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. 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.

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.

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts

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.

TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearancesNorth American Zone (NAFU) Automatic 5th Winner (2010) 4 Automatic 5th Winner (2013) 3 Automatic 5th Winner (2008, 2012) 2Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition Group A winner 3rd Group stage (2012, 2013) 0 Group B winner 3rd Runner-up (2008) 2Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition Hosts 1st Debut 0 Final round winner 5th Fourth place (2013) 0 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.

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.

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.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

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).

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: Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; Drawing of lots.

All times were local, AST (UTC−4).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).

Bracket

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

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

Final

Winners

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 (2008, 2012) (2010, 2012, 2014) (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers 7 goals Nérilia Mondésir

5 goals

Mikerline Saint-Félix Frankie Tagliaferri Ashley Sanchez

4 goals Civana Kuhlmann

3 goals

Teni Akindoju Melissa Dacius

2 goals

Jordyn Huitema Vital Kats Lauren Raimondo Sarah Stratigakis Gloriana Villalobos María Herrarte Yuvitza Mayén Niurka Oliva Lovelie Pierre Dayana Cazares Daniela Espinosa Montserrat Hernández Lizbeth Ovalle Alexa Spaanstra

1 goal

Nahida Baalbaki Kennedy Faulknor Shana Flynn Jayde Riviere Merilyn Alvarado Valeria del Campo María Paula Salas Didra Martínez Adriana Ordóñez Melchie Dumonay Roseline Éloissaint Martine Olivier Ebony Clarke Tarania Clarke Shayla Smart Maricarmen Reyes Jordan Canniff Sophia Smith

Own goal Resheda Charles (playing against Guatemala)

Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Golden BallGolden BootGolden Glove Ashley Sanchez Nérilia Mondésir Laurel Ivory CONCACAF Fair Play Award

Best XI Goalkeeper: Laurel Ivory Right Defender: Kennedy Wesley Central Defender: Naomi Girma Central Defender: Kimberly Rodríguez Left Defender: Julia Grosso Right Midfielder: Nérilia Mondésir Central Midfielder: Brianna Pinto Central Midfielder: Jaelin Howell Left Midfielder: Lizbeth Ovalle Forward: Ashley Sanchez Forward: Civana Kuhlmann

References

External links Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com