2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Grenada |
City | St. George's |
Dates | 3–13 March 2016 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Mexico |
Third place | Canada |
Fourth place | Haiti |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 79 (4.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Nérilia Mondésir (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | Ashley Sanchez |
Best goalkeeper | Laurel Ivory |
Fair play award | Mexico |
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The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th 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. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]
The United States won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over Mexico. Both finalists and third-placed Canada qualified for the World Cup.[3]
Qualification
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]
- Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically
- Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
- Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performances | Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances |
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North American Zone (NAFU) | ||||
Canada | Automatic | 5th | Winner (2010) | 4 |
Mexico | Automatic | 5th | Winner (2013) | 3 |
United States | Automatic | 5th | Winner (2008, 2012) | 2 |
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4] | ||||
Guatemala | Group A winner | 3rd | Group stage (2012, 2013) | 0 |
Costa Rica | Group B winner | 3rd | Runner-up (2008) | 2 |
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5] | ||||
Grenada | Hosts | 1st | Debut | 0 |
Jamaica | Final round winner | 5th | Fourth place (2013) | 0 |
Haiti | Final round runner-up | 3rd | Group stage (2010, 2013) | 0 |
Venues
The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium hosted the matches for Group B.[6]
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST (UTC−4) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.[6]
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.[7]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[8]
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. 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 would be applied in the following order:[8]
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, AST (UTC−4).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Haiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | |
4 | Grenada (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 |
Grenada | 0–13 | Haiti |
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Report | Saint-Félix 4', 14' Mondésir 8', 37', 40', 41' Dumonay 13' Olivier 27' Dacius 33', 54' Éloissaint 52' Pierre 70', 83' |
Haiti | 3–2 | Guatemala |
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Saint-Félix 6', 11' Mondésir 88' |
Report | Herrarte 53' Mayén 73' |
Canada | 7–0 | Grenada |
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Baalbaki 3' Akindoju 11', 12', 26' Huitema 71', 88' Faulknor 85' |
Report |
Canada | 1–2 | Haiti |
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Stratigakis 78' | Report | Saint-Félix 81' Dacius 84' (pen.) |
Grenada | 0–7 | Guatemala |
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Report | Ordóñez 13' Oliva 34', 60' Mayén 45+2' Herrarte 49' Charles 72' (o.g.) Martínez 87' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Mexico | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
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Hernández 2' Cazares 18' Espinosa 80', 87' |
Report | G. Villalobos 23', 61' |
Jamaica | 1–8 | United States |
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Smart 32' | Report | Kuhlmann 15', 49' Sanchez 34', 56' Tagliaferri 72', 75', 81', 87' |
Costa Rica | 3–2 | Jamaica |
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Del Campo 29' (pen.) Alvarado 76' Salas 90+1' |
Report | E. Clarke 22' T. Clarke 34' |
United States | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Sanchez 73' | Report |
United States | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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Spaanstra 7' Sanchez 38' (pen.) |
Report |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).[8]
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
11 March – St. George's | ||||||
Haiti | 0 | |||||
13 March – St. George's | ||||||
Mexico | 3 | |||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||
11 March – St. George's | ||||||
United States | 2 | |||||
United States | 5 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
13 March – St. George's | ||||||
Haiti | 2 | |||||
Canada | 4 |
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Haiti | 0–3 | Mexico |
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Report | Cazares 5' Reyes 13' Hernández 75' |
United States | 5–0 | Canada |
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Spaanstra 33' Canniff 45+1' Kuhlmann 54' Smith 90+1' Tagliaferri 90+3' |
Report |
Third place playoff
Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Haiti | 2–4 | Canada |
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Mondésir 80', 89' | Report | Raimondo 55', 75' Kats 60' Flynn 73' |
Final
Winners
2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship |
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United States Third title |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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United States | 11 March 2016 | 2 (2008, 2012) |
Mexico | 11 March 2016 | 3 (2010, 2012, 2014) |
Canada | 13 March 2016 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Resheda Charles (playing against Guatemala)
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]
- Best XI
- Goalkeeper: Laurel Ivory
- Right Defender: Kennedy Wesley
- Central Defender: Naomi Girma
- Central Defender: Kimberly Rodríguez
- Left Defender: Julia Grosso
- Right Midfielder: Nérilia Mondésir
- Central Midfielder: Brianna Pinto
- Central Midfielder: Jaelin Howell
- Left Midfielder: Lizbeth Ovalle
- Forward: Ashley Sanchez
- Forward: Civana Kuhlmann
- Golden Ball
- Golden Boot
- Nérilia Mondésir (7 goals)
- Golden Glove
- Fair Play Award
References
- ^ a b "Grenada to host Under-17 Women's Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Canada qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016". CONACACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship Grenada 2016". CONCACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
External links
- Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com