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The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF.[1] It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023.[2][3] The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.
| Premundial CONCACAF Sub-17 2023 (in Spanish) | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Guatemala |
| Dates | 11–26 February |
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (9th title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 39 |
| Goals scored | 158 (4.05 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Stephano Carrillo (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Gael Álvarez |
| Best goalkeeper | Norberto Bedolla |
| Fair play award | Mexico |
← 2019 2025 → | |
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019.[4] A total of 38 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 twenty-two 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.[5]
| Round | Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Mexico (title holders) |
1st ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)[a] | 14 |
| United States |
2nd ranked entrant | 19th | Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)[b] | 17 | |
 Costa Rica |
3rd ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1994)[c] | 10 | |
 Honduras |
4th ranked entrant | 19th | Runners-up (2015) | 5 | |
 Canada |
5th ranked entrant | 18th | Runners-up (2011) | 7 | |
 Panama |
6th ranked entrant | 10th | Runners-up (2013) | 2 | |
 Haiti |
7th ranked entrant | 9th | Final group winner (2007) | 2 | |
 Jamaica |
8th ranked entrant | 15th | Final group winner (1999) | 2 | |
 Cuba |
9th ranked entrant | 11th | Champions (1988) | 2 | |
 El Salvador |
10th ranked entrant | 16th | Fourth place (1999) | 0 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
11th ranked entrant | 15th | Runners-up (1983) | 2 | |
 Guatemala (host) |
12th ranked entrant | 12th | Quarter-finals (2013) | 0 | |
 Curaçao[d] |
13th ranked entrant | 8th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 | |
 Suriname |
14th ranked entrant | 3rd | First round (2017, 2019) | 0 | |
 Barbados |
15th ranked entrant | 4th | First round (2011, 2013, 2019) | 0 | |
 Guadeloupe |
16th ranked entrant | 2nd | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 | |
| Round of 16 |  Bermuda |
Qualifying Group A winner | 3rd | First round (1996, 2019) | 0 |
 Puerto Rico |
Qualifying Group B winner | 4th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 | |
 Dominican Republic |
Qualifying Group C winner | 4th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 | |
 Nicaragua |
Qualifying Group D winner | 3rd | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |
- Notes
| Antigua Guatemala | Guatemala City | |
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| Estadio Pensativo | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 26,000 | |
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On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[6]
Referees
Ken Pennyfeather
Norberto Da Silva
Adonis Carrasco
Filiberto Martínez
José Fuentes
Shavin Greene
Jefferson Escobar
Christopher Mason- Okeito Nicholson
Víctor Cáceres- Daniel Quintero
Fernando Morón
Sanchez Bass- Reginald Gumbs
Sergio Rozenhaut
Kwinsi Williams
Joseph Dickerson- Víctor Rivas
Assistant referees
William Chow
Leonel Garcia- Lendy Taveras
- Carlos Vargas
- Cristian Alvarado
- Aczel Perez
- Luis Paz
- Kemar Gayle
- Joshua Jackson
- McKenzie Ricardo
Berman Bermudez- Marco Bisguerra
- Leonardo Castillo
- Michel Espinoza
- Jaden Rouse
- Jose Da Silva
The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[5] 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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.
The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:[7]
- Greater goal difference in all group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
- 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);
- The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches is considered according to the following additions:
- Yellow card: −1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are in GTT (UTC−6).[8][9]
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Panama |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Guatemala (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Curaçao |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 |
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Referee: Víctor Rivas (United States)
Referee: Reginald Gumbs (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Barbados |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| Canada | 3–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)
Referee: Okeito Nicholson (Jamaica)
Referee: Sanchez Bass (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–3 | United States |
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Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Barbados |
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Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
| United States | 1–0 | Canada |
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Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Jamaica |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Cuba |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guadeloupe |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | Guadeloupe |
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Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
| Guadeloupe | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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Referee: Sergio Rozenhaut (Suriname)
| Cuba | 0–4 | Costa Rica |
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Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
| Cuba | 4–0 | Guadeloupe |
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Referee: Reginald Gumbs (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
| Costa Rica | 2–2 | Jamaica |
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Referee: Víctor Rivas (United States)
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Honduras |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | El Salvador |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Haiti |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Suriname |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| Haiti | 1–3 | El Salvador |
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Referee: Norberto Da Silva (Curaçao)
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)
| El Salvador | 1–4 | Honduras |
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Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)
| El Salvador | 4–0 | Suriname |
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Referee: Okeito Nicholson (Jamaica)
Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 18 February | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 21 February | ||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | 0 | |||||||||||||
| El Salvador (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 24 February | ||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 22 February | ||||||||||||||
| Cuba | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||||||
| Honduras | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Honduras | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 26 February | ||||||||||||||
| Bermuda | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 22 February | ||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 18 February | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 24 February | ||||||||||||||
| Haiti | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 18 February | ||||||||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 21 February | ||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 18 February | ||||||||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)
Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)
| Costa Rica | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Puerto Rico |
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| Penalties | ||
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Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)
Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)
| El Salvador | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Mexico | 3–0 | El Salvador |
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Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)
Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)
| Puerto Rico | 0–3 | Canada |
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| Report |
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Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)
Semi-finals
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)
Final
| Mexico | 3–1 | United States |
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Report |
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Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
Winners
| 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners |
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 Mexico Ninth title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10]
- Golden Ball
- Golden Boot
- Stephano Carrillo (8 goals)
- Golden Glove
- Norberto Bedolla
- Fair Play
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norberto Bedolla |
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There were 158 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
- José Urias
4 goals
- Olger Escobar
- Edwin Munguía
- Kevin Walder
3 goals
Kyler Vojvodic- Didier Reinoso
- Christopher Argueta
- Russel Cruz
- Nayrobi Vargas
- Fidel Barajas
- Micah Burton
- Taha Habroune
- Cruz Medina
2 goals
- Antoine N’Diaye
- Sean Albriton
- Roy Bustos
- Akheem Wilson
- Bryan Vasquez
- Santiago Garzaro
- Selvin Sagastume
- Gabino Vásquez
- Nixon Cruz
- Jordan Garcia
- Roberto Osorto
- Ronaldo Barrett
- Orane Watson
- Gael Álvarez
- Isaac Martínez
- Lindell Sween
- Malachai Webb
- Christopher Aquino
- Ezekiel Soto
1 goal
Shamari Harewood- Alessandro Biello
- Liam MacKenzie
- Chimere Omeze
- Lucas Ozimec
- Erik Pop
- Lazar Stefanovic
- Víctor Maroto
- Andry Narajo
- Andryk Sandi
- Lizardo Hernández
- Yansiel Reinoso
- Hanoy Sosa
- Luigi Inesia
- Giandro Sambo
- Cristopher Arias
- Nelson Diaz
- Elder Figueroa
- Walter Menjívar
- Michael Ventura
Yanis Bienville- Willan Jacques
- Ylan Moloza
- Carlos Aguilar
- Nicolás Chinchilla
- Oseas Guerra
Sebatien Joseph- Samuel Lamare
- Schneilorens Lebrun
- Kaief Tomlison
- David Herrera
- Bryan Saenz
- Jahmani Bell
- Alexavier Gooden
- Ashton Gordon
- Adrian Reid
- José Arroyo
- Yerar Azcarate
- Kevin García
- Brandon Lomelí
- Joaquín Moxica
- Luis Navarrete
- José Suárez
- Álex Valencia
- Erick Díaz
- Juan Hall
- Joshua Pierre
- Hector Rios
- Anel Ryce
Samuel Byron- Jemairo Goodett
- Rio Cardines
- Derrel Garcia
- Aiden Harangi
- Brian Romero
- Paulo Rudisill
- Pedro Soma
1 own goal
- Ariel Lon (against Curaçao)
- Jonathan Bueso (against El Salvador)
- Brayan Vaquedano (against Panama)
- Martín Krug (against Mexico)
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 21 February 2023 | 14 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| United States | 21 February 2023 | 17 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Canada | 22 February 2023 | 7 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
| Panama | 22 February 2023 | 2 (2011, 2013) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- Under 17 – Men, CONCACAF.com
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