The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international

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and the

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region,

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, and is the qualification tournament for the

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. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a

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championship round.

Results

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments era

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament era

The format of the tournament was changed beginning with the 1998 tournament and ending with the 2007 tournament. In the five tournaments during that time the top eight teams in the region were divided into two groups of four, each group hosted by a separate nation, and the top two sides from each group qualified for the

. There was no championship round within the CONCACAF region. The tournament served solely to qualify the four allotments given to CONCACAF by FIFA for the U-20 World Cup.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship era

Beginning with the

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tournament, the CONCACAF region returned to a championship-style tournament in which all four semifinalists qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.CONCACAF.com – Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March
– 2008-11-11 The reintroduction of a championship round was done to reinvigorate the competition. The competition changed its format in 2015. The two group winners would secure a place in the final and the U-20 World Cup, the groups' second and third placed teams would compete in a repechage play-off to determine the qualifiers for the U-20 World Cup. The number of guaranteed games per team was increased from 2 to 5 and the semi-final stage was removed. The competition changed its format again in 2017. A second group stage was added, with the winners and runners-up of this stage qualifying for the U-20 World Cup and the winners securing a place in the final. The competition changed its format again in 2020. A knockout stage was added, with the semi-finalists qualifying for the U-20 World Cup.

Winners by country

''Note: no championship titles or runners-ups between 1998 and 2007''.

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semifinals *5th – Fifth place * – Top 4 *QF – Quarterfinals *R16 – Round of 16 *GS – Group stage *R1 – First round (1st Group stage) *R2 – Second round (2nd Group stage) *FS – Final stage (group stage) *Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Hosts * • – Did not qualify * × – Did not enter * × – Withdrew before qualification * — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification * — Team did not exist * — Not part of CONCACAF ;Notes

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

;Legend *1st – Champions *2nd – Runners-up *3rd – Third place *4th – Fourth place *QF – Quarterfinals *R2 – Round 2 *R1 – Round 1 * – Hosts *Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Player awards

Top goalscorers

Title winning coaches

References

External links

Official Site

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