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2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012
(in Spanish)
Tournament logo
Tournament details
Host countryPanama
CityPanama City
DatesMarch 1–11
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance10,382 (649 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals)
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The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012.[1] All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0.

Qualification

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Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying
Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances
North American zone
 Canada Automatic 6th Champion (2004, 2008)
 Mexico Automatic 6th Runner-up (2010)
 United States (TH) Automatic 6th Champion (2006, 2010)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Guatemala Group 1 Winner 2nd First round (2010)
 Panama Group 2 Winner 4th First round (2002, 2004, 2006)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Haiti Group E Winner 2nd First round (2002)
 Cuba Group F Winner 3rd First round (2008, 2010)
 Jamaica Best Group Runner-up 6th Fourth place (2006)

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.[2]

Venue

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 Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández
Capacity: 32,000

Match officials

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The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]

Squads

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Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship squads

Group stage

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The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida.[4] The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.[5]
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6
 Jamaica 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
 Haiti 3 0 1 2 0 15 −15 1
Canada 5–0 Haiti
Ezurike 47', 53'
Charron-Delage 51', 62'
Richardson 59'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Mexico 3–1 Jamaica
Samarzich 6'
Gómez Junco 39'
C. Martinez 44'		 Report Spence 15'
Attendance: 250
Mexico 10–0 Haiti
Samarzich 19'
A. Martínez 29', 48'
Jiménez 32'
Gómez Junco 59', 60', 77'
Franco 64'
Solís 76', 77'		 Report
Attendance: 101
Jamaica 0–2 Canada
Report Richardson 75'
Charron-Delage 82'
Attendance: 101
Haiti 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 100
Canada 1–0 Mexico
Legault-Cordisco 25' Report
Attendance: 153

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9
 Panama 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
 Guatemala 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
 Cuba 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
United States 6–0 Guatemala
Horan 12, 47, 74'
Johnston 29'
Stengel 54'
Roccaro 60'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Panama 2–1 Cuba
Evans 16'
Cox 54'		 Report Pelaez 27'
Attendance: 935
Cuba 0–6 United States
Report Stengel 4', 37'
Hayes 25', 29'
DiBernardo 53'
Ubogagu 84'
Attendance: 1,170
Panama 3–1 Guatemala
Mills 39'
Zorrilla 48'
Jordan 82'		 Report Monterroso 40'
Attendance: 1,170
Guatemala 5–2 Cuba
Monterroso 27'
Argueta 31'
Pérez 32'
López 67' (pen.)
Bayeux 68' (o.g.)		 Report Pérez 53'
Peláez 80'
Attendance: 80
Panama 0–6 United States
Report Capelle 29'
DiBernardo 44'
Johnston 53'
Hayes 59', 78'
Mewis 69'
Attendance: 1,380

Knockout rounds

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The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 
 United States4
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 Mexico0
 
 United States2
 
March 9 – Panama City
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada6
 
 
 Panama0
 
Third place
 
 
March 11 – Panama City
 
 
 Mexico5
 
 
 Panama0

Semi-finals

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United States 4–0 Mexico
Johnston 11'
Brian 37'
Horan 38'
Ohai 81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071
Canada 6–0 Panama
Ezurike 25'
Richardson 47'
Oduro 49', 84'
Pietrangelo 69'
Sawicki 88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,071

Third place match

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Mexico 5–0 Panama
Franco 18', 47'
Gómez-Junco 25', 90+1' (pen.)
Samarzich 44'		 Report
Attendance: 200

Final

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United States 2–1 Canada
Hayes 79'
Ubogagu 88'		 Report Richardson 5'
Attendance: 200

Awards

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 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship winners 

United States
Third title

Goalscorers

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Panama to host U-20 & Guatemala U-17 Women's Championships". 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Panama reaches CONCACAF U-20 women's finals". CONCACAF. Archived from the original (28 April 2011) on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ^ "U-20 women's championship refs selected". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Host Panama, U.S. drawn for U-20 women". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  5. ^ "U.S. to open U-20 women against Guatemala". 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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