2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship


The 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a scheduled age-restricted international association football tournament organised by CONCACAF. The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. The competition was hosted by Honduras.

Qualified teams

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

New format

Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. As from 2015 there will be two groups of six teams, each team will play a minimum of five games and the competition will have a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.
The knockout phase, which included eight matches, consisted of four quarterfinals, two semifinals, a third-place playoff and a final, has been replaced with two playoff games and a final.

Draw

The draw took place on 8 December at the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés, Honduras.
On 2 December 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw. The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:
PotTeams
Pot 1
Pot 2
  • Pot 3
  • Pot A Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
    Pot B Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
    Prior to the draw, hosts Honduras were assigned to position A1. The remaining teams in Pot 1 were drawn, alternating between groups A and B. Teams were assigned a position from Pot A or Pot B. After all teams had been drawn from Pot 1, the draw proceeded to Pot 2, then Pot 3.

    Squads

    Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association must provide a provisional list of 20-30 players to CONCACAF 30 days before their first match. A final 20-man selection must be provided upon arrival in the venue.

    Group stage

    Group A

    Group B

    Final stage

    In the final stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

    Playoff stage

    The second-and third-place teams from each group are re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.
    Ranking of second and third-placed teams
    Because all four teams finished with the same number of points and not all of them faced each other, the first playoff tiebreaker used for reseeding was goal differential in all group matches. Because two teams were tied on goal differential, the No. 3 and 4 seeds were determined based on total goals scored in the tournament. This resulted in both third-place teams being ranked ahead of both second-place teams.
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    Costa Rica and the United States qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    Final

    Both Honduras and Mexico qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    Top goal scorers

    Players with three or more goals:
    ;6 goals
    ;5 goals
    ;4 goals
    ;3 goals