The 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the third edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. It was held in Guatemala City from May 2 to 12 in 2012.

The three best-placed teams qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Azerbaijan. All matches were played on artificial turf at the Estadio Cementos Progreso.

Qualified teams

The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011.

Region Method of qualification Teams CaribbeanCaribbean Football Union (CFU) 2011 Caribbean Football UnionWomen's Under-17 Tournament Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Central AmericaCentral American Football Union (UNCAF) 2011 UNCAF Women'sUnder-17 Tournament Panama North AmericaNorth American Football Union (NAFU) Automatic qualification Canada Mexico United StatesHost nation Guatemala

Squads

Group stage All times are local (UTC−06:00).

Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams 2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points) 3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points) 4. Greater goal difference in all group matches 5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches 6. Drawing of lots

Key to colors in group tablesAdvanced to Semi-finals

Group A Team Canada3300161+15931118804311145−143003216−140

Group B Team United States3300180+189320183+56301207−713012016−161

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 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in Azerbaijan.

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winners

Goalscorers 12 goals Summer Green

6 goals Summer Clarke

5 goals Valérie Sanderson Luz Duarte

3 goals

Jessica Morales Margaret Purce

2 goals

Jasmin Dhanda Nichelle Prince Kayla Gray Mariana Cadena Hallie Hernández Laurie Batista Marta Cox Karla Riley Emily Bruder Toni Payne Andi Sullivan

1 goal

Elissa Neff Amanda Pierre-Louis Vivian Herrera Paula Ibarguen Khadija Shaw Cynthia Pineda Vivian Vega Yassiel Franco Morgan Andrews Joanna Boyles Darian Jenkins Amber Munerlyn Sarah Robinson

References

External links Official Site Tournament and qualification on soccerway.com