# 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023. The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.

## Qualified teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019. A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.
| Round | Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances |
| Group stage | Mexico (title holders) | 1st ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) | 14 |
| Group stage | United States | 2nd ranked entrant | 19th | Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) | 17 |
| Group stage | Costa Rica | 3rd ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1994) | 10 |
| Group stage | Honduras | 4th ranked entrant | 19th | Runners-up (2015) | 5 |
| Group stage | Canada | 5th ranked entrant | 18th | Runners-up (2011) | 7 |
| Group stage | Panama | 6th ranked entrant | 10th | Runners-up (2013) | 2 |
| Group stage | Haiti | 7th ranked entrant | 9th | Final group winner (2007) | 2 |
| Group stage | Jamaica | 8th ranked entrant | 15th | Final group winner (1999) | 2 |
| Group stage | Cuba | 9th ranked entrant | 11th | Champions (1988) | 2 |
| Group stage | El Salvador | 10th ranked entrant | 16th | Fourth place (1999) | 0 |
| Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 11th ranked entrant | 15th | Runners-up (1983) | 2 |
| Group stage | Guatemala (host) | 12th ranked entrant | 12th | Quarter-finals (2013) | 0 |
| Group stage | Curaçao | 13th ranked entrant | 8th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |
| Group stage | Suriname | 14th ranked entrant | 3rd | First round (2017, 2019) | 0 |
| Group stage | Barbados | 15th ranked entrant | 4th | First round (2011, 2013, 2019) | 0 |
| Group stage | Guadeloupe | 16th ranked entrant | 2nd | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Bermuda | Qualifying Group A winner | 3rd | First round (1996, 2019) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Puerto Rico | Qualifying Group B winner | 4th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Dominican Republic | Qualifying Group C winner | 4th | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Nicaragua | Qualifying Group D winner | 3rd | Round of 16 (2019) | 0 |

### Notes

* ↑ Also final group winner in 1999 and 2005.
* ↑ Also final group winner in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
* ↑ Also final group winner in 2001 and 2003.
* ↑ Includes five appearances as the Netherlands Antilles before 2010.

## Venues

| Antigua GuatemalaGuatemala City | Antigua Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| Antigua GuatemalaGuatemala City | Estadio Pensativo | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
| Antigua GuatemalaGuatemala City | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |

## Match officials

On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
Referees
* Ken Pennyfeather
* Norberto Da Silva
* Adonis Carrasco
* Filiberto Martínez
* José Fuentes
* Shavin Greene
* Jefferson Escobar
* Christopher Mason
* Okeito Nicholson
* Víctor Cáceres
* Daniel Quintero
* Fernando Morón
* Sanchez Bass
* Reginald Gumbs
* Sergio Rozenhaut
* Kwinsi Williams
* Joseph Dickerson
* Víctor Rivas
Assistant referees
* William Chow
* Leonel Garcia
* Lendy Taveras
* Carlos Vargas
* Cristian Alvarado
* Aczel Perez
* Luis Paz
* Kemar Gayle
* Joshua Jackson
* McKenzie Ricardo
* Berman Bermudez
* Marco Bisguerra
* Leonardo Castillo
* Michel Espinoza
* Jaden Rouse
* Jose Da Silva

## Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Mexico (E1)  United States (F1)  Costa Rica (G1)  Honduras (H1) | Canada  Panama  Haiti  Jamaica | Cuba  El Salvador  Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala | Curaçao  Suriname  Barbados  Guadeloupe |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.

## Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:
* Greater goal difference in all group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
* Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
* Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
* The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches is considered according to the following additions: 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 in GTT (UTC−6).

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Guatemala (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Curaçao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Suriname | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 February | 18 February | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 6 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 6 | 21 February | 21 February | | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 21 February | 21 February | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | Mexico | 3 | | | | |
| 19 February | 19 February | | Mexico | 3 | | | | |
| 19 February | 19 February | El Salvador | 0 | | | | |
| El Salvador (a.e.t.) | 3 | El Salvador | 0 | | | | |
| El Salvador (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | 24 February | 24 February | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | | | | 24 February | 24 February | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | | | | Mexico | 5 | |
| 19 February | 19 February | | | | | Mexico | 5 | |
| 19 February | 19 February | | | | Panama | 0 | |
| Panama | 2 | | | | Panama | 0 | |
| Panama | 2 | 22 February | 22 February | | | | | |
| Cuba | 0 | 22 February | 22 February | | | | |
| Cuba | 0 | Panama | 2 | | | | |
| 19 February | 19 February | | Panama | 2 | | | | |
| 19 February | 19 February | Honduras | 1 | | | | |
| Honduras | 6 | Honduras | 1 | | | | |
| Honduras | 6 | | | | | | | 26 February | 26 February |
| Bermuda | 0 | | | | | | | 26 February | 26 February |
| Bermuda | 0 | | | | | | | Mexico | 3 |
| 19 February | 19 February | | | | | | | | Mexico | 3 |
| 19 February | 19 February | | | | | | | United States | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 (2) | | | | | | | United States | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 (2) | 22 February | 22 February | | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico (p) | 1 (4) | 22 February | 22 February | | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico (p) | 1 (4) | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | Canada | 3 | | | | | | |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 3 | | | | | | |
| Canada | 3 | | | | 24 February | 24 February | | | | |
| Haiti | 0 | | | | 24 February | 24 February | | | |
| Haiti | 0 | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | | | | United States | 2 | |
| Jamaica | 1 | | | | United States | 2 | |
| Jamaica | 1 | 21 February | 21 February | | | | | |
| Guatemala | 2 | 21 February | 21 February | | | | |
| Guatemala | 2 | Guatemala | 3 | | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | | Guatemala | 3 | | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | United States | 5 | | | | |
| United States | 7 | United States | 5 | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

### Final
## Awards
### Winners

* 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners
* Mexico Ninth title
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

#### Golden Ball

* Gael Álvarez

#### Golden Boot

* Stephano Carrillo (8 goals)

#### Golden Glove

* Norberto Bedolla

#### Fair Play

* Mexico

## Goalscorers

There were 158 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.
8 goals
* Stephano Carrillo
7 goals
* Keyrol Figueroa
5 goals
* José Urias
4 goals
* Olger Escobar
* Edwin Munguía
* Kevin Walder
3 goals
* Kyler Vojvodic
* Didier Reinoso
* Christopher Argueta
* Russel Cruz
* Nayrobi Vargas
* Fidel Barajas
* Micah Burton
* Taha Habroune
* Cruz Medina
2 goals
* Antoine N’Diaye
* Sean Albriton
* Roy Bustos
* Akheem Wilson
* Bryan Vasquez
* Santiago Garzaro
* Selvin Sagastume
* Gabino Vásquez
* Nixon Cruz
* Jordan Garcia
* Roberto Osorto
* Ronaldo Barrett
* Orane Watson
* Gael Álvarez
* Isaac Martínez
* Lindell Sween
* Malachai Webb
* Christopher Aquino
* Ezekiel Soto
1 goal
* Shamari Harewood
* Alessandro Biello
* Liam MacKenzie
* Chimere Omeze
* Lucas Ozimec
* Erik Pop
* Lazar Stefanovic
* Víctor Maroto
* Andry Narajo
* Andryk Sandi
* Lizardo Hernández
* Yansiel Reinoso
* Hanoy Sosa
* Luigi Inesia
* Giandro Sambo
* Cristopher Arias
* Nelson Diaz
* Elder Figueroa
* Walter Menjívar
* Michael Ventura
* Yanis Bienville
* Willan Jacques
* Ylan Moloza
* Carlos Aguilar
* Nicolás Chinchilla
* Oseas Guerra
* Sebatien Joseph
* Samuel Lamare
* Schneilorens Lebrun
* Kaief Tomlison
* David Herrera
* Bryan Saenz
* Jahmani Bell
* Alexavier Gooden
* Ashton Gordon
* Adrian Reid
* José Arroyo
* Yerar Azcarate
* Kevin García
* Brandon Lomelí
* Joaquín Moxica
* Luis Navarrete
* José Suárez
* Álex Valencia
* Erick Díaz
* Juan Hall
* Joshua Pierre
* Hector Rios
* Anel Ryce
* Samuel Byron
* Jemairo Goodett
* Rio Cardines
* Derrel Garcia
* Aiden Harangi
* Brian Romero
* Paulo Rudisill
* Pedro Soma
1 own goal
* Ariel Lon (against Curaçao)
* Jonathan Bueso (against El Salvador)
* Brayan Vaquedano (against Panama)
* Martín Krug (against Mexico)

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Mexico | 21 February 2023 | 14 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| United States | 21 February 2023 | 17 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Canada | 22 February 2023 | 7 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
| Panama | 22 February 2023 | 2 (2011, 2013) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.