2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2013 (Spanish)
2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Puebla, Puebla
Dates	February 18 – March 3, 2013 (13 days)[1]
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (12th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	65 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amet Ramírez (4 goals)
Best player	Antonio Briseño

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
Estadio Cuauhtemoc	Estadio Olímpico de C.U.
Capacity: 49,000	Capacity: 20,700
19°04′41″N 98°09′52″W / 19.078056°N 98.164444°W	18°59′50″N 98°11′51″W / 18.997222°N 98.1975°W
Puebla

Squads

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

Haiti  v  United States

18 February 2013 17:30

Haiti	1–2	United States
Jean-Dany  49'	Report	Gil  3' (pen.) Cuevas  26'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,827 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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Costa Rica  v  Haiti

20 February 2013 17:30

Costa Rica	1–0	Haiti
Ruíz  22'	Report

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

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United States  v  Costa Rica

22 February 2013 17:30

United States	1–0	Costa Rica
Villarreal  63'	Report

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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

Cuba  v  Canada

18 February 2013 20:00

Cuba	2–1	Canada
Reyes  69', 78'	Report	Vukovic  90'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,827 Referee: José Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)

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Nicaragua  v  Cuba

20 February 2013 20:00

Nicaragua	0–3	Cuba
	Report	Diz  28' Luis  47' Reyes  64'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

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Canada  v  Nicaragua

22 February 2013 20:00

Canada	5–1	Nicaragua
Piette  6' Clarke  28', 53' Eustaquio  38' (pen.) McKendry  63'	Report	Pavón  45' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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

Puerto Rico  v  Jamaica

19 February 2013 17:30

Puerto Rico	1–4	Jamaica
Strain  22'	Report	Holness  8' Lowe  60' Anderson  69, 82'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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Panama  v  Puerto Rico

21 February 2013 17:30

Panama	4–0	Puerto Rico
Ramírez  10', 87' Chen  84' González  90+2'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

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Jamaica  v  Panama

23 February 2013 15:30

Jamaica	0–4	Panama
	Report	Ramírez  45', 57' Piggott  79' Jiménez  84'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 12,886 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

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

Mexico  v  Curaçao

19 February 2013 20:00

Mexico	3–0	Curaçao
Corona  21', 33' Bueno  35'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 34,236 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

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El Salvador  v  Curaçao

21 February 2013 20:00

El Salvador	2–1	Curaçao
Ayala  25' Mejía  65'	Report	Merencia  76'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 4,618 Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

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Mexico  v  El Salvador

23 February 2013 18:00

Mexico	3–0	El Salvador
Escoboza  15' Gómez  53' Ayala  87' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 37,302 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Knockout Phase

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

Quarter-finals

United States  v  Canada

26 February 2013 17:00

United States	4–2	Canada
Gil  29' Villarreal  40', 54' Trapp  45+1'	Report	Carreiro  23' Piette  64'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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Cuba  v  Costa Rica

26 February 2013 20:00

Cuba	2–1	Costa Rica
Hernandez  13', 80'	Report	Ramirez  40'

Estadio Olímpico de C.U., Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 1,685 Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)

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Panama  v  El Salvador

27 February 2013 17:00

Panama	1–3	El Salvador
Jiménez  33'	Report	Henríquez  55', 90+3' Peña  80'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 9,980 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

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Mexico  v  Jamaica

27 February 2013 20:00

Mexico	4–0	Jamaica
Zamorano  12' Bueno  43' Flores  67' Escoboza  75'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

United States  v  Cuba

1 March 2013 17:00

United States	2–0	Cuba
Rodriguez  7' Cuevas  10'	Report

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla[2] Attendance: 10,568 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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El Salvador  v  Mexico

1 March 2013 20:00

El Salvador	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Briseño  76', 84'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Puebla[2] Attendance: 33,525 Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Third place playoff

Cuba  v  El Salvador

3 March 2013 15:00

Cuba	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	González  90+1'

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 17,140 Referee: Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Final

United States  v  Mexico

3 March 2013 18:00

United States	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Joya  10' (pen.)	Report	Corona  4' Gómez  100' Espericueta  113' (pen.)

Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Puebla Attendance: 41,621 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Player Awards

Top Goalscorer

• Amet Ramirez (FW)

Most Valuable Player of the tournament

• Antonio Briseño (LCB)^[3]

Golden Glove

• Richard Sanchez

Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Richard Sanchez	Francisco Flores (RB) Bernardo Hernandez (LB) Hedgardo Marin (RCB) Antonio Briseño (LCB)	Jairo Henriquez (RM) Luis Gil (LM) Jose Carlos Van Rankin (CM) William Trapp (CM)	Amet Ramirez (FW) Jose Villarreal (FW)

Source:^[3]

Goalscorers

4 goals

Amet 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 Ramirez 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
7	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
8	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
9	Haiti	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
11	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
12	Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host.

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

References

1. "U-20 finals set for Mexico, U-17s to Panama". CONCACAF.com. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
2. "U-20 semifinals moved to Cuauhtemoc". CONCACAF.com. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
3. "U-20 Championship Best Eleven revealed". CONCACAF.com. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

External links

• Official website