2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (18th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Panama between 21 April and 7 May 2017.[1][2]

2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-17 2017 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country Panama
Dates21 April – 7 May 2017
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (7th title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored93 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s) Carlos Mejía
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Jairo Torres
Best goalkeeper Justin Garces
Fair play award Mexico

The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Qualified teams
Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying

The qualifying competition for the tournament began in July 2016.

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances FIFA U-17 World Cup
Participations
North American zone
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 16th Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015) 12
 United States Automatic 17th Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) 15
 Canada Automatic 16th Runners-up (2011) 6
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Panama Host 8th Runners-up (2013) 2
 Costa Rica First place 16th Champions (1994) 9
 Honduras Second place 17th Runners-up (2015) 4
 El Salvador Third place 14th Final round play-off (1999) 0
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Haiti Group A winner 7th Final round group winner (2007) 1
 Jamaica Group A runner-up 13th Final round group winner (1999) 2
 Cuba Group B winner 10th Champions (1988) 2
 Curaçao Group B runner-up 6th First round 0
 Suriname Best third place 1st — 0

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
All previous appearances of Curaçao as the former Netherlands Antilles.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues
Panama City
Estadio Rommel Fernández Estadio Maracaná
9.0358°N 79.4694°W / 9.0358; -79.4694 (Estadio Rommel Fernández) 8.9460°N 79.5496°W / 8.9460; -79.5496 (Estadio Maracaná)
Panama City

Draw

The draw took place on December 13, 2016 at 19:00 EST (UTC−5) at Sheraton Grand Panama, Panama City, Panama, and was streamed live via CONCACAF.com.[3]

Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. Panama, Mexico and Costa Rica were seeded into each of the three groups.

The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups (D and E) for the classification stage.

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Referees
  • Adrián Skeete
  • Juan Calderón Pérez
  • Michel Raynel Rodríguez Roque
  • Bryan López Castellanos
  • Gladwyn Johnson
  • Héctor Martínez
  • Daneon Parchment
  • Luis Santander Aguirre
  • José Kellys Marquez
  • Ismael Cornejo Meléndez
  • Rodphin Harris
  • Armando Villarreal

Squads
Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Each squad can contain 20 players (including two goalkeepers).[5]

Group stage

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.

Tiebreakers (for both group stage and classification stage)

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 are applied in the following order:[5]

  1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
  3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal in points);
  4. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Classification stage
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3  Curaçao 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4  Haiti 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Curaçao 1–0 Haiti
Bernadina  43' Report
Referee: Michel Raynel Rodríguez Roque (Cuba)
Panama 4–2 Honduras
Guerrero  21', 24'
Orelien  87' (pen.), 89'		 Report Palma  16'
Mejía  49' (pen.)
Referee: Ismael Cornejo Meléndez (El Salvador)
Honduras 3–0 Curaçao
Mejía  50', 52'
Cardona  90+3'		 Report
Referee: Juan Calderón Pérez (Costa Rica)
Panama 0–0 Haiti
Report
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
Honduras 3–1 Haiti
López  70'
Mejía  82'
Palma  88'		 Report Leveille  10'
Referee: Bryan López Castellanos (Guatemala)
Panama 1–0 Curaçao
Guerrero  35' Report
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Classification stage
2  Cuba 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Suriname 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cuba 1–1 Suriname
Rendón  57' Report Hoever  83'
Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)
Costa Rica 2–1 Canada
Alfaro  44', 90+5' Report Romeo  51'
Referee: Bryan López Castellanos (Guatemala)
Canada 1–2 Cuba
Hojabrpour  71' Report Romero  26'
Cruz  59'
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 3–0 Suriname
Cordero  14'
Abarca  64'
Montero  80'		 Report
Referee: Luis Santander Aguirre (Mexico)
Canada 2–0 Suriname
David  13', 56' Report
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
Costa Rica 3–1 Cuba
Coll  37' (o.g.)
Gómez  68'
Jarquin  71'		 Report Savigne  49'
Referee: Héctor Martínez (Honduras)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Classification stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
4  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jamaica 0–5 United States
Report Durkin  53'
Weah  77'
Sargent  87'
Akinola  88', 90+2'
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)
Mexico 6–0 El Salvador
Menjívar  1' (o.g.)
Olivas  31'
López  35', 46'
Ávila  41' (o.g.)
Maeda  75'		 Report
Referee: Héctor Martínez (Honduras)
El Salvador 1–3 Jamaica
Cerritos  53' (pen.) Report McIntosh  18'
Parris  83', 90+1'
Referee: Rodphin Harris (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico 3–4 United States
De la Rosa  6', 44'
Lindsey  90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Sargent  26', 40'
Ferri  51'
Akinola  84'
Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)
El Salvador 0–1 United States
Report Jones  52'
Referee: Michel Raynel Rodríguez Roque (Cuba)
Mexico 5–1 Jamaica
Torres  24', 35'
López  32', 62'
Vázquez  61'		 Report Verley  71'
Referee: Juan Calderón Pérez (Costa Rica)

Classification stage

The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Honduras 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3  Cuba 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cuba 1–7 Honduras
Savigne  87' Report Mejía  11', 36', 42'
Palacios  16', 31', 73'
Pérez  24'
Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)
Honduras 0–3 United States
Report Sargent  25', 82'
Akinola  65'
Referee: Luis Santander Aguirre (Mexico)
Cuba 2–6 United States
Savigne  19'
Vasquez  47' (o.g.)		 Report Vassilev  16'
Coll  37' (o.g.)
Carleton  39'
Jones  49'
Reynolds  84'
Weah  88'
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3  Panama (H) 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Costa Rica 2–1 Panama
Alfaro  31'
Arce  41'		 Report Guerrero  44'
Referee: Bryan López Castellanos (Guatemala)
Panama 0–1 Mexico
Report Torres  32'
Referee: Ismael Cornejo Meléndez (El Salvador)
Costa Rica 1–6 Mexico
Abarca  4' Report Olivas  2', 40' (pen.)
De la Rosa  20'
López  30', 51'
Sandoval  80'
Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)

Final

If the final is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[5]

United States 1–1 Mexico
Carleton  62' Report Robles  90+2'
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Hector Martinez Sorto (Honduras)

Awards

Winners
 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Winners 

Mexico
Seventh title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Golden Ball
Golden Boot
  • Carlos Mejía (7 goals)
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Best XI

Goalscorers
7 goals
  • Carlos Mejía
6 goals
  • Daniel López
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
2 own goals
  • Miguel Coll (playing against Costa Rica and United States)
1 own goal
  • Giovanni Ávila (playing against Mexico)
  • Kevin Menjívar (playing against Mexico)
  • Jaylin Lindsey (playing against Mexico)
  • Arturo Vasquez (playing against Cuba)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Mexico3 May 201712 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 United States5 May 201715 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 Honduras3 May 20174 (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
 Costa Rica3 May 20179 (1985, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References
  1. "Panamá organizará premundial Sub-17 de la CONCACAF en abril del 2017" (in Spanish). FEPAFUT. 9 March 2016.
  2. "Panama Named Host for 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Panama 2017". CONCACAF.com. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. "CONCACAF Under-17 Championship draw produces groups, schedule". CONCACAF.com. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "Regulations" (pdf). CONCACAF vis issuu.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. "TSG reveals CU17 Best XI, award winners". CONCACAF.com. May 8, 2017. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  7. "USA join trio in qualifying for India". FIFA.com. 5 May 2017.
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