Dates 3–13 March 2016 | Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) | |
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Champions United States (3rd title) | ||
The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Grenada and take place between 3–13 March 2016, as announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015. A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.
Contents
- Qualification
- Qualified teams
- Venues
- Draw
- Squads
- Group stage
- Knockout stage
- Semi finals
- Third place playoff
- Qualified teams for FIFA U 17 Womens World Cup
- Goalscorers
- Awards
- References
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONCACAF representatives.
The United States won their third title overall with a 2–1 final victory over Mexico. Both finalists and third-placed Canada qualified for the World Cup.
Qualification
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Grenada at the final tournament.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Venues
The tournament was hosted in St. George's. The Grenada Athletic Stadium hosted the matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Grenada National Stadium hosted the matches for Group B.
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 21 January 2016 at 11:00 AST (UTC−4) at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Hotel in St. George's.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Grenada were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship champion Mexico were seeded in Group B.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, AST (UTC−4).
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Third place playoff
Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Goalscorers
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.