The qualifying competitions for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship were handled by two regional of CONCACAF's bodies; the Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean zone) and the Central American Football Union (Central American zone).
Representative teams from Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified for the final competition.
Caribbean zone
The details were announced in April 2016.
Teams SeedingTeamsNo. of teamsNo participation14Group stage entrants16Final round entrants1
First round Group 1 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in St. Maarten.
Group 2 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.
Group 3 To be held 29 June – 3 July 2016 and hosted in Haiti.
Group 4 To be held 15–19 June 2016 and hosted in Dominican Republic.
Ranking of second-placed teams Three runners-up from the group stage (best three group runners-up) will also qualify for the final round.
Final round To be held 21–30 October 2016 and hosted in Curaçao.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Ranking of third-placed teams The best third-placed team from the final round group stage also qualified for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third-place playoff
Final
Awards Golden Boot of Finals Ronaldo Damus (6 goals) MVP Roberto Louima Golden Glove Jhon Paris Golden Boot of Tournaments Ronaldo Damus (8 goals) Roberto Louima (8 goals) Nicholas Dillon (8 goals)
Goalscorers 8 goals
Ronaldo Damus Roberto Louima Nicholas Dillon
6 goals
Javorn Stevens Tahir Hanley
4 goals
Kenley Dede
3 goals
Jaz Ratteray Smith Tehvan Tyrell Yvann Macon Shamar Nicholson Jeimax Osorio Isaiah Hudson
2 goals
Denie Henry Luther Wildin Zayn Hakeem Liam Evans Knory Scott Mazhyze Burchall Lazaro Yasmani Yoan Godinez Alejandro Morejon Manny Rodríguez Víctor Polanco Stevenson Guillaume Jonel Désiré Javier De la Rosa Carmelo Carrillo Javier Sutton Delano Hodge Noah Powder
1 goal
Tyrique Lake Jermaine Browne Vashami Allen Matthew Hall Paul Douglas Jahnaze Swan Osagi Bascome Ahkari Furbert Mikiel Thomas Zachary Scott Sebastìan Martinez Michael Martin Scott Leighton Thomas Luis Diaz Eduard Puga Lazano Tuero Darien Guerra Leery Schores Jeremy Cijntje Zion Lander Fitz Jolly Dillon Augustine Arismendy Jiménez Erick Japa Giovanni Dupalan Dimitri Bolivar Leverton Pierre Odilon Jerome Miche Chery Jean Jean Francois Jimmy-Shammar Sanon Nathaniel Adamolekun José Rodríguez Andre Rivera Juan O'Neill Nicolás Cardona Steve Archibald Dakarai Phipps Antoine Wilfred Nyrone Winter Ryi Maryat Cassius Joseph Keeroy Lionel Jarred Dass Kierron Mason Micah Lasiquot Morgan Brouce-de-Rouche Josh Toussaint
Own goals
Keanu Richardson (against Trinidad) Ronald Aranda (against Saint Lucia)
Central American zone
The format is a single round-robin stage. Costa Rica qualified for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship as hosts and did not enter the qualifying competition. Belize withdrew. Guatemala were prevented from entering the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship due to FIFA suspending National Football Federation of Guatemala. Fourth place Panama qualified in their place.
References
External links Under 20s – Men, CONCACAF.com Fútbol Masculino Sub-20, UNCAFut.com Men's U20, CFUfootball.org