2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 2008 championship for Under-20 women's national football (soccer) teams from the CONCACAF region. The tournament doubled as the qualification tournament for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....

for the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played entirely at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in Puebla, Puebla .The stadium, which has a capacity of 42,648 seats, is the home of Puebla F.C., it's one of the best and very historical football stadium in Mexico, being currently the fifth biggest stadium in Mexico in term of its capacity. It belongs to...

in Puebla, Pue.

Puebla, Puebla

The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, from 17 June to 28 June 2008. It was won by Canada, who defeated the United States in the final by a score of 1-0. Mexico finished 3rd, qualifying for the U-20 Women's World Cup.

Tournament

The draw for the tournament took place on 6 May 2008 at the CONCACAF Offices of the General Secretariat in New York City

New York City

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