2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
Four teams (including the host Guatemala) from Central America[1] and five from the Caribbean will qualify to the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship to be played in Guatemala.[2] Canada, Mexico, and United States automatically qualified.
Caribbean zone
Qualifying Playoff
| 8 September 2010 | 
| Turks and Caicos Islands  | 0–0 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | 
| U.S. Virgin Islands  | 3–0 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| Pierre  16' Smith  43', 64' | 
| Paul E. Joseph Stadium Attendance: 100 | 
- U.S. Virgin Islands advance 3–0 on aggregate.
Group Stage
All four group winners qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Guatemala April 3–17, with the group runners-up advancing to a second group phase that determined the Caribbean's fifth and final entrant in the 12-team confederation finals.[3]
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 | 9 | 
| .svg.png) Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 4 | 
|  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 4 | 
|  British Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | −68 | 0 | 
| 7 November 2010 | 
| Netherlands Antilles .svg.png) | 20–0 |  British Virgin Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| Trenidad  1', 29', 33', 39', 71' Roosje  16', 26', 75', 81' Santiroma  17', 22', 50', 55', 79' Calvenhoven  34' Frans  58', 61', 86' Martha  60', 69' | 
| Kralendijk Stadion Attendance: 250 | 
| 9 November 2010 | 
| British Virgin Islands  | 0–29 |  Cuba | 
|---|---|---|
| Beltran  2', 11', 32', 35', 76', 84', 89', 90' Lizama  4', 7', 13' Diaz  5', 17', 80' Norford  10' (o.g.) Jefferson  16' (o.g.) Chang  19', 26', 28', 42' Martinez  29', 31' Macias  37', 63' Pena  58', 82' Corrales  75' Brockbank  86' (o.g.) Cantero  88' | 
| Kralendijk Stadion Attendance: 150 | 
| 9 November 2010 | 
| Netherlands Antilles .svg.png) | 1–1 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 
|---|---|---|
| Martha  81' | Henry  7' | 
| Kralendijk Stadion | 
| 11 November 2010 | 
| Saint Kitts and Nevis  | 19–0 |  British Virgin Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| Adams  7', 46' Blanchette  11', 12', 51' Elliott  14' (pen.), 21', 28', 40', 75', 80' Liburd  22', 44' Harris  48' Henry  62', 72', 90' Pringle  69', 81' | 
| Kralendijk Stadion Attendance: 150 | 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Guadeloupe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | 
|  Bermuda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 
|  Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 
Haiti has withdrawn from Caribbean qualifying for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, reducing Group B to three teams.[4]
| 24 October 2010 | 
| Guadeloupe  | 4–0 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 
|---|---|---|
| Grava  38', 64' Roche  53' Rambojean  73' | 
| Stade René Serge Nabajoth Attendance: 360 | 
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 9 | 
|  Guyana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | 
|  Grenada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | 
|  U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | 
| 6 October 2010 | 
| Guyana  | 5–1 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| Nelson  14' (pen.) McKinnon  24' Alleyne  52' Holder  84' Beaton  90' | Report | Taylor  35' (pen.) | 
| 8 October 2010 | 
| U.S. Virgin Islands  | 0–13 |  Jamaica | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Foster  5', 65', 83' Brett  8' Ottey  19', 30' Wilson  35', 90+1' Williams  63', 64', 78' Farquharson  77' Roye  88' | 
| 10 October 2010 | 
| Grenada  | 7–0 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 
|---|---|---|
| Phillip  26', 38', 83', 90' Ganness  48', 59' Jones  68' | Report | 
Group D
Because a host country could not be found for Group D, Trinidad will play St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Aruba will play Suriname in two two-leg series with the winners facing off to determine the group winner.
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
|  Suriname | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Aruba | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
|  Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
|  Suriname | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
|  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
|  Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 20 November 2010 | 
| Aruba  | 1–4 |  Suriname | 
|---|---|---|
| Kock  8' | Report | Stefano Rijssel  24, 77' Olvido Misidjan  39' Daniel Avianko  44' | 
| 18 November 2010 | 
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | 0–8 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Brito  21,69' Bateau  32' Joseph  40' Peltier  43' Patrick  51' Winchester  56,65' | 
| 24 November 2010 | 
| Trinidad and Tobago  | 4–1 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 
|---|---|---|
| Peltier  7' Winchester  72' Frederick  90' Brito  90' | Rouse  90' | 
| 10 December 2010 5:00pm | 
| Suriname  | 1–2 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 
|---|---|---|
| Pinas  11' | Joseph  45' Bateau  59' | 
| André-Kamperveen-Stadion | 
Trinidad and Tobago qualified to CONCACAF U 20 Championship.
CFU second round qualifying
One team will qualify to CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Second phase
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Suriname | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | 
|  Bermuda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 
| .svg.png) Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 
|  Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 
On December 28, it was announced that Suriname will host the group.[5]
Central American zone
Group Stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | 
|  Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 
|  Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Honduras | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | 
|  El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | 
|  Belize | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 
Play-off
| 18 December 2010 | Costa Rica  | 1–1 |  El Salvador | San José, Costa Rica | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (UTC-06:00) | Campbell  16' | Report | Corea  73' | Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa | 
The Central American zone qualifying tournament was mired in controversy.
El Salvador had called-up United States under 17 international Dustin Corea to their national under-20 national team but did not write to FIFA request a change of association for the player as is required. Corea had previously played for United States in the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[6] On 4 February 2012 UNCAF published CONCACAF's decision to deny El Salvador a place at the 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship for fielding an ineligible player in four games.[7]
As a result, El Salvador's matches versus Belize (1 December), Honduras (4 December) and both games Costa Rica (11 and 18 December) should have been forfeited due to fielding an ineligible player as per FIFA regulations. However matters were complicated as Belize would have won their Group A game 3-0 against El Salvador and qualified for the play-off had the forfeit been brought in at an earlier time. Instead El Salvador reached the play-off final and played Costa Rica twice - later forfeiting both games 3-0, allowing Costa Rica to qualify despite losing the matches 2-1 on aggregate.
References
- ↑ UNCAF.net – Definidos grupos y sedes para la eliminatoria Sub-20 de UNCAF – 2 September 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ CONCACAF.com – Guatemala to host U-20 finals; Jamaica gets U-17s – 1 September 2010
- ↑ Caribbean U-20 qualifying schedule set 21 Sep 2010
- ↑ Haiti withdraws from U-20 qualifying 6 October 2010
- ↑ http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under20s/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2252819,00.html
- ↑ Latham, Brent (4 March 2011). "They called him the Salvadoran Messi". ESPN. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ "CONCACAF da a conocer resolucion del caso Dustin Corea" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
