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2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

The 2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023) is the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONCACAF for the men's under-15 national teams of North, Central America and Caribbean. It is held in Dominican Republic and Curaçao from 6 to 13 August 2023.[1]

2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic (Leagues A and C)
Curaçao (League B)
CitySanto Domingo
Willemstad
Dates6–13 August
Teams42 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship returned after 4 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONCACAF to cancel the tournament in 2021.

UEFA guest team Portugal were the defending champions having won the 2019 League A, however, they were unable to defend their title as they were not invited for this edition..

Teams

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A total of 41 teams entered the tournament, 39 out of the 41 CONCACAF member national teams and two invited teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Montserrat was scheduled to participate in League C but finally withdrew. Bahamas did not enter the tournament.

Like previous editions, the teams were split into three divisions, named League A (with 16 teams), League B (with 16 teams) and League C (with 9 teams), according to the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of February 2023,[2] with the two invited teams being included within the League A.

League A (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
1   Mexico 6,943
2   United States 5,547
3   Canada 3,597
4   Honduras 3,444
5   Costa Rica 3,252
6   Panama 3,247
7   Haiti 2,537
8   Jamaica 1,931
9   El Salvador 1,846
10   Cuba 1,510
11   Guatemala 1,410
12   Puerto Rico   1,326
13   Trinidad and Tobago 1,326
15   Dominican Republic   1,121
N/R   Qatar (invited from AFC) — —
N/R   Saudi Arabia (invited from AFC) — —
League B (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
14   Nicaragua 1,212
16   Guadeloupe   1,090
17   Bermuda 1,090
18   Curaçao   931
19   Bonaire   863
20   Aruba 850
21   Guyana 839
22   Suriname   832
23   Martinique 729
24   Barbados   710
26   Cayman Islands 637
27   Antigua and Barbuda 628
28   Saint Kitts and Nevis 613
29   Belize 437
30   Saint Lucia 397
31   Grenada 388
League C (9 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts
33   British Virgin Islands 356
33   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   323
34   Anguilla 318
35   Saint Martin 292
36   U.S. Virgin Islands 227
37   Dominica 213
38   Turks and Caicos Islands 87
39   French Guiana   0
40   Montserrat 0
41   Sint Maarten 0

The groups and match schedule were unveiled on 31 July 2023.[3]

League A
Group A
Pos Team
A1   Mexico
A2   Jamaica
A3   El Salvador
A4   Saudi Arabia
Group B
Pos Team
B1   United States
B2   Haiti
B3   Cuba
B4   Qatar
Group C
Pos Team
C1   Canada
C2   Panama
C3   Guatemala
C4   Dominican Republic
Group D
Pos Team
D1   Honduras
D2   Costa Rica
D3   Puerto Rico
D4   Trinidad and Tobago
League B
Group E
Pos Team
E1   Nicaragua
E2   Suriname
E3   Martinique
E4   Grenada
Group F
Pos Team
F1   Guadeloupe
F2   Guyana
F3   Barbados
F4   Saint Lucia
Group G
Pos Team
G1   Bermuda
G2   Aruba
G3   Cayman Islands
G4   Belize
Group H
Pos Team
H1   Curaçao
H2   Bonaire
H3   Antigua and Barbuda
H4   Saint Kitts and Nevis
League C
Group I
Pos Team
I1   British Virgin Islands
I2   Dominica
I3   Turks and Caicos Islands
Group J
Pos Team
J1   Sint Maarten
J2   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
J3   U.S. Virgin Islands
Group K
Pos Team
K1   French Guiana
K2   Anguilla
K3   Saint Martin

Format

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In League A, the 16 teams were divided into four groups (A to D) of four, with each group played on a single round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group advanceD to the quarter-finals, where the winners advance to the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals played the final while the losers played the third place match. The eight teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were paired, based on their results in the group stage, to play in a final play-offs round.

In League 2, the 16 teams are also divided into four groups (E to H) of four and the same competition format as in League A was used.

In Division 3, the 9 teams are divided into three groups (I to K) one of three and the same competition format as in League A and B was used, with the difference that only the winners of each group and the best runner-up advanced directly to the semi-finals.

Each match was to last 70 minutes, comprising two periods of 35 minutes with an interval of 10 minutes in between. If a game in quarter-finals, semi-finals or third place match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out. If the final match of each league was tied at the end of regulation time an extra time of two 10 minute periods would be played, if the score was still tied at the end of overtime, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[4]

League A

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All match times are in DOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF.[5]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Jamaica 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3   El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4   Saudi Arabia (G) 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Jamaica  1–0  El Salvador
  28'
Mexico  5–0  Saudi Arabia
H. Mancilla   2'
G. Mora   9', 17'
M. Reyes   61'
J. Rangel   66'
El Salvador  1–4  Mexico
Germán Argueta   46' H. Mancilla   14', 53'
G. García   71'
G. Mora   73'
Saudi Arabia  1–4  Jamaica
El Salvador  4–1  Saudi Arabia
Germán Argueta   2', 34'
Kerim Torres   30', 36'		   16'
Mexico  2–1  Jamaica
D. Armenta   63'
L. Gamboa   73'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Haiti 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3   Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3 Advance to Play-offs round
4   Qatar (G) 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Haiti  3–1  Cuba
United States  3–2  Qatar
Cavan Sullivan   3'
Chase Adams   19'
Julian Hall   38'
Cuba  0–11  United States
Jamir Johnson   (x3)
Tanner Rosborough   (x2)
Omar Marquez   (x2)
Luca Moisa   (x2)
Julian Hall  
Cavan Sullivan  
Qatar  0–1  Haiti
Cuba  1–0  Qatar
United States  3–0  Haiti
Jude Terry  
Tanner Rosborough  
Chase Adams  

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Guatemala 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
3   Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a] Advance to Play-offs round
4   Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Guatemala scored lower fair play points than Panama to advance to the quarter-finals.[6]
Panama  0–0  Guatemala
Canada  4–1  Dominican Republic
Grady McDonnell   4', 26'
Andre Ali-Gayapersad   13'
Kevin Khan   33'		 Daniel Fernández   21'
Attendance: 200[7]
Guatemala  0–2  Canada
William Daniels   28'
Kemari Record-Wright   63'
Attendance: 75[8]
Dominican Republic  1–3  Panama
Luís Pereyra   52' (pen.) Gerson Gordón   28'
Walter Muñoz   32'
Abraham Altamirano   67' (pen.)
Guatemala  3–0  Dominican Republic
Marvin Ávila Jr   2', 28', 33'
Canada  1–0  Panama
William Daniels   49'
Attendance: 40[9]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Honduras 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Advance to Play-offs round
4   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica  2–1  Puerto Rico
Honduras  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico  0–0  Honduras
Puerto Rico  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Honduras  0–0  Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago  2–0  Costa Rica
Jeremiah Daniel  
Jonathan Mason  

Knockout stage

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Play-offs round

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Teams that not advanced to the quarter-finals were seeded based on their group stage results in order to establish the match-ups for the play-offs round.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Play-offs round
1 C   Panama 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Play-off 1
2 D   Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Play-off 2
3 D   Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 Play-off 3
4 A   El Salvador 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Play-off 4
5 B   Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3
6 B   Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0 Play-off 3
7 C   Dominican Republic (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Play-off 2
8 A   Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 Play-off 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
El Salvador  3–0  Cuba
Kerim Torres   52'
Matthew Benavides   63', 70'
Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Qatar
Costa Rica  3–1  Dominican Republic
Kazmir Foster   (x2)
Isaac Badilla  
Panama  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Gerson Gordón   29' Ali Al-Shanqeeti   53'
Tarish Hazazi   70'

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 August 2023
 
 
  Honduras1
 
11 August 2023
 
  Jamaica4
 
  Jamaica0
 
10 August 2023
 
  Mexico3
 
  Mexico1
 
12 August 2023
 
  Puerto Rico0
 
  Mexico2
 
10 August 2023
 
  United States4
 
  Canada0
 
11 August 2023
 
  Haiti1
 
  Haiti0
 
10 August 2023
 
  United States1 Third place
 
  United States4
 
12 August 2023
 
  Guatemala1
 
  Jamaica1
 
 
  Haiti3
 

Quarter-finals

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Honduras  1–4  Jamaica
Mexico  1–0  Puerto Rico
A. Villa   57'
Canada  0–1  Haiti
Bill Meranvil   53'
United States  4–1  Guatemala
Isaac Tortola  
Cavan Sullivan   (pen.)
Adrian Sanders  
Chase Adams   (pen.)		 Marvin Ávila Jr   50'

Semi-finals

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Jamaica  0–3  Mexico
B. Rodríguez   33'
G. Mora   42', 56'
Haiti  0–1  United States
Sebasthian Chavez   41'

Third place match

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Jamaica  1–3  Haiti

Final

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Mexico  2–4  United States

Notes

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  1. ^ The Trinidad and Tobago vs Costa Rica match, originally scheduled on 7 August at 20:00 local time (UTC−4), was re-scheduled for 9 August at 14:00 local time by weather conditions.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Curaçao and Dominican Republic named hosts for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Under-17 Ranking As of February 27, 2023". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Concacaf announces groups and match schedule for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 18 July 2023 [Approved on 2 June 2023]. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ Acevedo Rivas, Josue David (9 August 2023). "Guatemala enfrentará a Estados Unidos en el Campeonato Sub-15 de Concacaf" [Guatemala to face the United States in the CONCACAF Under-15 Championship]. agn.gt. Ciudad de Guatemala: Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias.
  7. ^ "Men's U-15 4-1 Dominican Republic". Canadian Soccer Association. 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Men's U-15 2-0 Guatemala". Canadian Soccer Association. 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's U-15 1-0 Panama". Canadian Soccer Association. 8 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Partido de Costa Rica frente a Trinidad y Tobago en campeonato Sub-15 de la Concacaf fue cancelado". everardoherrera.com (in Spanish). 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ Costa Rican Football Federation [@fedefutbolcrc] (9 August 2023). "Hoy se jugará el partido reprogramado de nuestra Selección Sub-15 contra su rival de Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Vamos muchachos!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
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