The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023. The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019. A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.

Round Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances Group stage (title holders) 18th Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) 14 19th Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) 17 18th Champions (1994) 10 19th Runners-up (2015) 5 18th Runners-up (2011) 7 10th Runners-up (2013) 2 9th Final group winner (2007) 2 15th Final group winner (1999) 2 11th Champions (1988) 2 16th Fourth place (1999) 0 15th Runners-up (1983) 2 (host) 12th Quarter-finals (2013) 0 8th Round of 16 (2019) 0 3rd First round (2017, 2019) 0 4th First round (2011, 2013, 2019) 0 2nd Round of 16 (2019) 0 Round of 16 3rd First round (1996, 2019) 0 4th Round of 16 (2019) 0 4th Round of 16 (2019) 0 3rd Round of 16 (2019) 0 Notes

Venues

Antigua Guatemala Guatemala City Estadio Pensativo Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 26,000

Match officials On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.

Referees

Ken Pennyfeather Norberto Da Silva Adonis Carrasco Filiberto Martínez José Fuentes Shavin Greene Jefferson Escobar Christopher Mason Okeito Nicholson Víctor Cáceres Daniel Quintero Fernando Morón Sanchez Bass Reginald Gumbs Sergio Rozenhaut Kwinsi Williams Joe Dickerson Victor Rivas

Assistant referees

William Chow Leonel Garcia Lendy Taveras Carlos Vargas Cristian Alvarado Aczel Perez Luis Paz Kemar Gayle Joshua Jackson McKenzie Ricardo Berman Bermudez Marco Bisguerra Leonardo Castillo Michel Espinoza Jaden Rouse Jose Da Silva

Draw The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 were eligible to compete.

Group stage The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.

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 were applied in the following order: Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams; Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points); Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points); The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches was considered according to the following additions: Drawing of lots.

All times are in GTT (UTC−6).

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Semi-finals

Final

Awards Winners

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

Golden Ball Gael Álvarez

Golden Boot Stephano Carrillo (8 goals)

Golden Glove Norberto Bedolla

Fair Play

+Best XIGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Norberto Bedolla

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 14 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) 17 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) 7 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019) 2 (2011, 2013) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links Under 17 – Men, CONCACAF.com

References