2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
The 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship determined the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Jamaica staged the championships between the 14 and 27 February.[1] USA defeated Canada 3–0 in the final to claim the championship.
| Campeonato Sub-17 CONCACAF 2011 (in Spanish) | |
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 2011 Official CONCACAF U-17 Logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Jamaica |
| Dates | 14–27 February |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 19 |
| Goals scored | 49 (2.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 38,181 (2,010 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | John Jairo Ruiz Jason Wright Andrew Oliver (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Andrew Souders |
Qualified teams
| Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean zone |
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| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American Zone | |
| North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified |
Mexico did not participate.
Squads
Draw
The draw for the final tournament took place on December 15 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.[2]
Due to a decision of the CONCACAF Youth Championships Committee, Pot 1 was reconfigured from the original announcement. Honduras, which had qualified for each of the previous two World Cups, will replace Canada in Pot 1, which also will include the United States, host Jamaica and Costa Rica.
Canada was moved to Pot 2 with Central American sides El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
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Venues
The tournament was hosted in two host cities.[3] Trelawny was dropped after an inspection by CONCACAF four days before the tournament was due to begin, because there was no grass.[4]
| Montego Bay | Montego Bay |
|---|---|
| Jarrett Park | Catherine Hall Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 8,000 |
Group stage
All times are local time – UTC−05:00
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Haiti | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
Cherry  |
Report | Quiros Leiva Ruiz |
| Costa Rica | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruiz |
Report | Iraheta Mejia |
- 1 Haiti could not field a team for the match against El Salvador due to player illness; El Salvador was awarded with a 3–0 win.[5]
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| Cuba | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lopez |
Report | Koroma Oliver E. Rodriguez |
| United States | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver |
Report |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
- CONCACAF held a draw tiebreaker to determine the group winner, which was won by Jamaica.
| Jamaica | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wright Lewis |
Report | Henry |
| Guatemala | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Noel |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 25 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 23 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 2 | |||||||||
| 27 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 22 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 25 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
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| 23 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
| 0 | Third place | ||||||||
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| 27 February — Montego Bay | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | |||||||||
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| 0 | |||||||||
All times are local time – UTC−05:00
Quarterfinals
| Costa Rica | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stephens |
| United States | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Guido M. Rodriguez Pelosi |
Report | Pena Iraheta |
| Canada | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nanco Aleman |
Report |
Semifinals
| Panama | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gasparotto |
| United States | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pelosi Oliver |
Report |
Final
| Canada | 0–3 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Smith Oliver Koroma |
Winners
| 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship |
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United States First title |
The U.S. has won the CONCACAF championship twice at this level, in 1983 and 1992,
but because those were U-16 events, the U.S. has technically never won the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
When the qualifying tournament was held as two groups in separate venues, the U.S. won its group three times (2001, 2003, 2005).
Goal scorers
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Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Top 4 teams qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
References
- CONCACAF – Guatemala to host U-20 finals; Jamaica gets U-17s Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 1 September 2010
- CONCACAF – Jamaica gets rival Trinidad in U-17 Championship Archived 2010-12-18 at the Wayback Machine – December 20
- Jamaica to host tournament
- "Failing grade! – Trelawny Stadium rejected as venue for U-17 Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- "Haiti withdraws from U-17 Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-02-21.