# 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place between February 18 and March 3, 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

## Qualified teams

Four teams qualified through the Central American qualifying tournament and five qualified through the Caribbean qualifying tournament.
| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performances | World Cup Participations |
| North American zone |||||
| Canada | Automatic | 20th | Champion (1986, 1996) | 8 |
| Mexico (TH) | Host | 23rd | Champion (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011) | 12 |
| United States | Automatic | 21st | Runner-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009) | 12 |
| Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying |||||
| Costa Rica | Group A Winner | 18th | Champion (1988, 2009) | 8 |
| El Salvador | Group B Winner | 14th | Champion (1964) | |
| Nicaragua | Group A Runner-up | 8th | Second Round (1976) | |
| Panama | Group B Runner-up | 8th | Fourth Place (2011) | 4 |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying |||||
| Haiti | Group A Winner | 6th | Second round (1978) | |
| Jamaica | Group B Winner | 18th | Third Place (1970) | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | Group A Runner-up | 7th | First Round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) | |
| Cuba | Group B Runner-up | 11th | Runner-up (1970, 1974) | |
| Curaçao | Best Third Place Finish | 12th | Third Place (1962) | |
Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

## Venues

| Puebla | Puebla | Puebla |
| Puebla | Estadio Cuauhtemoc | Estadio Olímpico de C.U. |
| Puebla | Capacity: 49,000 | Capacity: 20,700 |

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage was made on 21 November 2012. All times listed are local time, (UTC−06:00)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cuba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Curaçao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |

## Knockout phase

| Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | | Final | Final |
| 26 February | 26 February | | | |
| United States | 4 | | | |
| United States | 4 | 1 March | 1 March | | |
| Canada | 2 | 1 March | 1 March | |
| Canada | 2 | United States | 2 | |
| 26 February | 26 February | | United States | 2 | |
| 26 February | 26 February | Cuba | 0 | |
| Cuba | 2 | Cuba | 0 | |
| Cuba | 2 | | | | 3 March | 3 March |
| Costa Rica | 1 | | | | 3 March | 3 March |
| Costa Rica | 1 | | | | United States | 1 |
| 27 February | 27 February | | | | | United States | 1 |
| 27 February | 27 February | | | | Mexico (aet) | 3 |
| Panama | 1 | | | | Mexico (aet) | 3 |
| Panama | 1 | 1 March | 1 March | | | |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1 March | 1 March | | | |
| El Salvador | 3 | El Salvador | 0 | | | |
| 27 February | 27 February | | El Salvador | 0 | | | |
| 27 February | 27 February | Mexico | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 4 | Mexico | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 4 | | | | 3 March | 3 March |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | 3 March | 3 March |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | Cuba | 0 |
| | | | | | El Salvador | 1 |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

### Final
## Player awards
### Top Goalscorer

* Ameth Ramírez (FW)

### Most Valuable Player of the tournament

* Antonio Briseño (LCB)

### Golden Glove

* Richard Sánchez

### Team of the tournament

| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Richard Sánchez | Francisco Flores (RB) Hedgardo Marin (RCB) Antonio Briseño (LCB) Bernardo Hernandez (LB) | Jairo Henriquez (RM) Josecarlos Van Rankin (CM) Wil Trapp (CM) Luis Gil (LM) | Ameth Ramírez (FW) Jose Villarreal (FW) |
Source:

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Ameth Ramírez

### 3 goals

* Maykel Reyes
* Jesús Manuel Corona
* Jose Villarreal

### 2 goals

* Caleb Clarke
* Samuel Piette
* Arichel Hernandez
* Kendan Anderson
* Jairo Henríquez
* Antonio Briseño
* Marco Bueno
* Alonso Escoboza
* Julio Gómez
* Jairo Jiménez
* Daniel Cuevas
* Luis Gil

### 1 goal

* Dylan Carreiro
* Mauro Eustaquio
* Ben McKendry
* Stefan Vukovic
* David Ramírez
* John Jairo Ruíz
* Adrián Diz
* Daniel Luis
* Vidarrell Merencia
* Olivier Ayala
* Roberto González
* Rommel Mejia
* José Peña
* Maurice Jean-Dany
* Omar Holness
* Damion Lowe
* Jonathan Espericueta
* Francisco Flores
* Armando Zamorano
* Eulises Pavón
* Roberto Chen
* Alexander Gonzalez
* Romario Piggott
* Reid Strain
* Benji Joya
* Mario Rodriguez
* Wil Trapp

### 1 own goal

* Olivier Ayala (playing against Mexico)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | El Salvador | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Curaçao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

## Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The four semi-finalist teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Mexico
* United States