1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

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1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1994 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryHonduras
Dates (1994-08-17) (1994-08-28)17–28 August 1994
(11 days)
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored111 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador José Alvarado
1992
1996
All statistics correct as of 28 August 1994.

The 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in Honduras in August 1994. It determined the two CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1]

Venues[edit]

Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula Puerto Cortés
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Estadio Francisco Morazán Estadio Excélsior
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 7,910

Qualification[edit]

As in 1992 a qualifying stage was organised for the Caribbean and for the first time as well for Central America. The format was smaller than for the previous tournament, with teams only having to play one or two opponents. 12 Caribbean teams entered, of which 4 qualified in two rounds. 6 Central American teams entered, of which 4 qualified as well, but in one round.

Caribbean[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles  2–4  Aruba 1–1 1–3
Barbados  0–5  Grenada 0–1 0–4
Martinique  6–0  Saint Lucia 5–0 1–0
Antigua and Barbuda  1–3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 0–2

Second round[edit]

Four winners from the first round participated here. The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago entered as well.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Martinique  8–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis 5–0 3–1
Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Grenada 0–0 3–0
Guyana  6–0  Aruba 4–0 2–0
Cayman Islands  0–7  Jamaica 0–4 0–3

Central America[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
El Salvador  8–1  Nicaragua 6–0 2–1
Costa Rica  14–0  Panama 8–0 6–0
Belize  2–5  Guatemala 1–2 1–3

Qualified teams[edit]

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) 1 or 2 play-off rounds  Guyana
 Jamaica
 Martinique
 Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) 1 play-off round  Belize1
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
host  Honduras
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified  Canada
 Mexico
 United States

1Belize qualified for Central America by achieving the smallest loss

Squads[edit]

Group phase[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
3  Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Day 1
Belize 0–7 Canada
report Capasso 8', 59'
Nash 15', 33'
Xausa 28'
Pizzolitto 40'
Allegranza 68'

Day 2
Honduras 3–2 Canada
Medina 37'
45' (o.g.)
Bailey 65'
report Xausa 48'
Nash 72'

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 13 3 +10 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]


Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Qualified to the Final phase
2  United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]


Final phase[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Honduras 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4  El Salvador 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Day 1
Canada 2–4 Costa Rica
Thompson 7'
Xausa 18'
report

Day 2
Honduras 2–1 Canada
report Xausa

Day 3
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
Day 3
Canada 2–1 El Salvador
Pizzolitto 21' 31' Alvarado 43'

Final ranking[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Honduras (H) 6 6 0 0 18 6 +12 18 Champions
2  Costa Rica 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 13 Runners-up
3  Canada 6 3 0 3 18 10 +8 9 Third place
4  El Salvador 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10 Fourth Place
5  United States 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Mexico 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
7  Martinique 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
8  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
9  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
10  Guatemala 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
11  Guyana 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
12  Belize 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

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.

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