2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship


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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.

2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2013 (in Spanish)

2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship official logo

Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityPuebla, Puebla
DatesFebruary 18 – March 3, 2013
(13 days)[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (12th title)
Runners-up United States
Third place El Salvador
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored65 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Panama Amet Ramírez
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Antonio Briseño

2011

2015

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
Participations
North American zone
  Canada Automatic 20th Champion (1986, 1996) 8
  Mexico (TH) Host 23rd Champion (1962, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2011) 12
  United States Automatic 21st Runner-up (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009) 12
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
  Costa Rica Group A Winner 18th Champion (1988, 2009) 8
  El Salvador Group B Winner 14th Champion (1964)
  Nicaragua Group A Runner-up 8th Second Round (1976)
  Panama Group B Runner-up 8th Fourth Place (2011) 4
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
  Haiti Group A Winner 6th Second round (1978)
  Jamaica Group B Winner 18th Third Place (1970) 1
  Puerto Rico Group A Runner-up 7th First Round (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
  Cuba Group B Runner-up 11th Runner-up (1970, 1974)
  Curaçao 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.

Puebla
Estadio Cuauhtemoc Estadio Olímpico de C.U.
Capacity: 49,000 Capacity: 20,700
   

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 tables
Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Haiti 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Cuba 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
  Canada 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Panama 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
  Jamaica 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
  El Salvador 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
  Curaçao 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0


Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
          
26 February
  United States4
1 March
  Canada2
  United States2
26 February
  Cuba0
  Cuba2
3 March
  Costa Rica1
  United States1
27 February
  Mexico (aet)3
  Panama1
1 March
  El Salvador3
  El Salvador0
27 February
  Mexico2 Third place
  Mexico4
3 March
  Jamaica0
  Cuba0
  El Salvador1

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.





Top Goalscorer
Most Valuable Player of the tournament
Golden Glove
Team of the tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Source:[3]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Mexico (H) 5 5 0 0 15 1 +14 15 Champions
2   United States 5 4 0 1 10 6 +4 12 Runners-up
3   El Salvador 5 3 0 2 6 7 −1 9 Third place
4   Cuba 5 3 0 2 7 5 +2 9 Fourth Place
5   Panama 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Canada 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
7   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
8   Jamaica 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
9   Haiti 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Curaçao 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
11   Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
12   Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0

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

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The four semi-finalist teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

  1. ^ "U-20 finals set for Mexico, U-17s to Panama". CONCACAF.com. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "U-20 semifinals moved to Cuauhtemoc". CONCACAF.com. 2013-02-28. Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  3. ^ a b "U-20 Championship Best Eleven revealed". CONCACAF.com. 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 4 March 2013.