2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification was a women's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan.[2]

Teams

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A total of 27 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, four teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 23 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone Teams entering No. of teams
North American Zone
(NAFU)
  •   Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •   Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)
  •   United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)
3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF)
7
Caribbean Zone
(CFU)
  •   Grenada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
17
Notes
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Central American zone

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2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF 2015
Tournament details
Host countries  Guatemala (group A)
  Honduras (group B)
Dates4–15 November 2015
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored44 (7.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Merilyn Alvarado
  Gloriana Villalobos
(5 goals each)
2013
2018

In the Central American Zone, all seven UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into one group of four teams and one group of three teams, as drawn on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.[3] Group A was played between 4–8 November 2015 in Guatemala, while Group B was played between 11–15 November in Honduras (originally between 27–31 October 2015 before Panama withdrew).[4] The two group winners qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

Times UTC−6.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guatemala (H) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
2   El Salvador 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5 3
3   Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Nicaragua  1–7  El Salvador
Flores   74' Report MacNally   2'
Cruz   18', 51', 84', ?'
López   28'
Tobar   68'

Guatemala  4–0  Nicaragua
Oliva   27', 54'
Moulds   71', 90+1'
Report
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Guatemala  1–0  El Salvador
Mayén   90' Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 21 0 +21 6 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
2   Honduras (H) 2 1 0 1 9 6 +3 3
3   Belize 2 0 0 2 1 24 −23 0
4   Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts
Honduras  9–1  Belize
Romero   9', 75'
Ponce   12', 15'
Martínez   22'
Mejía   37', 57'
Bonilla   47', 51'
Report Vernon   81'
Referee: Cibeles Miranda (El Salvador)

Costa Rica  15–0  Belize
M. Salas   1', 45+1'
Villalobos   3', 27', 36'
Del Campo   23' (pen.)
Alvarado   35', 61', 72', 88'
Corrales   48', 82'
Y. Salas   57'
Marín   86'
Sanabria   88'
Report

Honduras  0–6  Costa Rica
Report M. Salas   16', 22'
Alvarado   46'
Villalobos   51', 70'
Del Campo   87'
Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Goalscorers

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5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Caribbean zone

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2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
2015 CFU Women's Under-17 Qualifier
 
Tournament details
Host countries  Dominican Republic (group 1)
  Haiti (group 2)
  Saint Kitts and Nevis (group 3)
  Suriname (group 4)
  Puerto Rico (final round)
Dates15 July – 22 November 2015
Teams16 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Jamaica
Runners-up  Haiti
Third place  Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place  Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored164 (4.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals)
2013
2018

In the Caribbean Zone, 16 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition (Dominica was not included in the original draw, but was later added).[5] Among them, 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 15–19 July and 22–26 August 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners, the two best runners-up of the four-team groups, and the runner-up of the three-team group advanced to the final round to be joined by final round hosts Puerto Rico.

In the final round, played between 13–22 November 2015 in Puerto Rico, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams of each group advanced to play a single-elimination tournament. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives besides hosts Grenada.

Times UTC−4; UTC−3 for Group 4.

First round

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Group 1

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Matches played in Dominican Republic.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Final round
2   Dominican Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3   Cayman Islands 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4   Bahamas 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Cayman Islands  0–6  Cuba
Report Sablon   ?', ?'
Mengana   ?'
Pérez   ?', ?'
Aguilar   ?'
Dominican Republic  2–0  Bahamas
Balbuena   44', 90+2' Report

Cuba  5–1  Bahamas
Pérez   10', 50'
Cabrera   35'
Espinosa   55'
Sablon   63'
Report Simms   18'
Dominican Republic  3–2  Cayman Islands
Taveras   37'
Balbuena   43'
López   47' (pen.)
Report Green   89'
Suberan   90+2'

Bahamas  0–2  Cayman Islands
Report Green   ?'
Suberan   ?'
Dominican Republic  0–2  Cuba
Report Sablon   10'
Ramos   60'

Group 2

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Matches played in Haiti.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Haiti (H) 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 6 Final round
2   Bermuda 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 3
3   Curaçao 2 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Curaçao  1–6  Bermuda
Hart   16' Report Lowe-Darrell   14'
Nesbeth   27', 47', 59'
Durham   45'
Lindo   55'

Haiti  7–1  Curaçao
Mondésir   33', 58', 67'
Dacius   56'
Dumornay   61'
Jean-Thomas   77', 80'
Report Martina   4'

Haiti  4–0  Bermuda
Mondésir   ?', ?', ?', ?' Report

Group 3

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Matches played in Saint Kitts and Nevis. In the original draw, the group included only three teams,[5] but Dominica was later added to this group.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Final round
2   Saint Kitts and Nevis (H) 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3   Dominica 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4   British Virgin Islands 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Dominica
Jack   66'
Campbell   68'
Honore   72'
Ward   88'
Saint Kitts and Nevis  3–1  British Virgin Islands
Pemberton   19', 36'
Browne   46'
K. Lowery   85' (pen.)

British Virgin Islands  0–8  Trinidad and Tobago
Jack   19', 67'
Honore   29', 47', 65'
Ward   44'
Theodore   88'
Henry   90+1'
Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–0  Dominica
Phillip   68'

British Virgin Islands  1–2  Dominica
E. Lowery   ?' ?   ?'
?   ?'
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–4  Trinidad and Tobago
Honore   25', 90'
Henry   36'
Theodore   73'

The second round of matches, originally scheduled for 24 August (17:30 and 20:00), were delayed to 25 August due to a tropical storm.[7]

Group 4

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Matches played in Suriname.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9 Final round
2   Barbados 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3   Suriname (H) 3 1 0 2 6 3 +3 3
4   Saint Lucia 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Barbados  1–2  Jamaica
Clarke   14' Report Gordon   22', 31'
Suriname  5–0  Saint Lucia
Dompig   ?', ?', ?'
Renfrum   ?'
Tjoen A Choy   ?'
Report

Jamaica  14–0  Saint Lucia
Brown   5', 3', 38', 54'
S. Clarke   8', 34'
T. Clarke   16', 27', 29'
Nelson   19', 21', 90+3'
Pitter   63'
Perrier   65'
Report
Suriname  1–2  Barbados
Righters   ?' Report Jarvis   ?'
Carrington   ?'

Saint Lucia  0–3  Barbados
Report Clarke   ?'
Jarvis   ?'
Carrington   ?'
Suriname  0–1  Jamaica
Report Perrier   62'

Ranking of second-placed teams

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In addition to the runner-up of Group 2 (with three teams), the two best runners-up of Groups 1, 3 and 4 (with four teams) also advance to the final round.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4   Barbados 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Final round
2 1   Dominican Republic 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 3   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
Source: CFU

Final round

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Matches played in Puerto Rico.[8]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Semi-finals
2   Cuba 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3   Puerto Rico (H) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4   Bermuda 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: CFU
(H) Hosts
Cuba  1–0  Bermuda
Pérez   62'
Puerto Rico  2–2  Jamaica
Díaz   17' (pen.), 28' T. Clarke   12'
Fray   69'

Jamaica  5–1  Bermuda
Fray   6', 14'
T. Clarke   44'
Brown   59'
Gordon   67'
Report Christopher   50'
Puerto Rico  1–2  Cuba
Cotto   80' Report Pérez   35'
Sarria   50'

Cuba  1–2  Jamaica
Sablon   61' Gordon   68', 71'
Puerto Rico  2–0  Bermuda
Díaz   30' (pen.), 67'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Haiti 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 Semi-finals
2   Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4   Barbados 3 0 0 3 2 24 −22 0
Source: CFU
Trinidad and Tobago  4–1  Dominican Republic
Ward   34', 45'
Theordore   43'
James   61'
Report Cambiazo   2'
Haiti  13–0  Barbados
Mondésir   2', 40', 43', 68'
Nicolas   32'
Dacius   42', 45'
Pierre   55', 74'
Éloissaint   85', 88'
Saint-Félix   67', 90'
Report

Dominican Republic  0–3  Haiti
Nicolas   17'
Éloissaint   20'
Millien   90+3'
Trinidad and Tobago  7–1  Barbados
John   4'
Ellis   18', 45'
Fortune   56', 58'
Honore   67', 70'
Carrington   60'

Barbados  1–4  Dominican Republic
Padmore   25' Ureña   5' (pen.)
López   6', 86'
Balbuena   43' (pen.)
Haiti  4–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Nicolas   9', 26'
Mondésir   39'
Pierre   50'

Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.

Jamaica  1–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Fray   83' Report
Haiti  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Cuba
Nicolas   16'
Mondésir   99'
Pierre   104'
Report Ferrer   23'
Corcho   109'

Third place playoff

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Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Cuba
Theodore   25', 76'
Paul   69'
Report

Final

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Jamaica  2–1  Haiti
Smart   3'
Brown   67'
Report Mondésir   71'

Goalscorers

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14 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Note: Two goals scored by Dominica missing goalscorer information.

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Canada Automatic qualifier N/A 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  Mexico Automatic qualifier N/A 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  United States Automatic qualifier N/A 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  Grenada Hosts 15 May 2015[1] 0 (debut)
  Guatemala Central American Zone Group A winner 8 November 2015 2 (2012, 2013)
  Costa Rica Central American Zone Group B winner 15 November 2015 2 (2008, 2010)
  Jamaica Caribbean Zone 1st place 20 November 2015 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  Haiti Caribbean Zone 2nd place 20 November 2015 2 (2010, 2013)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Definido el Calendario para la Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF". UNCAF. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "Group 3 CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers begins in St Kitts & Nevis on August 22". CFU. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Matches Postponed". ZIZ. August 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "U17 female footballers set for CFU finals". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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