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2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGrenada
CitySt. George's
Dates3–13 March
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored79 (4.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Haiti Nérilia Mondésir
(7 goals)
Best player(s)United States Ashley Sanchez
Best goalkeeperUnited States Laurel Ivory
Fair play award Mexico
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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

Further information: 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

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

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

Squads

Main article: 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 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
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Guatemala 0–3 Canada
Report Riviere 6'
Stratigakis 34'
Kats 64'
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)
Grenada 0–13 Haiti
Report Saint-Félix 4', 14'
Mondésir 8', 37', 40', 41'
Dumonay 13'
Olivier 27'
Dacius 33', 54'
Éloissaint 52'
Pierre 70', 83'
Referee: Lola Simmons (Anguilla)
Haiti 3–2 Guatemala
Saint-Félix 6', 11'
Mondésir 88'		 Report Herrarte 53'
Mayén 73'
Referee: Yanely Chavez (Cuba)
Canada 7–0 Grenada
Baalbaki 3'
Akindoju 11', 12', 26'
Huitema 71', 88'
Faulknor 85'		 Report
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
Canada 1–2 Haiti
Stratigakis 78' Report Saint-Félix 81'
Dacius 84' (pen.)
Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)
Grenada 0–7 Guatemala
Report Ordóñez 13'
Oliva 34', 60'
Mayén 45+2'
Herrarte 49'
Charles 72' (o.g.)
Martínez 87'
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

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
Source: CONCACAF
Mexico 4–2 Costa Rica
Hernández 2'
Cazares 18'
Espinosa 80', 87'		 Report G. Villalobos 23', 61'
Referee: Joanne Monestime (Haiti)
Jamaica 1–8 United States
Smart 32' Report Kuhlmann 15', 49'
Sanchez 34', 56'
Tagliaferri 72', 75', 81', 87'
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)
Costa Rica 3–2 Jamaica
Del Campo 29' (pen.)
Alvarado 76'
Salas 90+1'		 Report E. Clarke 22'
T. Clarke 34'
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
United States 1–0 Mexico
Sanchez 73' Report
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
United States 2–0 Costa Rica
Spaanstra 7'
Sanchez 38' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)
Mexico 1–0 Jamaica
Ovalle 42' Report
Referee: Lola Simmons (Anguilla)

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 March – St. George's
 
 
 Haiti0
 
13 March – St. George's
 
 Mexico3
 
 Mexico1
 
11 March – St. George's
 
 United States2
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada0
 
Third place
 
 
13 March – St. George's
 
 
 Haiti2
 
 
 Canada4

Semi-finals

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

Haiti 0–3 Mexico
Report Cazares 5'
Reyes 13'
Hernández 75'
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 5–0 Canada
Spaanstra 33'
Canniff 45+1'
Kuhlmann 54'
Smith 90+1'
Tagliaferri 90+3'		 Report
Referee: Tatiana Montes (Panama)

Third place playoff

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

Haiti 2–4 Canada
Mondésir 80', 89' Report Raimondo 55', 75'
Kats 60'
Flynn 73'
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

Final

Mexico 1–2 United States
Ovalle 70' Report Sanchez 43'
Kuhlmann 86'
Attendance: 1,500

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 11 March 2016 2 (2008, 2012)
 Mexico 11 March 2016 3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Canada 13 March 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

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

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
United States Ashley Sanchez Haiti Nérilia Mondésir United States Laurel Ivory
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 Mexico
Best XI

References

  1. ^ a b "Grenada to host Under-17 Women's Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Canada qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016". CONACACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship Grenada 2016". CONCACAF.com. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Grenada 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  9. ^ "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_CONCACAF_Women%27s_U-17_Championship

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