Host country Panama Dates 21 Apr 2017 – 7 May 2017 | Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Teams 12 | |
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Similar 2015 CONCACAF U‑17 Cha, 2013 CONCACAF U‑17 Cha, 2017 FIFA U‑17 World Cup, 2015 FIFA U‑17 World Cup, 2013 FIFA U‑17 World Cup | ||
The 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship is the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (18th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organised by CONCACAF. It will be hosted in Panama between 21 April and 7 May 2017.
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The competition will be used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.
Qualified teams
The qualifying competition for the tournament began in July 2016.
Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Draw
The draw will take place on December 13, 2016 at 19:00 EST (UTC−5) at Sheraton Grand Panama, Panama City, Panama, and will be streamed live via CONCACAF.com.
Different from previous tournaments, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams in the group stage. Panama, Mexico and Costa Rica were seeded into each of the three groups.
The remaining nine teams were allocated to pots 2–4 designed to ensure balanced and competitive groups weighted equally by region. They were drawn in order and placed in the group position drawn from Pots A, B and C.
The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage, where the six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. The positions of each group winner and runner-up from the group stage were then drawn in group pairs, randomly into the two groups (D and E) for the classification stage.
The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
Group stage
The top two teams from each group in the group stage advance to the classification stage.
All times are local, EST (UTC−5).
Classification stage
The top two teams from each group in the classification stage qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the group winners also advancing to the final to decide the champions of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.