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 ParticipationsNorth American zone Automatic 20th Champion (1986, 1996) 8 (TH) Host 23rd Champion (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011) 12 Automatic 21st Runner-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009) 12Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying Group A Winner 18th Champion (1988, 2009) 8 Group B Winner 14th Champion (1964) Group A Runner-up 8th Second Round (1976) Group B Runner-up 8th Fourth Place (2011)4Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying Group A Winner 6th Second round (1978) Group B Winner 18th Third Place (1970) 1 Group A Runner-up 7th First Round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) Group B Runner-up 11th Runner-up (1970, 1974) 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 Estadio Cuauhtemoc Estadio Olímpico de C.U.Capacity: 49,000Capacity: 20,700
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 tablesTop 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals
Group A Team220031+2621011103200213−20
Group B Team220051+46210163+33200218−70
Group C Team220080+86210145−13200218−70
Group D Team220060+66210124−23200215−40
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Player awards Top Goalscorer Ameth Ramírez (FW)
Most Valuable Player of the tournament Antonio Briseño (LCB) Golden Glove Richard Sánchez
Team of the tournament
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Richard Sánchez Francisco Flores (RB) Hedgardo Marin (RCB) Antonio Briseño (LCB) Bernardo Hernandez (LB) Jairo Henriquez (RM) Josecarlos Van Rankin (CM) Wil Trapp (CM) Luis Gil (LM) Ameth Ramírez (FW) Jose Villarreal (FW) Source:
Goalscorers 4 goals Ameth 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 Ramírez 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
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.
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