2015 U-20 WCQ Fixtures

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CONCACAF U20 Championship qualification

Canada, Mexico and US automatically qualify
•Canada have won it twice
•Mexico have won it eleven times
•USA has never won it (they did however once win a U20 tournament organised by CONCACAF in 1980)

Caribbean fixtures:
Four groups of four and one group of three will be hosted across five different countries before the final round that takes place in Trinidad (presumably Trinidad and Jamaica are in separate groups?).

www.cfufootball.org/index.php/latest-news/9431-cfu-men-s-under-20-teams-prepare-for-battle

Central American fixtures:
One group of seven teams will be played in El Salvador

www.concacaf.com/article/el-salvador-to-host-uncaf-u-20-q

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Jamaica Set to Host CONCACAF Under-20 Championships in January

New format will see group action in Kingston and Montego Bay

MIAMI (Wednesday, July 23, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced Jamaica as host of the upcoming CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, scheduled for January 2015.


CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Jamaica 2015

Dates: January 9 – January 24, 2015
Location: Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica
Stadiums: National Stadium (Kingston) and Montego Bay Sports Complex

Participating Teams: 12

Caribbean Football Union: 5 Teams
North America: 3 Teams
Central American Football Union: 4 Teams

Number of teams qualifying to the FIFA World Cup: 4

Format: The twelve (12) teams shall be divided into a group stage consisting of two (2) groups (A, B) of six (6) teams each. The group winners qualify automatically for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015. The second- and third-place teams from each group are re-seeded by group stage results, with the top team of the four facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best finisher facing the third-best. The winner of each of those two matches also advances to the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.

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