Host country Mexico Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) | Dates April 21–26 Matches played 12 | |
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City Tijuana, Baja California Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The 8-team tournament was originally scheduled to be played from April 21 to May 2 and hosted by Mexico at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana. However, the tournament was cancelled on April 27 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico. At the time that the tournament was cancelled the group stage had already been played, and the four teams who could qualify to the U-17 World Cup – Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States – had already done so.
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Group stage
The groups were drawn at the CONCACAF headquarters on January 15, 2009. The match schedule for the groups and final rounds were announced two weeks later. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.
Championship round
The four teams to qualify for the semifinals were automatically qualified to the World Cup. The championship round, however, was not played because it was cancelled due to a swine flu outbreak. The four qualifiers are: