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2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship

Trinidad and Tobago 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	17–27 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	77 (4.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tiffany Cameron Katherine Alvarado Courtney Verloo (5 goals each)
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The 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the first tournament of this type in Concacaf the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17–27, 2008. The first, second and third placed teams qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.

Qualified teams

Region	Method of qualification	Teams
Caribbean Caribbean Football Union (CFU)	2007 Caribbean Football Union Women's Under-17 Tournament	Jamaica Puerto Rico
Central America Central American Football Union (UNCAF)	2007 UNCAF Women's Under-17 Tournament	El Salvador Costa Rica
North America North American Football Union (NAFU)	Automatic qualification	Canada Mexico United States
Host nation		Trinidad and Tobago

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	6	10	−4	4
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

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Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July – Tobago
	United States	1
					27 July – Tobago
	Mexico	0
					United States	4
	24 July – Tobago
					Costa Rica	1
	Canada	0
	Costa Rica	2
					Third place
					27 July – Tobago
					Canada	1
					Mexico	0

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Winners

2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
United States First title

Goalscorers

The top-scorer award was shared between Katherine Alvarado (Costa Rica), Tiffany Cameron (Canada) and Courtney Verloo (USA) with five goals each.^[1]

References

External links

• Official Site
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