page_title: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
section_title: Under 20
hierarchical_section_title: Estadio General Francisco Morazán / International tournaments / Under 20
caption_attribution_description: English: Game at Morazan Stadium in San Pedro Sula
context_page_description: The Francisco Morazán Stadium is one of the three stadiums available to the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It is an official stadium for games of the National League of Professional Football in Honduras; as well as, for international matches and international competitions of the Football Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean and FIFA.
  Nowadays, it is the official stadium of Real España and occasionally for C.D. Marathón. It is also used for other activities, including concerts, religious services, parades, and other things. It has a capacity of 18,000 fans, according to FIFA restrictions, but 21,500 viewers according to the Football Federation of Honduras.
  Through its history, the Francisco Morazán Stadium has hosted major sporting events. At this stadium, they were held tournaments and World Cup qualifying matches for the adult Honduran teams. Also, qualifying championships, for the Under 17, Under 20 and Olympic categories belonging to the CONCACAF area.
context_section_description: Through its history, the Francisco Morazan Stadium has hosted several major sporting events. Here were held World Cup qualifying games for the senior Honduran national team as well as Under 17, and Under 20 CONCACAF youth championships. 
  For example, in 1978 CONCACAF awarded Honduras the Under 20 youth tournament for the purpose of qualifying the area's two teams to the world cup to be held in Japan in 1979. This tournament took place from November 26 to December 7, 1978. In two stadiums; the Stadium Tiburcio Carias Andino in Tegucigalpa and the stadium Francisco Morazan. The tournament qualified, Canada and Mexico to the world cup.
  In 1994, the executive committee of CONCACAF granted Honduras the rights of hosting another youth tournament. This time it was for the purpose of qualifying teams to the world cup in Qatar in 1995.  This championship was held in three cities, Tegucigalpa (National Stadium), Puerto Cortes (Excelsior Stadium) and San Pedro Sula (Stadium Morazán), from August 17 to August 28. Honduras and Costa Rica resulted the winners.
  In 2004, San Pedro Sula and estadio Francisco Morazan hosted another under 20 championship. This time, the tournament had a short schedule. Only four teams participated  (Honduras, Mexico, Canada and Jamaica). The tournament was held from January 26 to January 30, 2004; and it culminated with Honduras and Canada going to the 2005 World Cup in the Netherlands.
caption: Youth World Cup qualifying game at estadio Morazan in 2015
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