# 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (28th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was held in Honduras, in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa.
On 16 September 2021, a new format was announced: the sixteen member associations ranked 1st to 16th would qualify for the group stage while the remaining nineteen member associations (all ranked 17th and below in the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings) would have to play in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament to qualify for the knockout stage. The qualifying tournament took place from 5 to 13 November 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The competition determined not only the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina and at the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Chile, but also the two CONCACAF representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.
The United States were the defending champions of the competition, since they were the champions in the 2018 edition and the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States once again successfully defended the title, defeating the biggest surprise of the tournament Dominican Republic 6–0 in the final for their third CONCACAF U-20 Championship title.

## Qualified teams

Twenty national teams participated in the tournament: the sixteen best ranked national teams (based on the CONCACAF men’s under-20 rankings), that qualified directly to the tournament, plus four national teams qualified through the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.
| Round | Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances |
| Group stage | United States (title holders) | 1st ranked entrant | 25th | Champions (2017, 2018) | 16 |
| Group stage | Mexico | 2nd ranked entrant | 27th | Champions (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2013, 2015) | 16 |
| Group stage | Panama | 3rd ranked entrant | 12th | Runners-up (2015) | 6 |
| Group stage | Honduras (host) | 4th ranked entrant | 20th | Champions (1982, 1994) | 8 |
| Group stage | Costa Rica | 5th ranked entrant | 21st | Champions (1988, 2009) | 9 |
| Group stage | El Salvador | 6th ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1964) | 1 |
| Group stage | Cuba | 7th ranked entrant | 14th | Runners-up (1970, 1974) | 1 |
| Group stage | Haiti | 8th ranked entrant | 10th | Second round (1978) | 0 |
| Group stage | Canada | 9th ranked entrant | 24th | Champions (1986, 1996) | 8 |
| Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 10th ranked entrant | 21st | Runners-up (1990) | 2 |
| Group stage | Guatemala | 11th ranked entrant | 20th | Runners-up (1962, 1973) | 1 |
| Group stage | Jamaica | 12th ranked entrant | 21st | Third place (1970) | 1 |
| Group stage | Antigua and Barbuda | 13th ranked entrant | 5th | First round (1980, 1986, 2017) | 0 |
| Group stage | Suriname | 14th ranked entrant | 7th | First round (1976, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2018) | 0 |
| Group stage | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15th ranked entrant | 4th | First round (2007, 2017, 2018) | 0 |
| Group stage | Aruba | 16th ranked entrant | 3rd | First round (2015, 2018) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Curaçao | Qualifying Group A winner | 14th | Third place (1962) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Dominican Republic | Qualifying Group B winner | 6th | Second round (1976) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Puerto Rico | Qualifying Group C winner | 9th | First round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2013, 2018) | 0 |
| Knockout stage | Nicaragua | Qualifying Group D winner | 10th | Second round (1976) | 0 |

### Notes

* ↑ Includes appearances as the Netherlands Antilles.

## Venues

On 24 February 2022, CONCACAF confirmed three stadiums for the tournament.
During the competition, Estadio Yankel Rosenthal was used as a provisional venue due to problems with the playing pitch at Estadio Morazán caused by very heavy rainfall in San Pedro Sula. Some matches were relocated to the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano and Estadio Yankel Rosenthal.
| San Pedro SulaTegucigalpaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. | San Pedro Sula | San Pedro Sula | San Pedro Sula | Tegucigalpa |
| San Pedro SulaTegucigalpaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano | Estadio Morazán | Estadio Yankel Rosenthal | Estadio Nacional |
| San Pedro SulaTegucigalpaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. | Capacity: 37,325 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 35,000 |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete. Each team had to register a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 3 March 2022, 12:00 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 Men'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)  Panama (Group G)  Honduras (Group H) | Costa Rica  El Salvador  Cuba  Haiti | Canada  Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  Jamaica | Antigua and Barbuda  Suriname  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Aruba |

## Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):
* 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 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, CST (UTC−6).

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Suriname | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Aruba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honduras (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

### Qualified directly to the knockout stage

Qualified from 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
* Curaçao (Qualifying Group A winner)
* Dominican Republic (Qualifying Group B winner)
* Puerto Rico (Qualifying Group C winner)
* Nicaragua (Qualifying Group D winner)

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 25 June – Tegucigalpa | 25 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | | | |
| United States | 5 | | | | | | |
| United States | 5 | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 0 | United States | 2 | | | | |
| 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | | United States | 2 | | | | |
| 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | Costa Rica | 0 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 4 | Costa Rica | 0 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 4 | | | | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | | | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | | | United States | 3 | |
| 25 June – Tegucigalpa | 25 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | | United States | 3 | |
| 25 June – Tegucigalpa | 25 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | Honduras | 0 | |
| Cuba | 0 | | | | Honduras | 0 | |
| Cuba | 0 | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | | | |
| Panama | 1 | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 28 June – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | | |
| Panama | 1 | Panama | 1 | | | | |
| 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | | Panama | 1 | | | | |
| 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | 25 June – San Pedro Sula (Y. Rosenthal) | Honduras | 2 | | | | |
| Honduras | 4 | Honduras | 2 | | | | |
| Honduras | 4 | | | | | | | 3 July – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 3 July – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) |
| Curaçao | 1 | | | | | | | 3 July – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 3 July – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) |
| Curaçao | 1 | | | | | | | United States | 6 |
| 26 June – Tegucigalpa | 26 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | | | | | United States | 6 |
| 26 June – Tegucigalpa | 26 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | | | | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| El Salvador | 4 | | | | | | | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | Dominican Republic | 1 | | | | | | |
| 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | Dominican Republic | 1 | | | | | | |
| 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | Jamaica | 0 | | | | | | |
| Haiti | 1 | Jamaica | 0 | | | | | | |
| Haiti | 1 | | | | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | | |
| Jamaica | 2 | | | | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | 1 July – San Pedro Sula (Morazán) | | | |
| Jamaica | 2 | | | | Dominican Republic (p) | 2 (4) | | | |
| 26 June – Tegucigalpa | 26 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | | Dominican Republic (p) | 2 (4) | | | |
| 26 June – Tegucigalpa | 26 June – Tegucigalpa | | | | Guatemala | 2 (2) | |
| Guatemala (p) | 1 (4) | | | | Guatemala | 2 (2) | |
| Guatemala (p) | 1 (4) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | | | | |
| Canada | 1 (3) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 29 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | | | |
| Canada | 1 (3) | Guatemala (p) | 1 (2) | | | | |
| 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | | Guatemala (p) | 1 (2) | | | | |
| 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | 26 June – San Pedro Sula (Olímpico M.) | Mexico | 1 (1) | | | | |
| Mexico | 6 | Mexico | 1 (1) | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

### Final
## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
| Golden Ball | Paxten Aaronson |
| Golden Boot | Paxten Aaronson (7 goals) |
| Golden Glove | Christopher Brady |
| Fair Play Award | Dominican Republic |

## Goalscorers

There were 151 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.87 goals per match.
7 goals
* Paxten Aaronson
6 goals
* Marco Aceituno
* Quinn Sullivan
5 goals
* Arquimides Ordoñez
* Steevenson Jeudy
* Esteban Lozano
4 goals
* Dorian Rodríguez
* Salvador Mariscal
* Nathaniel James
3 goals
* Ángel Montes de Oca
* Mayer Gil
* Jefryn Macías
* Jahmari Clarke
* Niko Tsakiris
2 goals
* Matthew Catavolo
* Lowell Wright
* Kevin Martín
* Edison Azcona
* Jonathan Esquivel
* Javier Mariona
* Allan Juárez
* Fidel Ambríz
* Bryan González
* Jesús Hernández
* Tony Leone
* Javier Betegón
* Carlos Rivera
* Leonel Tejada
* Molik Khan
* Cade Cowell
* Jack McGlynn
* Tyler Wolff
1 goal
* Terick Monsanto
* Evander Nedd
* Kamron Habibullah
* Maël Henry
* Josimar Alcócer
* Brandon Calderón
* Enyel Escoe
* Shawn Johnson
* Eduardo Hernández
* Mario Penalver
* Rey Rodríguez
* Romario Torrez
* Rayvian Job
* Israel Boatwright
* Guillermo de Peña
* Anyelo Gomez
* Ronald Arévalo
* Daniel Cruz
* Harold Osorio
* Eduardo Rivas
* Alexander Romero
* Carlos Santos
* Omar Villagrán
* Adelson Belizaire
* Bryan Destin
* Watz Leazard
* Miguel Carrasco
* Isaac Castillo
* Jeyson Contreras
* Odin Ramos
* Geremy Rodas
* Aaron Zúñiga
* Zion Scarlett
* Tarick Ximines
* Jonathan Pérez
* Christian Torres
* Isaías Violante
* Kevin Garrido
* Ricardo Gorday
* Real Gill
* Kaihim Thomas
* Noah Allen
* Alejandro Alvarado Jr.
* Caden Clark
* Mauricio Cuevas
* Diego Luna
* Jalen Neal
* Rokas Pukštas
1 own goal
* Sebastián Mañón (against Guatemala)
* Arian Recinos (against El Salvador)
* Dylan Pineda (against United States)
* Jermaine Chiuta (against United States)
* Ajani Mills (against Cuba)
* Michael Halliday (against Canada)
Source: CONCACAF

## Qualification for international tournaments
### Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| United States | 28 June 2022 | 16 (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Honduras | 28 June 2022 | 8 (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Dominican Republic | 29 June 2022 | 0 (debut) |
| Guatemala | 29 June 2022 | 1 (2011) |

### Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Unlike the previous editions, the tournament also served as qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament. This was changed from the previous set-up where the CONCACAF representatives qualify for the Olympic football tournament through their Pre-Olympic Tournament.
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Dominican Republic | 1 July 2022 | 0 (debut) |
| United States | 1 July 2022 | 14 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008) |
    $^1$ Italic indicates hosts for that year.

### Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

The champion team and the top team from each of the three CONCACAF zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament.
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Chile.
| Team | Zone | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Pan American Games |
| Dominican Republic | CFU | 29 June 2022 | 3 (1971, 1979, 2003) |
| United States | NAFU | 29 June 2022 | 12 (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007) |
| Honduras | UNCAF | 1 July 2022 | 5 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2019) |
| Mexico | NAFU | 3 July 2022 | 15 (1955, 1959, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
    $^2$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.