The 2022 UNCAF U-19 Tournament, also known as UNCAF FIFA Forward Men's U-19 Tournament (), was the second edition of the

UNCAF U-19 Tournament The UNCAF Under-19 Tournament is an biennial football competition for men organised by the sport's Central American governing body, UNCAF. History On 21 July 2018, the Central American Football Union announced through their Twitter account the la ...

, the biennial international youth

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tournament organised by the

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(UNCAF) for the men's under-19 national teams of the

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region. It was held in

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between 24 and 30 April 2022.

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were the defending champions having won the title in

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, but was unable to retain the title and finished in sixth place.

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won their first tournament title after beating

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by a 5–4 score in the final.

Entrants

All seven

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member national teams entered the tournament in addition to Puerto Rico which participated as a guest from the

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(CFU).

Venues

Belize was named as host country of the tournament at the XX UNCAF Ordinary Congress meeting held on 2 December 2021. The Isidoro Beaton and FFB stadiums, both located in

, hosted the matches.

Composition of the groups

The groups and match schedule were revealed on 7 April 2022. No previous draw was announced, however the hosts Belize and the title holders Guatemala were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The groups were conformed as follows:

Match officials

On 23 April 2022, UNCAF announced a total of 10 referees and 10 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.

Group stage

All match times are in CST ( UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

All match times are in CST ( UTC−6), as listed by UNCAF.

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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were counted as draws.

References

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