2023_CONCACAF_Boys'_Under-15_Championship
2023 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
International football competition
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]
| Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2023 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Dominican Republic (Leagues A and C) Curaçao (League B) |
| City | Santo Domingo Willemstad |
| Dates | 6–13 August |
| Teams | 42 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
2025 → | |
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..
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.
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The groups and match schedule were unveiled on 31 July 2023.[3]
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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]
All match times are in DOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF.[5]
Group stage
Group A
| 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 |
| Jamaica | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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 28' |
| Mexico | 5–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| H. Mancilla 2' G. Mora 9', 17'M. Reyes 61'J. Rangel 66' |
| El Salvador | 1–4 | Mexico |
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| Germán Argueta 46' |
H. Mancilla 14', 53' G. García 71'G. Mora 73' |
| El Salvador | 4–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Germán Argueta 2', 34' Kerim Torres 30', 36' |
16' |
Group B
| 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 |
| United States | 3–2 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Cavan Sullivan 3' Chase Adams 19'Julian Hall 38' |
| Cuba | 0–11 | United States |
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| Jamir Johnson (x3) Tanner Rosborough (x2)Omar Marquez (x2)Luca Moisa (x2)Julian Hall Cavan Sullivan |
| Cuba | 1–0 | Qatar |
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| United States | 3–0 | Haiti |
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| Jude Terry Tanner Rosborough Chase Adams |
Group C
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  Panama |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to Play-offs round |
| 4 |  Dominican Republic (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
- Guatemala scored lower fair play points than Panama to advance to the quarter-finals.[6]
| Panama | 0–0 | Guatemala |
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| Canada | 4–1 | Dominican Republic |
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| Grady McDonnell 4', 26' Andre Ali-Gayapersad 13'Kevin Khan 33' |
Daniel Fernández 21' |
| Guatemala | 0–2 | Canada |
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| William Daniels 28' Kemari Record-Wright 63' |
| Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Panama |
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| Luís Pereyra 52' (pen.) |
Gerson Gordón 28' Walter Muñoz 32'Abraham Altamirano 67' (pen.) |
| Guatemala | 3–0 | Dominican Republic |
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| Marvin Ávila Jr 2', 28', 33' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Jeremiah Daniel Jonathan Mason |
Knockout stage
Play-offs round
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 |
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| 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 |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | Cuba |
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| Kerim Torres 52' Matthew Benavides 63', 70' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | Qatar |
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| Costa Rica | 3–1 | Dominican Republic |
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| Kazmir Foster (x2) Isaac Badilla |
| Panama | 1–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Gerson Gordón 29' |
Ali Al-Shanqeeti 53' Tarish Hazazi 70' |
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Honduras | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Jamaica | 4 | |||||||||
| Jamaica | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Haiti | 1 | |||||||||
| Haiti | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| United States | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| 12 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 1 | |||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||
| Haiti | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| United States | 4–1 | Guatemala |
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| Isaac Tortola Cavan Sullivan (pen.)Adrian Sanders Chase Adams (pen.) |
Marvin Ávila Jr 50' |
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
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- "Men's Under-17 Ranking As of February 27, 2023". CONCACAF. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- "Concacaf announces groups and match schedule for 2023 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 31 July 2023.
- "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 18 July 2023 [Approved on 2 June 2023]. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 27 July 2023.
- 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.
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