2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying stage|
| Host country | Dominican Republic |
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| Dates | 5–13 November 2021 |
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| Teams | 18 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Matches played | 31 |
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| Goals scored | 131 (4.23 per match) |
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| Top scorer(s) | Juruel Bernadina (6 goals) |
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2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying took place between 5–13 November 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The teams compete for four of the twenty berths in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final tournament.[1]
Teams
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Ranking as of June 2019.[2] A total of 34 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 18 entrants participated in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[3]
Exempt from qualifying (16 teams)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
United States |
7,092 |
| 2 |
Mexico |
6,167 |
| 3 |
Panama |
5,065 |
| 4 |
Honduras |
4,794 |
| 5 |
Costa Rica |
3,466 |
| 6 |
El Salvador |
3,395 |
| 7 |
Cuba |
2,644 |
| 8 |
Haiti |
2,455 |
| 9 |
Canada |
2,404 |
| 10 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
2,395 |
| 11 |
Guatemala |
2,187 |
| 12 |
Jamaica |
2,089 |
| 13 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1,535 |
| 14 |
Suriname |
1,327 |
| 15 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1,325 |
| 16 |
Aruba |
1,248 |
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Did not enter tournament (7 teams)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 22 |
Guadeloupe[a] |
1,050 |
| 29 |
Martinique[a] |
681 |
| 35 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
67 |
| 37 |
Montserrat |
0 |
| 38 |
French Guiana[a] |
0 |
| 40 |
Bonaire[a] |
0 |
| 41 |
Bahamas |
0 |
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- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying round took place on 17 September 2021, 11:00 EST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[4] The 19 teams which initially entered the qualifying stage were drawn into four groups: three groups of five teams and one group of four teams.[5] Montserrat, initially drawn into Group C, later withdrew before the start of the tournament.[6]
| Pot 1 |
Pot 2 |
Pot 3 |
Pot 4 |
Pot 5 |
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Anguilla
Montserrat (W)
British Virgin Islands
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Qualifying stage
The winners of each group qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where they enter the round of 16 of the knockout stage.
All times are local, AST (UTC-04:00). (5/6 November matches ADT (UTC-03:00).
- Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.3):[7]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Drawing of lots.
Notes
- ↑ Match suspended and later awarded to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines due to Puerto Rico failing to comply with Concacaf's COVID-19 protocols ahead of the fixture.[8][9]