# 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification competition, was a women's football tournament that was contested by the under-20 women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF to decide the participating teams of the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The qualifying matches were scheduled to take place between 14 and 23 April 2023. A total of six teams in the qualifying competition advanced to the final tournament, joining United States and Mexico, who received byes as the top-ranked teams. The 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship will serve as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

## Teams

A record number of 32 CONCACAF member associations entered the qualifying competition, (excluding the United States and Mexico, who have qualified automatically for the final tournament as the top two CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 2022).
| Automatic qualifiers | Teams entering qualification |
| Mexico  United States | Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Belize  Bermuda  Canada  Cayman Islands  Costa Rica  Cuba  Curaçao  Dominica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  French Guiana   Grenada  Guadeloupe   Guatemala  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  Jamaica  Martinique   Nicaragua  Panama  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Sint Maarten   Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  U.S. Virgin Islands |
Notes
* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter :
* Aruba
* Barbados
* British Virgin Islands
* Bonaire
* Montserrat
* Saint Martin
* Turks and Caicos Islands
Notes
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Not a member of FIFA, ineligible for World Cup

## Venues

On 17 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the tournament would be hosted in Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, with Curaçao hosting Groups B and D and the Dominican Republic hosting groups A and C, and Nicaragua hosting Groups E and F.
| San CristóbalSanto DomingoWillemstadManagua | Willemstad | San Cristóbal | Santo Domingo | Managua |
| San CristóbalSanto DomingoWillemstadManagua | Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium | Estadio Panamericano | Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium | Nicaragua National Football Stadium |
| San CristóbalSanto DomingoWillemstadManagua | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,800 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Format

The qualifying competition was held from 14 to 23 April 2023 across three countries namely Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua. Teams were drawn into six groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each), and to play in a single round-robin format. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.4):
* Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
** Yellow card: −1 points;
** Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
** Direct red card: −4 points;
** Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
* Drawing of lots.

## Draw

The qualification draw took place on 16 February 2023, 11:00 EDT, in Miami, Florida, United States. The 32 teams were seeded based on the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Rankings of August 2022 (in parentheses). In the draw, teams were drawn from each pot and placed in order from groups A to F. The position teams were drawn into was based on their pot: pot 1 teams were drawn into position 1, pot 2 teams into position 2, pot 3 teams into position 3, pot 4 teams into position 4 pot 5 teams into position 5/6.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Canada (3)  Haiti (4)  Costa Rica (5)  Jamaica (6)  Puerto Rico (7)  Dominican Republic (8) | Trinidad and Tobago (9)  El Salvador (10)  Guatemala (11)  Guyana (12)  Panama (13)  Honduras (14) | Saint Kitts and Nevis (15)  Bermuda (16)  Nicaragua (17)  Cuba (18)  Cayman Islands (19)  Suriname (20) | Saint Lucia (21)  Curaçao (22)  Grenada (23)  Anguilla (24)  Antigua and Barbuda (25)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (26) | Belize (27)  Bahamas (28)  Dominica (29)  U.S. Virgin Islands (30)  French Guiana (NR)  Guadeloupe (NR)  Martinique (NR)  Sint Maarten (NR) |

### Notes

* NR: Not ranked

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | +39 | 12 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | El Salvador | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Cuba | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Martinique | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 1 | |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 1 | |
| 6 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 9 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | Curaçao (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sint Maarten | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bahamas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | |
| 5 | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 7 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | Guyana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 7 | |
| 3 | Suriname | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dominica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 | |
| 5 | Grenada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bermuda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Anguilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |
| 5 | French Guiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 12 | Qualification to Final tournament |
| 2 | Nicaragua (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Belize | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 3 | |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 263 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 5.98 goals per match.
8 goals
* Olivia Smith
* Se-Hanna Mars
7 goals
* Alexa Herrera
* Raëngelly Keller
6 goals
* Sheika Scott
* Angelina Vargas
5 goals
* Kayla Briggs
* Annabelle Chukwu
* Dariella López
* Sherline King
* Kennedy García
4 goals
* Khalydia Velasquez
* Florianne Jourde
* Nyah Rose
* Jeleaugh Rosa
* Jaylen Vallecillo
* Elizabeth Johannes
* Katherine Luna
* Ines Navarrete
* Marisa Gross
* Daniela Hincapié
* Ana Quintero
3 goals
* Rosa Maalouf
* Veronica Matarrita
* Mymithye Bironien
* Karen Gonzalez
* Jalade Trim
* Anyeli Rodriguez
* Natoya Atkinson
* Deysire Salazar
* Enasia Colón
* J'eleisha Alexander
2 goals
* Amanda Allen
* Jeneva Hernandez-Gray
* Ella McBride
* Tanisha Fonseca
* Samira Roper
* Marian Solano
* Sheila Vega
* Shermilyene Leito
* Rushaviana Petronilia
* Ariana Diaz
* Renata Mercedes
* Isabella Ventura
* Amy Angel
* Victoria Sánchez
* Flor Perla
* Waleska Franco
* Glendy Lewis
* Susan Henriquez
* Davia Richards
* Daniela Manzanares
* Aaliyah Gil
* Delineth Rivera
* Talia Martin
1 goal
* Cycoiah Wattley
* Alexis Williamson
* Shaylalee Flowers
* Roshanny Narvaez
* Elva Nunes
* Kenya Perez
* Azari Easton
* Robin-Valana Pearman
* Jahni Simmons
* Sanaa Simmons
* Jadea Collin
* Thaea Mouratidis
* Zoe Markesini
* Ella Ottey
* Jaime Perrault
* Molly Kehoe
* Josselyn Briceño
* Dayra Dinarte
* Luciana González
* Monica Matarrita
* Maria Blanco
* Lianet Franco
* Maria Guillen
* Dalia Ledesma
* Nabiellene Nisa
* Jazmin Jackson
* Stella Tapia
* Carolina Benitez
* Karoline Velásquez
* Kelsey Villatoro
* Laetitia Echard
* Sergyna Loubli
* Paula Amaya
* Betzael Contreras
* Dina Polanco
* Samantha Banfield
* Heike Clarke
* Sandra Johnson
* Betsy Bu
* Karla Calix
* Emelly Chicas
* Ariana Guevara
* Iveth Ramos
* Emory Sanchez
* Sundai Amele
* Shaneil Buckley
* Destiny Powell
* Tiny Seaton
* Dannique Wilson
* Eden Dincuff
* Naya Peria
* Perla Garache
* Aryeri Mejia
* Adriana Munguia
* Reggina Espino
* Amanda Goldstein
* Dayane Madrid
* Meredith Rosas
* Jocelyn Chinea
* Estefanía González
* Lisette Gregoris
* Madison Krakower
* Fabiola Martínez
* Ashley McMahon
* Payton Quiñones
* Susana Roberts
* Freegeanne Joseph
* Areka Hooper
* Damarez Williams
* Samanie Loe-A-Foe
* N'syree Supriana
* Jiarah Drijvers
* Suze Van De Pas
* Nikita Jackson
1 own goal
* Raynia Russell (against Panama)
* Ariadna Olayo (against Nicaragua)

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship |
| Mexico | Automatic qualifiers | 15 February 2023 | 11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022) |
| United States | Automatic qualifiers | 15 February 2023 | 11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022) |
| Canada | Group A Winners | 22 April 2023 | 9 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022) |
| Panama | Group B Winners | 18 April 2023 | 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2022) |
| Dominican Republic | Group C Winners | 19 April 2023 | 3 (2004, 2020, 2022) |
| Puerto Rico | Group D Winners | 19 April 2023 | 2 (2020, 2022) |
| Jamaica | Group E Winners | 18 April 2023 | 11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022) |
| Costa Rica | Group F Winners | 23 April 2023 | 6 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.