2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic (Leagues A and C)
Curaçao (League B)
CitySanto Domingo
Willemstad
Dates6–13 August
Teams42 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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International football competition

The 2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023) is the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONCACAF for the men's under-15 national teams of North, Central America and Caribbean. It is held in Dominican Republic and Curaçao from 6 to 13 August 2023.[1]

The CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship returned after 4 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONCACAF to cancel the tournament in 2021.

UEFA guest team Portugal were the defending champions having won the 2019 League A, however, they were unable to defend their title as they were not invited for this edition..

Teams

A total of 41 teams entered the tournament, 39 out of the 41 CONCACAF member national teams and two invited teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Montserrat was scheduled to participate in League C but finally withdrew. Bahamas did not enter the tournament.

Like previous editions, the teams were split into three divisions, named League A (with 16 teams), League B (with 16 teams) and League C (with 9 teams), according to the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of February 2023,[2] with the two invited teams being included within the League A.

League A (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
1  Mexico 6,943
2  United States 5,547
3  Canada 3,597
4  Honduras 3,444
5  Costa Rica 3,252
6  Panama 3,247
7  Haiti 2,537
8  Jamaica 1,931
9  El Salvador 1,846
10  Cuba 1,510
11  Guatemala 1,410
12  Puerto Rico Rise 1,326
13  Trinidad and Tobago 1,326
15  Dominican Republic Rise 1,121
N/R  Qatar (invited from AFC) — —
N/R  Saudi Arabia (invited from AFC) — —
League B (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
14  Nicaragua 1,212
16  Guadeloupe Fall 1,090
17  Bermuda 1,090
18  Curaçao Fall 931
19  Bonaire Rise 863
20  Aruba 850
21  Guyana 839
22  Suriname Fall 832
23  Martinique 729
24  Barbados Fall 710
26  Cayman Islands 637
27  Antigua and Barbuda 628
28  Saint Kitts and Nevis 613
29  Belize 437
30  Saint Lucia 397
31  Grenada 388
League C (9 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
33  British Virgin Islands 356
33  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Fall 323
34  Anguilla 318
35  Saint Martin 292
36  U.S. Virgin Islands 227
37  Dominica 213
38  Turks and Caicos Islands 87
39  French Guiana Fall 0
40  Montserrat 0
41  Sint Maarten 0

The groups and match schedule were unveiled on 31 July 2023.[3]

League A
Group A
Pos Team
A1  Mexico
A2  Jamaica
A3  El Salvador
A4  Saudi Arabia
Group B
Pos Team
B1  United States
B2  Haiti
B3  Cuba
B4  Qatar
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Canada
C2  Panama
C3  Guatemala
C4  Dominican Republic
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Honduras
D2  Costa Rica
D3  Puerto Rico
D4  Trinidad and Tobago
League B
Group E
Pos Team
E1  Nicaragua
E2  Suriname
E3  Martinique
E4  Grenada
Group F
Pos Team
F1  Guadeloupe
F2  Guyana
F3  Barbados
F4  Saint Lucia
Group G
Pos Team
G1  Bermuda
G2  Aruba
G3  Cayman Islands
G4  Belize
Group H
Pos Team
H1  Curaçao
H2  Bonaire
H3  Antigua and Barbuda
H4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
League C
Group I
Pos Team
I1  British Virgin Islands
I2  Dominica
I3  Turks and Caicos Islands
Group J
Pos Team
J1  Sint Maarten
J2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
J3  U.S. Virgin Islands
Group K
Pos Team
K1  French Guiana
K2  Anguilla
K3  Saint Martin

Format

In League A, the 16 teams were divided into four groups (A to D) of four, with each group played on a single round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group advanceD to the quarter-finals, where the winners advance to the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals played the final while the losers played the third place match. The eight teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were paired, based on their results in the group stage, to play in a final play-offs round.

In League 2, the 16 teams are also divided into four groups (E to H) of four and the same competition format as in League A was used.

In Division 3, the 9 teams are divided into three groups (I to K) one of three and the same competition format as in League A and B was used, with the difference that only the winners of each group and the best runner-up advanced directly to the semi-finals.

Each match was to last 70 minutes, comprising two periods of 35 minutes with an interval of 10 minutes in between. If a game in quarter-finals, semi-finals or third place match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out. If the final match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time an extra time of two 10 minute periods would be played, if the score was still tied at the end of overtime, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

League A

All match times are in DOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Jamaica 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Saudi Arabia (G) 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Jamaica 1–0 El Salvador
28'
Mexico 5–0 Saudi Arabia
H. Mancilla 2'
G. Mora 9', 17'
M. Reyes 61'
J. Rangel 66'
El Salvador 1–4 Mexico
Germán Argueta 46' H. Mancilla 14', 53'
G. García 71'
G. Mora 73'
Saudi Arabia 1–4 Jamaica
El Salvador 4–1 Saudi Arabia
Germán Argueta 2', 34'
Kerim Torres 30', 36'		 16'
Mexico 2–1 Jamaica
D. Armenta 63'
L. Gamboa 73'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Haiti 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Qatar (G) 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Haiti 3–1 Cuba
United States 3–2 Qatar
Cavan Sullivan 3'
Chase Adams 19'
Julian Hall 38'
Cuba 0–11 United States
Jamir Johnson (x3)
Tanner Rosborough (x2)
Omar Marquez (x2)
Luca Moisa (x2)
Julian Hall
Cavan Sullivan
Qatar 0–1 Haiti
Cuba 1–0 Qatar
United States 3–0 Haiti
Jude Terry
Tanner Rosborough
Chase Adams

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Guatemala 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a] Advance to Play-offs round
4  Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Guatemala scored lower fair play points than Panama to advance to the quarter-finals.[6]
Panama 0–0 Guatemala
Canada 4–1 Dominican Republic
Grady McDonnell 4', 26'
Andre Ali-Gayapersad 13'
Kevin Khan 33'		 Daniel Fernández 21'
Guatemala 0–2 Canada
William Daniels 28'
Kemari Record-Wright 63'
Dominican Republic 1–3 Panama
Luís Pereyra 52' (pen.) Gerson Gordón 28'
Walter Muñoz 32'
Abraham Altamirano 67' (pen.)
Guatemala 3–0 Dominican Republic
Marvin Ávila Jr 2', 28', 33'
Canada 1–0 Panama
William Daniels 49'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica 2–1 Puerto Rico
Honduras 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico 0–0 Honduras
Puerto Rico 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Honduras 0–0 Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 Costa Rica
Jeremiah Daniel
Jonathan Mason

Knockout stage

Play-offs round

Teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were seeded based on their group stage results in order to establish the match-ups for the play-offs round.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Play-offs round
1 C  Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Play-off 1
2 D  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Play-off 2
3 D  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 Play-off 3
4 A  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Play-off 4
5 B  Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3
6 B  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0 Play-off 3
7 C  Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Play-off 2
8 A  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 Play-off 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
El Salvador 3–0 Cuba
Kerim Torres 52'
Matthew Benavides 63', 70'
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Qatar
Costa Rica 3–1 Dominican Republic
Kazmir Foster (x2)
Isaac Badilla
Panama 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Gerson Gordón 29' Ali Al-Shanqeeti 53'
Tarish Hazazi 70'

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 August 2023
 
 
 Honduras1
 
11 August 2023
 
 Jamaica4
 
 Jamaica0
 
10 August 2023
 
 Mexico3
 
 Mexico1
 
12 August 2023
 
 Puerto Rico0
 
 Mexico2
 
10 August 2023
 
 United States4
 
 Canada0
 
11 August 2023
 
 Haiti1
 
 Haiti0
 
10 August 2023
 
 United States1 Third place
 
 United States4
 
12 August 2023
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Jamaica1
 
 
 Haiti3
 

Quarter-finals

Honduras 1–4 Jamaica
Mexico 1–0 Puerto Rico
A. Villa 57'
Canada 0–1 Haiti
Bill Meranvil 53'
United States 4–1 Guatemala
Isaac Tortola
Cavan Sullivan (pen.)
Adrian Sanders
Chase Adams (pen.)		 Marvin Ávila Jr 50'

Semi-finals

Jamaica 0–3 Mexico
B. Rodríguez 33'
G. Mora 42', 56'
Haiti 0–1 United States
Sebasthian Chavez 41'

Third place match

Jamaica 1–3 Haiti

Final

Mexico 2–4 United States

Notes

  1. ^ The Trinidad and Tobago vs Costa Rica match, originally scheduled on 7 August at 20:00 local time (UTC–4), was re-scheduled for 9 August at 14:00 local time by weather conditions.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Curaçao and Dominican Republic named hosts for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Under-17 Ranking As of February 27, 2023". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Concacaf announces groups and match schedule for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 18 July 2023 [Approved on 2 June 2023]. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ Acevedo Rivas, Josue David (9 August 2023). "Guatemala enfrentará a Estados Unidos en el Campeonato Sub-15 de Concacaf" [Guatemala to face the United States in the CONCACAF Under-15 Championship]. agn.gt. Ciudad de Guatemala: Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias.
  7. ^ "Men's U-15 4-1 Dominican Republic". Canadian Soccer Association. 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Men's U-15 2-0 Guatemala". Canadian Soccer Association. 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's U-15 1-0 Panama". Canadian Soccer Association. 8 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Partido de Costa Rica frente a Trinidad y Tobago en campeonato Sub-15 de la Concacaf fue cancelado". everardoherrera.com (in Spanish). 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ Costa Rican Football Federation [@fedefutbolcrc] (August 9, 2023). "Hoy se jugará el partido reprogramado de nuestra Selección Sub-15 contra su rival de Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Vamos muchachos!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.

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