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 edit
First round edit
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 edit
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' |
| Cuba | 1 – 1 | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez 34' |
Leonardo 5' |
| Dominican Republic | 7 – 0 | Bahamas |
|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez 26', 56' Frechilla 36'Berroa 44'Garcia 55'Jimenez 67' Sierra 77' |
Group B edit
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' |
| Cayman Islands | 0 – 0 | Bermuda |
|---|---|---|
| Cayman Islands | 2 – 3 | Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|
| Godet 28' Tatum 70' |
Cabrero 13' Luna 29'Pacheco 35' |
| Puerto Rico | 1 – 2 | Bermuda |
|---|---|---|
| Cabrero 5' |
Hollis 46' Coke 86' |
| Cayman Islands | 0 – 3 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Clennon 12', 24' Adlam 76' |
Group C edit
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 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 – 1 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| Somersall 63' |
(Report) | Loswijk 26' |
| Dominica | 1 – 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy 17' |
(Report) | Somersall 10' Benjamin 37', 42'Hanley 90' |
Group D edit
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 |
| Guyana | 1 – 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|---|---|---|
| Camacho 69' |
(Report) | Stewart 51', 80' |
| 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' |
| 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 edit
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) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 8 – 0 | Anguilla |
|---|---|---|
| Bacuna 6', 76' Jantji 12'Rijna 30'Constancia 32', 39'Torbed 46'Poppen 83' |
(Report) |
| Anguilla | 0 – 7 | Saint Martin |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Fleming 31' Bellechasse 42'Merabli 45', 68'Daniel 62'Galvani 64', 76' |
| 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) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 – 1 | Saint Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Bacuna 41' Carmelita 75'Trenidad 90' |
(Report) | Fleming 46' |
Second round edit
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 edit
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 Republic | 0 – 2 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| (Report)[permanent dead link] | Vorbe 11' Exantus 88' |
| Grenada | 0 – 2 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| (Report)[permanent dead link] | Vorbe 6', 50' |
| Dominican Republic | 5 – 0 | Grenada |
|---|---|---|
| Frechilla 1' Rodriguez 30', 32', 54'Berroa 38' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] |
Group G edit
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 Antilles | 4 – 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
|---|---|---|
| Thorbed 46' Victoria 84'Constancia 86', 90' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] | Blanchette 5', 33' Benjamin 25', 75' |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 – 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|---|---|---|
| (Report)[permanent dead link] | Stewart 56' |
Group H edit
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 |
| Aruba | 3 – 2 | Antigua and Barbuda |
|---|---|---|
| Santos de Gouveia 25' Ignacio 35'Nuñez Jr 38' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] | Luke 36' Constant 46' |
| Jamaica | 4 – 1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
|---|---|---|
| Orgill 29' Philogene 33' (o.g.)Campbell 42'Thorpe 42' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] | Constant 52' |
| Aruba | 0 – 4 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| (Report)[permanent dead link] | Orgill 15', 25', 50', 57' |
Third round edit
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 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 – 0 | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Cuffy 16' Hamlet 56' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] |
| Dominican Republic | 1 – 4 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Ledesma 86' (pen.) |
(Report)[permanent dead link] | Adlam 11', 18', 42' (pen.) Campbell 42' |
| Haiti | 6 – 1 | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Jérôme 22' Gregory 31'Fritznel 37'Exantus 55'Vaniel 78'Ultegun 89' |
(Report)[permanent dead link] | Frechilla 11' |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 – 2 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| (Report)[permanent dead link] | Stapleton 13' (o.g.) Williams 60' |
Central American zone edit
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 edit
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 |
Group 2 edit
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) |
| El Salvador | 2 – 1 | Panama |
|---|---|---|
| Blanco 28' Maldonado 90' |
(Report) | Rob. Blackburn 48' |
| Belize | 0 – 3 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Blanco 6', 30' Orellana 32' |
Playoff edit
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' |
| Panama | 1 – 2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Rol. Blackburn 26' |
(Report) | Rojas 57', 73' |
Caribbean/Central American playoff edit
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]
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Four Caribbean Countries to Vie for Caribbean U-20 Supremacy in St. Vincent, Caribbean Football Union, 6 January 2009, retrieved 8 January 2009
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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