CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup Qualification

CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification
Organising body	CONCACAF
Founded	1983; 42 years ago
Region	North America
Number of teams	36
Current champions	Mexico (9th title)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (9 titles)
Website	Official website
	2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification

The CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification is an international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Results

In 2009 the tournament returned to a championship format in which all four semifinalists qualify to the FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[1] The 2009 tournament was cut short due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.^[2] No championship round was played as a result of the cancellation, and the tournament ended with four teams qualifying to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup without determining a regional champion. Until 1988 the tournament was held as an Under 16 edition.^[3]

Under-16 Tournament
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
1	1983 Details	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Honduras
Under-16 Championship
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
2	1985 Details	Mexico	Mexico	Costa Rica	Canada	Honduras
Played in a Final group of 4.
3	1987 Details	Honduras	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica	Honduras
Played in a Final group of 4.
4	1988 Details	Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba	United States	Canada	Trinidad and Tobago
Played in a Final group of 4.
Under-17 Tournament
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
5	1991 Details	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	United States	Cuba	Trinidad and Tobago
Played in a Final group of 4.
6	1992 Details	Cuba	United States	Mexico	Canada	Cuba
Played in a Final group of 4.
7	1994 Details	El Salvador	Costa Rica	United States	Canada	Mexico
Played in a Final group of 4.
Under-17 Championship
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
8	1996 Details	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica	Canada
Played in a Final group of 4.
Under-17 Tournament
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	Playoff Winner
9	1999 Details	Jamaica (A)	Jamaica	United States
9	1999 Details	El Salvador (B)	Mexico	United States
Played in two Final groups of 4.
10	2001 Details	United States (A)	United States	None
10	2001 Details	Honduras (B)	Costa Rica	None
Played in two Final groups of 4.
11	2003 Details	Guatemala (A)	United States	Mexico
11	2003 Details	Canada (B)	Costa Rica	Mexico
Played in two Final groups of 4.
12	2005 Details	Costa Rica (A)	United States	Costa Rica
12	2005 Details	Mexico (B)	Mexico	Costa Rica
Played in two Final groups of 4.
13	2007 Details	Honduras (A)	Haiti	None
13	2007 Details	Jamaica (B)	United States	None
Played in two Final groups of 4.
U-17 Championship
Edition	Year	Host	Qualified	Qualified	Qualified	Qualified
14	2009 Details	Mexico	Mexico	United States	Honduras	Costa Rica
The championship round was not played because it was cancelled due to the 2009 flu pandemic outbreak.
Edition	Year	Host	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
15	2011 Details	Jamaica	United States	Canada	Panama	Jamaica
Final: CAN 0–3 USA; Third Place Match: JAM 0–1 PAN.
16	2013 Details	Panama^[4]	Mexico	Panama	Canada	Honduras
Final: PAN 1–2 MEX; Third Place Match: CAN 2–2 (4–2 p.) HON.
17	2015 Details	Honduras	Mexico	Honduras	Costa Rica and United States
Final: HON 0–3 MEX.
18	2017 Details	Panama	Mexico	United States	Honduras and Costa Rica
Final: USA 1–1 (4–5 p.) MEX
19	2019 Details	United States	Mexico	United States	Canada and Haiti
Final: MEX 2–1 (a.e.t.) USA
	2020 Details	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
20	2023 Details	Guatemala	Mexico	United States	Canada and Panama
Final: MEX 3–1 USA

Winners by country

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Mexico	9 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)	1 (1992)
United States	3 (1983, 1992, 2011)	8 (1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Costa Rica	1 (1994)	1 (1985)
Cuba	1 (1988)
Trinidad and Tobago		1 (1983)
Canada		1 (2011)
Panama		1 (2013)
Honduras		1 (2015)

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2009.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend:

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third Place
4th – Fourth Place
SF – Semi-finalists
QF – Quarter-finals
R2 – Round 2
R16 – Round of 16
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
1A/1B – First place Group A/Group B
2A/2B – Second place Group A/Group B
3A/3B – Third place Group A/Group B
4A/4B – Fourth place Group A/Group B
5B – Fifth place Group B
• – Playoff Winner
•• – Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Country not affiliated to CONCACAF at that time
— Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to FIFA

Nation	1983	1985	1987	1988	1991	1992	1994	1996	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	Total
Aruba	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Barbados	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	4
Bermuda	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	3
Canada	×	3rd	×	3rd	GS	3rd	3rd	4th	3B	2A	3B	3B	4B	4A	2nd	3rd	R2	GS	SF	SF	18
Cayman Islands	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Costa Rica	×	2nd	3rd	GS	×	GS	1st	3rd	3A	1B	1B	2A•	2B	2B	QF	GS	SF	SF	QF	R16	18
Cuba	×	×	×	1st	3rd	4th	×	×	×	•	4B	3A	•	3A	GS	GS	GS	R2	×	R16	11
Curaçao																•	•	GS	R16	GS	3
Dominican Republic	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	R16	4
El Salvador	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	2B	3A	3A	4A	4A	•	QF	•	•	GS	QF	QF	16
Guadeloupe	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	R16	GS	2
Guatemala	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	•	•	4A	•	•	3B	GS	QF	GS	×	R16	QF	12
Guyana	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Haiti	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3B	•	4B	1A	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	R16	9
Honduras	4th	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4A	4B	•	2B	2A	2A	QF	4th	2nd	SF	QF	QF	19
Jamaica	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	1A	4A	2A	•	5B	•	4th	QF	R2	GS	R16	R16	15
Martinique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	1
Mexico	3rd	1st	1st	×	1st	2nd	4th	1st	1B	2B	2B•	1B	3A	1B	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	18
Netherlands Antilles	×	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	×	•	•	•	•						5
Nicaragua	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	R16	3
Panama	×	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	2nd	GS	R2	QF	SF	10
Puerto Rico	GS	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R16	QF	4
Saint Lucia	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	•	×	×	2
Suriname	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	3
Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	GS	GS	4th	4th	×	GS	GS	4B	×	•	•	3B	4B	QF	QF	GS	•	R16	R16	15
United States	1st	×	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2A•	1A	1A	1A	1B	1A	1st	QF	SF	2nd	2nd	2nd	19

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	Total
Canada		R1	R1		R1	R1								R1	R1			R1	R1	8
Costa Rica	R1					R1	R1		QF	QF	QF	R2	R1			QF	R1			10
Cuba			R1	R1																2
Haiti												R1						R1		2
Honduras												R1	R1		QF	R1	R2			5
Jamaica								R1						R1						2
Mexico	R1	R1		R1	R1		R1	QF		QF	1st		R2	1st	2nd	4th	R2	2nd	R2	15
Panama														R2	R1				R1	3
Trinidad and Tobago									R1			R1								2
United States	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	R1	4th	R1	QF	QF	R2	R2	R2		R1	QF	R1	R2	18

Notes and references

^ Venues announced for 2009 CONCACAF Under-20, U-17 Championships, CONCACAF, 2008-04-28, retrieved 2009-04-16
^ Remainder of U-17s canceled, Champions League decider postponed due to swine flu concern, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-04-27, retrieved 2009-04-27
^ "CONCACAF U-16/U-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "CONCACAF Announces Hosts For 2013 Youth Championships". ussoccerplayers.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
^ "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.

External links

Official Site
Tournament at soccerway.com

[1] Venues announced for 2009 CONCACAF Under-20, U-17 Championships, CONCACAF, 2008-04-28, retrieved 2009-04-16

[cancel-2] Remainder of U-17s canceled, Champions League decider postponed due to swine flu concern, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-04-27, retrieved 2009-04-27

[3] "CONCACAF U-16/U-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[4] "CONCACAF Announces Hosts For 2013 Youth Championships". ussoccerplayers.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-11.

[5] "Concacaf statement regarding U20 and U17 Men's National Team Competitions". CONCACAF. 4 January 2021.

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