2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament determined the Caribbean and Central American Under-20 association football national teams that would participate in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which itself will qualify national teams to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification began on 14 May 2008. The final round of qualification was a one-game playoff on 2 March 2009, between the runner-up from the Caribbean zone, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American zone, Honduras. The three North American zone nations, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as well as tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago, were automatically entered into the final tournament without need for qualification.

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Caribbean zone

First round

The first round consisted of five groups of four teams. The five group winners and top four group runners-up from each group advanced to the second qualification round.

Group A

All Group A matches were hosted by Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, the governing by for association football in Cuba. All matches were played at Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Haiti330090+99
 Dominican Republic311182+64
 Cuba311164+24
 Bahamas3003017−170
Haiti 1 – 0 Dominican Republic
Ultegun 68'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)
Cuba 5 – 0 Bahamas
Adrila 7'
Hernandez 15'
Palmero 31'
Garcia 54'
Cordoves 69'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
Bahamas 0 – 5 Haiti
Fritznel 6'
Ultegun 7', 11'
Herold 20', 28'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
Cuba 1 – 1 Dominican Republic
Hernandez 34' Leonardo 5'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
Dominican Republic 7 – 0 Bahamas
Rodriguez 26', 56'
Frechilla 36'
Berroa 44'
Garcia 55'
Jimenez 67'
Sierra 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)
Cuba 0 – 3 Haiti
Herold 25'
Valdo 40'
Ultegun 48'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)

Group B

All Group B matches were hosted by the Cayman Islands Football Association, the governing body for association football in the Cayman Islands, and were played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Jamaica330080+89
 Bermuda311125−34
 Puerto Rico310245−13
 Cayman Islands301226−41
Jamaica 1 – 0 Puerto Rico
Palmer 34'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)
Cayman Islands 0 – 0 Bermuda
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)
Bermuda 0 – 4 Jamaica
Adlam 22', 44'
Williams 49', 62'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)
Cayman Islands 2 – 3 Puerto Rico
Godet 28'
Tatum 70'		 Cabrero 13'
Luna 29'
Pacheco 35'
Attendance: 2,000
Puerto Rico 1 – 2 Bermuda
Cabrero 5' Hollis 46'
Coke 86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)
Cayman Islands 0 – 3 Jamaica
Clennon 12', 24'
Adlam 76'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Group C

All Group C matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing body for association football in Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Saint Kitts and Nevis321084+47
 Aruba31115504
 Suriname30304403
 Dominica301226−41
Suriname 1 – 1 Dominica
Drenthe 12' (Report) Glenworth 90'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bryan Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)
Aruba 2 – 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
De L'Isle 19'
Grovell 70'		 (Report) Benjamin 3', 38'
Somersall 8'
Attendance: 500
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 – 1 Suriname
Somersall 63' (Report) Loswijk 26'
Attendance: 700
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)
Aruba 1 – 0 Dominica
Abdul 71' (Report)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Bryan Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)
Dominica 1 – 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kennedy 17' (Report) Somersall 10'
Benjamin 37', 42'
Hanley 90'
Attendance: 800
Aruba 2 – 2 Suriname
Nuñez Jr. 66'
Abdul 75'		 (Report) Odang 21'
Loswijk 54'
Attendance: 800
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

Group D

All Group D matches were hosted by the Grenada Football Association, the governing body for association football in Grenada. All matches were played at Tanteen Recreational Ground in St. George's.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3300261+259
 Grenada3111193+164
 Guyana3111174+134
 British Virgin Islands3003154−530
Guyana 1 – 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Camacho 69' (Report) Stewart 51', 80'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Goffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Grenada 17 – 0 British Virgin Islands
D. Daniel 2', 11', 39', 42', 45'
R. Daniel 5', 19', 37', 65', 85', 88', 90+', 90+'
C. Murray 24', 45', 81'
Q. Murray 33'		 (Report)
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23 – 1 British Virgin Islands
Douglas 17'
Stewart 21', 26', 37', 41', 45'
Hamlet 29'
Samuel 45', 77', 85', 87'
Browne 46', 73', 66'
Richardson 48', 75', 89'
William 53', 68', 70', 72'
Balcombe 69', 83'		 (Report) Evans 89'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Attendance: 100
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
Grenada 2 – 2 Guyana
C. Murray 22'
R. Daniel 83'		 (Report) Beaton 48'
McLennon 69'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Attendance: 100
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
British Virgin Islands 0 – 14 Guyana
(Report) Camacho 11'
Murray 14', 34', 69', 78', 88'
McKinnon 27'
Crandson 36', 52', 84'
McLennon 44', 51'
Primo 64'
78' (o.g.)
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Goffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Grenada 0 – 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Report) Stewart 44'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group E

All Group E matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Antigua and Barbuda3300240+249
 Netherlands Antilles3201112+96
 Saint Martin310286+23
 Anguilla3003030−300
Antigua and Barbuda 3 – 0 Saint Martin
Constant 27', 59'
Challenger 33'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Netherlands Antilles 8 – 0 Anguilla
Bacuna 6', 76'
Jantji 12'
Rijna 30'
Constancia 32', 39'
Torbed 46'
Poppen 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Henry Kia (Suriname)
Anguilla 0 – 7 Saint Martin
(Report) Fleming 31'
Bellechasse 42'
Merabli 45', 68'
Daniel 62'
Galvani 64', 76'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Caswell Cambridge (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Netherlands Antilles 0 – 1 Antigua and Barbuda
(Report) Thomas 6'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Antigua and Barbuda 15 – 0 Anguilla
Hazlewood 2', 61', 64'
Challenger 17', 27', 46', 70', 82'
Constant 24', 37', 44'
Martin 83'
Thomas 87'
Gregory 89'
Roach 90+'		 (Report)
Attendance: 450
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Netherlands Antilles 3 – 1 Saint Martin
Bacuna 41'
Carmelita 75'
Trenidad 90'		 (Report) Fleming 46'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Caswell Cambridge (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Second round

The second round consists of three groups of three. The three group winners from each group as well as the best-performing runner-up will move on to the third and final round of the CFU region's qualification tournament.[1]

Group F

All Group F matches were hosted by Federación Dominicana de Fútbol, the governing by for association football in the Dominican Republic. All matches were played at Estadio Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Haiti220040+46
 Dominican Republic210152+33
 Grenada200207−70
 Dominican Republic0 – 2 Haiti
(Report) Vorbe 11'
Exantus 88'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)
 Grenada0 – 2 Haiti
(Report) Vorbe 6', 50'
Attendance: 1400
Referee: Ignatius Baptiste (Dominica)
 Dominican Republic5 – 0 Grenada
Frechilla 1'
Rodriguez 30', 32', 54'
Berroa 38'		 (Report)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

Group G

All Group G matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines211010+14
 Netherlands Antilles20204402
 Saint Kitts and Nevis201145−11
 Netherlands Antilles4 – 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Thorbed 46'
Victoria 84'
Constancia 86', 90'		 (Report) Blanchette 5', 33'
Benjamin 25', 75'
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis0 – 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Report) Stewart 56'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Otis James (Guyana)
 Netherlands Antilles0 – 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Report)
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

Group H

All Group H matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing by for association football in the Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Jamaica220081+76
 Aruba210136−33
 Antigua and Barbuda200237−40
 Aruba3 – 2 Antigua and Barbuda
Santos de Gouveia 25'
Ignacio 35'
Nuñez Jr 38'		 (Report) Luke 36'
Constant 46'
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
 Jamaica4 – 1 Antigua and Barbuda
Orgill 29'
Philogene 33' (o.g.)
Campbell 42'
Thorpe 42'		 (Report) Constant 52'
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
 Aruba0 – 4 Jamaica
(Report) Orgill 15', 25', 50', 57'
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Third round

The final round of CFU qualification were hosted by, the governing body for association football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1][2] The matches were played at Victoria Park in Kingstown, the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3] The group winner, Jamaica, qualified for the tournament proper, and the runner up from the Caribbean region, St Vincent and the Grenadines, as group runner-up, earned the right to a one-game playoff with the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[2][4][5][6]

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Jamaica321072+57
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines320132+16
 Haiti311173+44
 Dominican Republic3003212−100
Jamaica 1 – 1 Haiti
Orgill 55' (Report) Fritznel 88'
Attendance: 800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 – 0 Dominican Republic
Cuffy 16'
Hamlet 56'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Dominican Republic 1 – 4 Jamaica
Ledesma 86' (pen.) (Report) Adlam 11', 18', 42' (pen.)
Campbell 42'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 – 0 Haiti
Stewart 47' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Haiti 6 – 1 Dominican Republic
Jérôme 22'
Gregory 31'
Fritznel 37'
Exantus 55'
Vaniel 78'
Ultegun 89'		 (Report) Frechilla 11'
Attendance: 2,000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 – 2 Jamaica
(Report) Stapleton 13' (o.g.)
Williams 60'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Central American zone

The Central American zone comprises two groups. One group has three teams and the other has four teams. The two group winners will move on to the tournament. The runner-up from each group will play a two-legged playoff to determine the third place team from the region. The third place team will play the runner-up from the Caribbean region for the final spot in the tournament proper.[4]

Group 1

The matches played in Group 1 were hosted by Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras, the governing body for association football in Honduras. All matches were played at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPTS
 Costa Rica220061+56
 Honduras210182+63
 Nicaragua2002011−110
Costa Rica 4 – 0 Nicaragua
Estrada 2'
Castro 34'
Guzman 65'
Ureña 74'		 (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)
Honduras 7 – 0 Nicaragua
Rojas 39', 57', 90+1'
Mejia 44'
Sosa 45', 52'
Martínez 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jose Rivera (El Salvador)
Honduras 1 – 2 Costa Rica
Martínez 60' (Report) Martínez 29'
Estrada 43'
Attendance: 4,200

Group 2

All of the matches in Group 2 were hosted by Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, the governing body for association football in Guatemala. All matches were played at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPTS
 El Salvador320163+36
 Panama320163+36
 Guatemala31114404
 Belize301217−61
Panama 3 – 0 Belize
Beltran 44'
de la Rosa 57', 81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rene Guerrero (Nicaragua)
Guatemala 2 – 1 El Salvador
Herrarte 1'
Gomez 26'		 (Report) Morán 75'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
 El Salvador2 – 1 Panama
Blanco 28'
Maldonado 90'		 (Report) Rob. Blackburn 48'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1 – 1 Belize
Morales 9' (Report) Maldonado 45'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
Belize 0 – 3 El Salvador
(Report) Blanco 6', 30'
Orellana 32'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
Guatemala 1 – 2 Panama
Cayax 73' (Report) Mena 39'
Rol. Blackburn 90'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Playoff

The two group runners-up faced off in a two-legged playoff for third place rights in the region. Honduras, as winners of the 3rd place playoff, advanced to face the runner up from the Caribbean qualification, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to become the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[4][5]

Honduras 5 – 2 Panama
Padilla 10'
Valladares 14'
Rojas 37'
Martínez 51'
Andino 75'		 (Report) de la Rosa 31', 86'
Attendance: 1267
Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)
Panama 1 – 2 Honduras
Rol. Blackburn 26' (Report) Rojas 57', 73'
Attendance: 1267

Caribbean/Central American playoff

Honduras, as winner of the 3rd place playoff in Central American qualification, faced Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the runner-up from the Caribbean zone tournament, for the final place in the tournament proper.[2][4][5] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March in Macoya, Trinidad four days prior to the opening of the tournament proper.[6]

Honduras 3 – 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Rojas 74'
Martínez 80'
Andino 89'		 (Report) Stewart 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

References
  1. Jamaica advances to final round of Caribbean qualifying for CONCACAF U20 Championship, Oranjestad, Aruba: CONCACAF, 24 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 25 November 2008
  2. St. Vincent and Grenadines to stage final round of Caribbean U-20 qualifying, Port of Spain, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 17 December 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 23 December 2008
  3. Four Caribbean Countries to Vie for Caribbean U-20 Supremacy in St. Vincent, Caribbean Football Union, 6 January 2009, retrieved 8 January 2009
  4. Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 17 November 2008
  5. Honduras beats Panama 2:1 to earn playoff berth for chance at CONCACAF U20 Championship, Panama City: CONCACAF, 5 October 2008, archived from the original on 9 December 2008, retrieved 28 November 2008
  6. Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
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