritznel   88'
Attendance: 800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  2 – 0  Dominican Republic
Cuffy   16'
Hamlet   56'		 (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 3,500
Dominican Republic  1 – 4  Jamaica
Ledesma   86' (pen.) (Report)[permanent dead link] Adlam   11', 18', 42' (pen.)
Campbell   42'
Attendance: 2,000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1 – 0  Haiti
Stewart   47' (Report)[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 3,000
Haiti  6 – 1  Dominican Republic
Jérôme   22'
Gregory   31'
Fritznel   37'
Exantus   55'
Vaniel   78'
Ultegun   89'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Frechilla   11'
Attendance: 2,000

Central American zone

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The Central American zone comprises two groups. One group has three teams and the other has four teams. The two group winners will move on to the tournament. The runner-up from each group will play a two-legged playoff to determine the third place team from the region. The third place team will play the runner-up from the Caribbean region for the final spot in the tournament proper.[4]

Group 1

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The matches played in Group 1 were hosted by Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras, the governing body for association football in Honduras. All matches were played at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  Honduras 2 1 0 1 8 2 +6 3
  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Costa Rica  4 – 0  Nicaragua
Estrada   2'
Castro   34'
Guzman   65'
Ureña   74'		 (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)
Honduras  7 – 0  Nicaragua
Rojas   39', 57', 90+1'
Mejia   44'
Sosa   45', 52'
Martínez   88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,800
Honduras  1 – 2  Costa Rica
Martínez   60' (Report) Martínez   29'
Estrada   43'
Attendance: 4,200

Group 2

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All of the matches in Group 2 were hosted by Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, the governing body for association football in Guatemala. All matches were played at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  Panama 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Belize 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Panama  3 – 0  Belize
Beltran   44'
de la Rosa   57', 81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Guatemala  2 – 1  El Salvador
Herrarte   1'
Gomez   26'		 (Report) Morán   75'
Attendance: 1,000
  El Salvador2 – 1  Panama
Blanco   28'
Maldonado   90'		 (Report) Rob. Blackburn   48'
Attendance: 100
Guatemala  1 – 1  Belize
Morales   9' (Report) Maldonado   45'
Attendance: 800
Belize  0 – 3  El Salvador
(Report) Blanco   6', 30'
Orellana   32'
Attendance: 300
Guatemala  1 – 2  Panama
Cayax   73' (Report) Mena   39'
Rol. Blackburn   90'
Attendance: 1,500

Playoff

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The two group runners-up faced off in a two-legged playoff for third place rights in the region. Honduras, as winners of the 3rd place playoff, advanced to face the runner up from the Caribbean qualification, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to become the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[4][5]

Honduras  5 – 2  Panama
Padilla   10'
Valladares   14'
Rojas   37'
Martínez   51'
Andino   75'		 (Report) de la Rosa   31',   86'
Attendance: 1267
Panama  1 – 2  Honduras
Rol. Blackburn   26' (Report) Rojas   57', 73'
Attendance: 1267

Caribbean/Central American playoff

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Honduras, as winner of the 3rd place playoff in Central American qualification, faced Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the runner-up from the Caribbean zone tournament, for the final place in the tournament proper.[2][4][5] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March in Macoya, Trinidad four days prior to the opening of the tournament proper.[6]

Honduras  3 – 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Rojas   74'
Martínez   80'
Andino   89'		 (Report) Stewart   23' (pen.)
Attendance: 100

References

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  1. ^ a b Jamaica advances to final round of Caribbean qualifying for CONCACAF U20 Championship, Oranjestad, Aruba: CONCACAF, 24 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 25 November 2008
  2. ^ a b c St. Vincent and Grenadines to stage final round of Caribbean U-20 qualifying, Port of Spain, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 17 December 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 23 December 2008
  3. ^ Four Caribbean Countries to Vie for Caribbean U-20 Supremacy in St. Vincent, Caribbean Football Union, 6 January 2009, retrieved 8 January 2009
  4. ^ a b c d Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 17 November 2008
  5. ^ a b c Honduras beats Panama 2:1 to earn playoff berth for chance at CONCACAF U20 Championship, Panama City: CONCACAF, 5 October 2008, archived from the original on 9 December 2008, retrieved 28 November 2008
  6. ^ a b Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
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