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2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (18th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Panama between 21 April and 7 May 2017.[1][2]

2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-17 2017 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates21 April – 7 May
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (7th title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored93 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Carlos Mejía
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Jairo Torres
Best goalkeeperUnited States Justin Garces
Fair play award Mexico
← 2015
2019 →

The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Qualified teams edit

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying

The qualifying competition for the tournament began in July 2016.

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-17 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
  Mexico (TH) Automatic 16th Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015) 12
  United States Automatic 17th Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) 15
  Canada Automatic 16th Runners-up (2011) 6
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
  Panama Host 8th Runners-up (2013) 2
  Costa Rica First place 16th Champions (1994) 9
  Honduras Second place 17th Runners-up (2015) 4
  El Salvador Third place 14th Final round play-off (1999) 0
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
  Haiti Group A winner 7th Final round group winner (2007) 1
  Jamaica Group A runner-up 13th Final round group winner (1999) 2
  Cuba Group B winner 10th Champions (1988) 2
  Curaçao Group B runner-up 6th First round 0
  Suriname Best third place 1st — 0

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
All previous appearances of Curaçao as the former Netherlands Antilles.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues edit

Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández Estadio Maracaná
Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 5,500
   

Draw edit

The draw took place on December 13, 2016 at 19:00 EST (UTC−5) at Sheraton Grand Panama, Panama City, Panama, and was streamed live via CONCACAF.com.[3]

Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. Panama, Mexico and Costa Rica were seeded into each of the three groups.

The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups (D and E) for the classification stage.

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Referees edit

Squads edit

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Each squad could contain 20 players (including two goalkeepers).[5]

Group stage edit

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advanced to the classification stage.

Tiebreakers (for both group stage and classification stage)

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[5]

  1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
  4. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Panama (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Classification stage
2   Honduras 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Curaçao 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4   Haiti 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Curaçao  1–0  Haiti
Bernadina   43' Report
Referee: Michel Rodríguez (Cuba)
Panama  4–2  Honduras
Guerrero   21', 24'
Orelien   87' (pen.), 89'		 Report Palma   16'
Mejía   49' (pen.)
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Honduras  3–0  Curaçao
Mejía   50', 52'
Cardona   90+3'		 Report
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Panama  0–0  Haiti
Report
Honduras  3–1  Haiti
López   70'
Mejía   82'
Palma   88'		 Report Leveille   10'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Panama  1–0  Curaçao
Guerrero   35' Report
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Classification stage
2   Cuba 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3   Canada 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Suriname 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cuba  1–1  Suriname
Rendón   57' Report Hoever   83'
Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)
Costa Rica  2–1  Canada
Alfaro   44', 90+5' Report Romeo   51'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Canada  1–2  Cuba
Hojabrpour   71' Report Romero   26'
Cruz   59'
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Costa Rica  3–0  Suriname
Cordero   14'
Abarca   64'
Montero   80'		 Report
Canada  2–0  Suriname
David   13', 56' Report
Costa Rica  3–1  Cuba
Coll   37' (o.g.)
Gómez   68'
Jarquin   71'		 Report Savigne   49'

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Classification stage
2   Mexico 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
4   El Salvador 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jamaica  0–5  United States
Report Durkin   53'
Weah   77'
Sargent   87'
Akinola   88', 90+2'
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)
Mexico  6–0  El Salvador
Menjívar   1' (o.g.)
Olivas   31'
López   35', 46'
Ávila   41' (o.g.)
Maeda   75'		 Report
El Salvador  1–3  Jamaica
Cerritos   53' (pen.) Report McIntosh   18'
Parris   83', 90+1'
Referee: Rodphin Harris (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico  3–4  United States
De la Rosa   6', 44'
Lindsey   90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Sargent   26', 40'
Ferri   51'
Akinola   84'
Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)
El Salvador  0–1  United States
Report Jones   52'
Referee: Michel Rodríguez (Cuba)
Mexico  5–1  Jamaica
Torres   24', 35'
López   32', 62'
Vázquez   61'		 Report Verley   71'
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

Classification stage edit

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2   Honduras 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3   Cuba 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cuba  1–7  Honduras
Savigne   87' Report Mejía   11', 36', 42'
Palacios   16', 31', 73'
Pérez   24'
Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)
Honduras  0–3  United States
Report Sargent   25', 82'
Akinola   65'
Cuba  2–6  United States
Savigne   19'
Vasquez   47' (o.g.)		 Report Vassilev   16'
Coll   37' (o.g.)
Carleton   39'
Jones   49'
Reynolds   84'
Weah   88'
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2   Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3   Panama (H) 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica  2–1  Panama
Alfaro   31'
Arce   41'		 Report Guerrero   44'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Panama  0–1  Mexico
Report Torres   32'
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Costa Rica  1–6  Mexico
Abarca   4' Report Olivas   2', 40' (pen.)
De la Rosa   20'
López   30', 51'
Sandoval   80'

Final edit

If the final was level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[5]

United States  1–1  Mexico
Carleton   62' Report Robles   90+2'
Penalties
 4–5

Awards edit

Winners edit

 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners 
 
Mexico
Seventh title

Individual awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Best XI edit

Goalscorers edit

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
2 own goals
1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup edit

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Mexico 3 May 2017 12 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
  United States 5 May 2017 15 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
  Honduras 3 May 2017 4 (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
  Costa Rica 3 May 2017 9 (1985, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References edit

  1. ^ "Panamá organizará premundial Sub-17 de la CONCACAF en abril del 2017" (in Spanish). FEPAFUT. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Panama Named Host for 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Panama 2017". CONCACAF.com. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ "CONCACAF Under-17 Championship draw produces groups, schedule". CONCACAF.com. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Regulations" (pdf). CONCACAF vis issuu.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ "TSG reveals CU17 Best XI, award winners". CONCACAF.com. May 8, 2017. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "USA join trio in qualifying for India". FIFA.com. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017.

External links edit

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