The 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (19th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in the United States between 1 May and 16 May 2019. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as CONCACAF representatives.
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fourth consecutive title.
Qualified teams
The format for qualification had changed since the 2017 edition. The qualifying competition no longer featured Caribbean and Central American zones.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked nineteen entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.
Round Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances Group stage (title holders) 17th Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017) 13 (host) 18th Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) 16 18th Runners-up (2015) 5 17th Champions (1994) 10 9th Runners-up (2013) 2 17th Runners-up (2011) 6 14th Final group winner (1999) 2 8th Final group winner (2007) 1 14th Runners-up (1983) 2 11th Quarter-finals (2013) 0 15th Fourth place (1999) 0 2nd First round (2017) 0 7th First round (1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2017) 0 3rd First round (2011, 2013) 0 2nd First round (1996) 0 1st Debut 0 Round of 16 2nd First round (1994) 0 3rd First round (1994, 1996) 0 1st Debut 0 3rd First round (1983, 1991) 0 Notes
Venues
Matches were played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida:
+Bradenton, FloridaIMG AcademyCapacity: 5,000
Match officials
Referees Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico) Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) Adonai Escobedo (Mexico) John Pitti (Panama) Iván Barton (El Salvador) Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador) Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica) Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) Jair Marrufo (United States) Armando Villarreal (United States) Ismail Elfath (United States) Yadel Martinez (Cuba) Mario Escobar (Guatemala) Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Oshane Nation (Jamaica) Daneon Parchment (Jamaica) Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis) Hector Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Draw The draw for the group stage took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida, United States. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete.
Group stage The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.
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: Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams; Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points); Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points); Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots.
All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals The four quarter-final winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Awards Winners
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Golden Ball Israel Luna
Golden Boot Geancarlo Castro (7 goals)
Golden Glove Eduardo García
Fair Play
+Best XIPositionPlayerGK Eduardo GarcíaDF Jean Geffrard Kobe Hernandez-Foster Alejandro Gómez Stanley GuirandMF Danny Leyva Eugenio Pizzuto Gianluca BusioFW Geancarlo Castro Israel Luna Giovanni Reyna
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 6 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013) 16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) 13 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 1 (2007) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links Under 17 – Men, CONCACAF.com