2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
City | Bacolet and Macoya |
Dates | 6–15 March 2009 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Costa Rica (2nd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Honduras |
Fourth place | Trinidad and Tobago |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals) |
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All statistics correct as of 12 March 2009. |
The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.
Qualifying
Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
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Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago† |
Central America (UNCAF) | Central American U-20 qualifying tournament | Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras‡ |
North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |
- Notes
- † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
- ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[1][2] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya.[3] Honduras won the match 3–1.[4]
Squads
Venues
Dwight Yorke Stadium Location:Bacolet, Tobago Capacity:7,500 Home club: Tobago United |
Marvin Lee Stadium Location:Macoya, Trinidad Capacity:6,000 Home club: Joe Public F.C. |
Group stage
The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.
Group 1
All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
United States | 0 – 0 | Honduras |
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Report |
United States | 2 – 0 | El Salvador |
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Shea 30' Taylor 41' |
Report |
Group 2
All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Mexico | 0 – 1 | Costa Rica |
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Report | Martínez 39' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 0 | Canada |
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De Silva 82' | Report |
Canada | 2 – 0 | Mexico |
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Edwini-Bonsu 75' 82' | Report |
Costa Rica | 2 – 1 | Canada |
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Castro 25' Ureña 72' |
Report | Edwini-Bonsu 12' |
Championship round
All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Semifinals
Costa Rica | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Estrada Guzmán Gamboa Castro |
4 – 2 | Leverón Mejía Mayorquin Fonseca |
United States | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Jeffrey Duka Marošević Davies Wallace |
4 – 3 | Rochford Joseph Bentick Bateau Paul |
Third place
Final
Costa Rica | 3 – 0 | United States |
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Estrada 40' Josué Martínez 68' 80' |
Report |
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
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See also
References
- ^ Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, retrieved 17 November 2008
- ^ a b Mexico, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Canada grouped for first round of CONCACAF U-20 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 15 January 2009, retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
- ^ Honduras claims last place in CONCACAF U-20 Championship, beats St. Vincent 3-1, Macoya, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 2 March 2009, retrieved 3 March 2009
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