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2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
CityAlajuela
Dates29 May – 8 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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The 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship will be the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. It will take place from 29 May to 8 June 2025.[1]

Mexico are the defending champions.

The four semi-finalist teams from the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CONCACAF representatives.[2][3]

Qualification

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Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

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Twenty-four teams competed for six spots in the final tournament, where they will joined the two highest-seeded teams on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of September 23, 2024, the United States and Mexico.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of qualification Finals appearance Previous best performance Previous World Cup
appearances
 United States Two top-ranked entrants 31 October 2024
13th
 Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022)
11
 Mexico
(title holders)
13th
 Champions (2018, 2023)
10
 Guyana Qualification Group A winners 25 February 2025
3rd
 Quarter-finals (2020)
0
 Puerto Rico Qualification Group B winners 24 February 2025
4th
 Fourth place (2022)
0
 Panama Qualification Group C winners 25 February 2025
8th
 Fourth place (2012)
0
 Nicaragua Qualification Group D winners 24 February 2025
5th
 Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
0
 Canada Qualification Group E winners 25 February 2025
5th
 Champions (2004, 2008)
9
 Costa Rica Qualification Group F winners 24 February 2025
8th
 Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)
4

Venue

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On 6 March 2025, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host the tournament.[4]

Alajuela
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Capacity: 17,895

Draw

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The draw of the tournament will be held on 26 March 2025 at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 8 teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams, based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking at 6 March 2025.[4][5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

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Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[3]

Format

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The tournament will have two groups of four teams. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semi-finals. The four semi-finalists will also qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4]

In the knockout stage, if a match is tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10).[3]

Tiebreakers

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The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches:
    • Yellow card: −1 point
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
    • Direct red card: −4 points
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group stage

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All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[6]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 30 May 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States v Guyana
Costa Rica v Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico v United States
Guyana v Costa Rica
Puerto Rico v Guyana
United States v Costa Rica

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 May 2025. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Canada v Panama
Mexico v Nicaragua
Nicaragua v Canada
Panama v Mexico
Panama v Nicaragua
Mexico v Canada

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match is tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10).[3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
 
1B
 
8 June – Alajuela
 
2A
 
 
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
 
 
1A
 
 
2B
 

Semi-finals

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Group B winnersMatch 13Group A runners-up
Group A winnersMatch 14Group B runners-up

Final

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Winners Match 13vWinners Match 14

Goalscorers

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There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 28 May 2025). Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
2 June 2025
2 June 2025
3 June 2025
3 June 2025
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "CONCACAF unveils details for region qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA U20 women's world cup". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. Retrieved 31 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Draw reveals groups for 2025 CONCACAF women's U20qualifiers/". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. Retrieved 13 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Costa Rica to host 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". Concacaf. 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  5. ^ "Women's Under-20". Concacaf. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. ^ "CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship - Match schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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