2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region.[1]

2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityToluca
Dates1–11 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored82 (5.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Lourdjina Étienne
United States Kennedy Fuller
(8 goals each)
Best player(s)Haiti Lourdjina Étienne
Best goalkeeperMexico Camila Vázquez
Fair play award United States
2022
2026
All statistics correct as of 11 February 2024.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives alongside the Dominican Republic being the hosts of the World Cup.[2]

Qualification edit

28 teams originally entered the qualification stage, but after the draw only 18 teams remained. The six group winners qualified for the tournament alongside Mexico and the USA who entered the competition as the two highest-ranked teams. [3]

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
  Mexico 1st ranked entrant 8th Champions (2013) 6
  United States (title holders) 2nd ranked entrant 8th Champions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022) 5
  El Salvador Group A Winner 4th Quarter-finals (2022) 0
  Haiti Group B Winner 6th Fourth place (2016, 2018) 0
  Costa Rica Group C Winner 6th Runners-up (2008) 2
  Puerto Rico Group D Winner 4th Fourth place (2022) 0
  Panama Group E Winner 4th Fourth place (2012) 0
  Canada Group F Winner 8th Champions (2010) 7

Venue edit

The matches were played on Campo 1 and Campo 2 at the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) headquarters.

Toluca
Mexican Football Federation
(FMF)

Squads edit

Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[4]

Group stage edit

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico (H) 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Knockout stage
2   Haiti 3 2 0 1 7 8 −1 6
3   Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
4   El Salvador 3 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Haiti  2–1  Costa Rica
  • L. Étienne   45+2', 60'
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
Mexico  3–0  El Salvador
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Anya Voigt (United States)

El Salvador  3–5  Haiti
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Kedeen Foster (Cayman Islands)
Costa Rica  0–1  Mexico
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

Costa Rica  2–2  El Salvador
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Janeishka Cabán (Puerto Rico)
Mexico  4–0  Haiti
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20 9 Knockout stage
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3   Panama 3 1 0 2 5 20 −15 3
4   Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
United States  13–0  Panama
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Canada  5–0  Puerto Rico
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)

Puerto Rico  1–3  United States
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
Panama  1–5  Canada
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

United States  5–0  Canada
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)
Puerto Rico  2–4  Panama
Report
Campo 2 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Shandor Wilkinson (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 February – Toluca
 
 
  Mexico (a.e.t.)2
 
11 February – Toluca
 
  Canada1
 
  Mexico0
 
9 February – Toluca
 
  United States4
 
  United States7
 
 
  Haiti1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
11 February – Toluca
 
 
  Canada4
 
 
  Haiti1

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

United States  7–1  Haiti
Report
Campo 1 – FMF, Toluca
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

Mexico  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Canada
Report
Campo 1 – FMF, Toluca
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)

Third place play-off edit

Canada  4–1  Haiti
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Final edit

Mexico  0–4  United States
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)

Winners edit

 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 
 
United States
6th title

Goalscorers edit

There were 82 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.12 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup edit

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
  Dominican Republic 23 June 2023 0 (debut)
  United States 9 February 2024 5 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022)
  Mexico 9 February 2024 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards edit

Source:[5]

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
  Lourdjina Étienne   Kennedy Fuller   Camila Vázquez
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
  United States

References edit

  1. ^ "Six teams join USA and Mexico in Women's U17 Championship". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ Diamond, Drew (2024-02-12). "USA claim fourth U17s CONCACAF title in a row". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  3. ^ "Draw reveals groups for 2023 Concacaf Women's U-17 Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship final rosters confirmed". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Etienne, Fuller lead honors at Women's Under-17 Championship". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

External links edit