2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Grenada
City	St. George's
Dates	3–13 March 2016
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	79 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nérilia Mondésir (7 goals)
Best player	Ashley Sanchez
Best goalkeeper	Laurel Ivory
Fair play award	Mexico

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015.^[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.^[2]

The United States won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over Mexico. Both finalists and third-placed Canada qualified for the World Cup.^[3]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:^[1]

• Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically
• Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
• Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	5th	Winner (2010)	4
Mexico	Automatic	5th	Winner (2013)	3
United States	Automatic	5th	Winner (2008, 2012)	2
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[4]
Guatemala	Group A winner	3rd	Group stage (2012, 2013)	0
Costa Rica	Group B winner	3rd	Runner-up (2008)	2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[5]
Grenada	Hosts	1st	Debut	0
Jamaica	Final round winner	5th	Fourth place (2013)	0
Haiti	Final round runner-up	3rd	Group stage (2010, 2013)	0

Venues

The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium hosted the matches for Group B.^[6]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST (UTC−4) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.^[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Grenada (Position A1)  Haiti  Jamaica	Costa Rica  Guatemala	Canada  Mexico (Position B1)  United States

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).^[8]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:^[8]

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	9	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3
4	Grenada (H)	3	0	0	3	0	27	−27	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).^[8]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 March – St. George's
	Haiti	0
					13 March – St. George's
	Mexico	3
					Mexico	1
	11 March – St. George's
					United States	2
	United States	5
	Canada	0
					Third Place
					13 March – St. George's
					Haiti	2
					Canada	4

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

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Third place playoff

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Final

Winners

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
United States Third title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
United States	02 !11 March 2016	02 !2 (2008, 2012)
Mexico	01 !11 March 2016	03 !3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
Canada	03 !13 March 2016	04 !4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Nérilia Mondésir

5 goals

4 goals

• Civana Kuhlmann

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Resheda Charles (playing against Guatemala)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[9]

Best XI

• Goalkeeper: Laurel Ivory
• Right Defender: Kennedy Wesley
• Central Defender: Naomi Girma
• Central Defender: Kimberly Rodríguez
• Left Defender: Julia Grosso
• Right Midfielder: Nérilia Mondésir
• Central Midfielder: Brianna Pinto
• Central Midfielder: Jaelin Howell
• Left Midfielder: Jacqueline Ovalle
• Forward: Ashley Sanchez
• Forward: Civana Kuhlmann

Golden Ball

• Ashley Sanchez

Golden Boot

• Nérilia Mondésir (7 goals)

Golden Glove

• Laurel Ivory

Fair Play Award

•  Mexico

References

External links

• Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com