# 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Same as previous edition, the tournament featured 20 teams and was held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and joined host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.

## Qualification

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020, and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying. The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.
Costa Rica will host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.
| Round | Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances |
| Group stage | United States (title holders) | 1st ranked entrant | 11th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020) | 9 |
| Group stage | Mexico | 2nd ranked entrant | 11th | Champions (2018) | 8 |
| Group stage | Canada | 3rd ranked entrant | 9th | Champions (2004, 2008) | 7 |
| Group stage | Haiti | 4th ranked entrant | 6th | Third place (2018) | 1 |
| Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 5th ranked entrant | 10th | Fourth place (2014) | 0 |
| Group stage | Jamaica | 6th ranked entrant | 11th | Fourth place (2006) | 0 |
| Group stage | Dominican Republic (hosts) | 8th ranked entrant | 3rd | Semi-finals (2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Honduras | 9th ranked entrant | 4th | Fourth place (2015) | 0 |
| Group stage | Guyana | 10th ranked entrant | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Guatemala | 11th ranked entrant | 5th | Group stage (2010, 2012, 2014, 2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | El Salvador | 12th ranked entrant | 3rd | Round of 16 (2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Puerto Rico | 13th ranked entrant | 2nd | Round of 16 (2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Panama | 14th ranked entrant | 6th | Fourth place (2012) | 0 |
| Group stage | Cuba | 15th ranked entrant | 5th | Round of 16 (2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Nicaragua | 16th ranked entrant | 4th | Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020) | 0 |
| Group stage | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17th ranked entrant | 2nd | Group stage (2020) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Bermuda | Qualifying Group A winner | 2nd | Round of 16 (2020) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Cayman Islands | Qualifying Group B winner | 3rd | Round of 16 (2020) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Curaçao | Qualifying Group C winner | 1st | Debut | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Suriname | Qualifying Group D winner | 3rd | Group stage (2002, 2006) | 0 |

## Venues

| Santo DomingoSan Cristóbal | Santo Domingo | San Cristóbal |
| Santo DomingoSan Cristóbal | Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez | Estadio Panamericano |
| Santo DomingoSan Cristóbal | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 2,800 |

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States (Group E)  Mexico (Group F)  Canada (Group G)  Haiti (Group H) | Trinidad and Tobago  Jamaica  Dominican Republic  Honduras | Guyana  Guatemala  El Salvador  Puerto Rico | Panama  Cuba  Nicaragua  Saint Kitts and Nevis |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

## Match officials

CONCACAF announced the appointment of the match officials on February 11, 2022.
Referees
* Carly Shaw-MacLaren
* Marianela Araya Cruz
* Astrid Gramajo
* Melissa Borjas
* Odette Hamilton
* Katia García
* Francia González
* Diana Pérez
* Priscilla Pérez
* Tatiana Guzmán
* Sandra Benítez
* Mirian León
* Crystal Sobers
* Ekaterina Koroleva
* Tori Penso
* Natalie Simon
Assistants referees
* Krystal Evans
* Natasha Trott
* Chantal Boudreau
* Ivette Santiago Rodríguez
* Santa Medina
* Iris Vail
* Lourdes Noriega
* Shirley Perelló
* Princess Brown
* Jassett Kerr
* Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing
* Yudilia Briones
* Enedina Caudillo
* Karen Díaz
* Mayra Mora
* Sandra Ramírez
* Lidia Ayala
* Mijensa Rensch
* Carissa Douglas-Jacobs
* Felisha Marsical
* Brooke Mayo
* Meghan Mullen
* Kathryn Nesbitt
Video assistant referees
* Benjamin Whitty
* Ricardo Montero
* Bejamín Pineda
* Said Martínez
* Adonai Escobedo
* Eduardo Galván
* Ismael Cornejo
* Allen Chapman
* Tim Ford

## Group stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):
* 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 can be applied to a player in a single match):
** Yellow card: −1 point
** Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
** Direct red card: −4 points
** Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Dominican Republic (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 March – Santo Domingo | 4 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | | |
| United States | 14 | | | | | | |
| United States | 14 | 8 March – San Cristóbal | 8 March – San Cristóbal | | | | | |
| Suriname | 0 | 8 March – San Cristóbal | 8 March – San Cristóbal | | | | |
| Suriname | 0 | United States | 6 | | | | |
| 5 March – San Cristóbal | 5 March – San Cristóbal | | United States | 6 | | | | |
| 5 March – San Cristóbal | 5 March – San Cristóbal | Haiti | 0 | | | | |
| Haiti | 2 | Haiti | 0 | | | | |
| Haiti | 2 | | | | 10 March – Santo Domingo | 10 March – Santo Domingo | | |
| Guyana | 1 | | | | 10 March – Santo Domingo | 10 March – Santo Domingo | |
| Guyana | 1 | | | | United States | 7 | |
| 4 March – San Cristóbal | 4 March – San Cristóbal | | | | | United States | 7 | |
| 4 March – San Cristóbal | 4 March – San Cristóbal | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 | |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 | |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 8 March – San Cristóbal | 8 March – San Cristóbal | | | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 8 March – San Cristóbal | 8 March – San Cristóbal | | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | | |
| 5 March – Santo Domingo | 5 March – Santo Domingo | | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | | |
| 5 March – Santo Domingo | 5 March – Santo Domingo | Guatemala | 0 | | | | |
| Guatemala | 2 | Guatemala | 0 | | | | |
| Guatemala | 2 | | | | | | | 12 March – Santo Domingo | 12 March – Santo Domingo |
| Bermuda | 0 | | | | | | | 12 March – Santo Domingo | 12 March – Santo Domingo |
| Bermuda | 0 | | | | | | | United States | 2 |
| 4 March – Santo Domingo | 4 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | | | | United States | 2 |
| 4 March – Santo Domingo | 4 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | | | Mexico | 0 |
| Canada | 13 | | | | | | | Mexico | 0 |
| Canada | 13 | 8 March – Santo Domingo | 8 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | | |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | 8 March – Santo Domingo | 8 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | | |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | Canada | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 March – San Cristóbal | 5 March – San Cristóbal | | Canada | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 March – San Cristóbal | 5 March – San Cristóbal | Panama | 0 | | | | | | |
| Panama | 3 | Panama | 0 | | | | | | |
| Panama | 3 | | | | 10 March – Santo Domingo | 10 March – Santo Domingo | | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | 10 March – Santo Domingo | 10 March – Santo Domingo | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| 4 March – San Cristóbal | 4 March – San Cristóbal | | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| 4 March – San Cristóbal | 4 March – San Cristóbal | | | | Mexico | 1 | | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| El Salvador | 5 | | | | Mexico | 1 | | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| El Salvador | 5 | 8 March – Santo Domingo | 8 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | 12 March – Santo Domingo | 12 March – Santo Domingo |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 8 March – Santo Domingo | 8 March – Santo Domingo | | | | | 12 March – Santo Domingo | 12 March – Santo Domingo |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | El Salvador | 1 | | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 5 March – Santo Domingo | 5 March – Santo Domingo | | El Salvador | 1 | | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 5 March – Santo Domingo | 5 March – Santo Domingo | Mexico | 5 | | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Mexico | 9 | Mexico | 5 | | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Curaçao | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

### 3rd Place

Winner qualified for 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

### Final
## Winners

* 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
* United States Seventh title

## Goalscorers

There were 184 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.
8 goals
* Michelle Cooper
7 goals
* Olivia Smith
* Andrea Kitahata
6 goals
* Aylín Avilez
* Simone Jackson
* Avery Patterson
5 goals
* Brooke Hart
* Maritza Maldonado
* Talia DellaPeruta
4 goals
* Holly Ward
* Victoria Sánchez
3 goals
* Miya Grant-Clavijo
* Florianne Jourde
* Kaila Novak
* Serita Thurton
* Josseline Uribe
* Celsa Cruz
* Paola Chavero
* Natalia Mauleón
* Alexia Villanueva
* Shayari Camarena
* Iyanla Bailey-Williams
* Jahzara Claxton
* Emily Colton
* Emily Mason
* Alexis Missimo
* Alyssa Thompson
2 goals
* Zoe Burns
* Brooklyn Courtnall
* Keera Melenhorst
* Nikayla Small
* Yerly Palma
* Ariana Díaz
* Angelina Vargas
* Isabella Recinos
* Emely Reyes
* Rose-Alya Marcellus
* Valentina Ornis
* Kameron Simmonds
* Anette Vázquez
* Daniela Delgado
* Ivy Garner
* Estefanía González
* Alondra Nieves
* Olivia Moultrie
1 goal
* Mia Pante
* Elizabeth Zara
* Liliane Clase
* Gabriela Marte
* Andrea Amaya
* Lesly Calderón
* Linda Guillen
* María Contreras
* Keyla Romero
* Elisa Texaj
* Daniela Xiquin
* Samantha Banfield
* Inari Moore
* Audrey Narine
* Maudeline Moryl
* Larissa Arias
* Christina Salmon
* Carol Cazares
* Tatiana Flores
* Kinberly Guzmán
* Amanda Marroquin
* Inés Navarrete
* Yasli Atencio
* Emily Cedeño
* Hilary Jaén
* Wendy Natis
* Elibeth Vásquez
* Bryana Pizarro
* Jessica Torres
* Ellie Stokes
* Shurella Mendez
* Maria-Frances Serrant
* Aidan McConnell
* Lilly Reale
1 own goal
* Gabriela Marte (against the United States)
* Hasha Holder (against Panama)
* Iyanla Bailey-Williams (against Puerto Rico)
Source: CONCACAF

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| Costa Rica (H) | 17 November 2020 | 2 (2010, 2014) |
| United States | 10 March 2022 | 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Mexico | 10 March 2022 | 8 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Canada | 12 March 2022 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
    $^2$ (H) qualified as host of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

## Awards

| Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Golden Glove |
| Michelle Cooper | Michelle Cooper | Anna Karpenko |
| CONCACAF Fair Play Award |||
| Mexico |||