CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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The CONCACAF
Women's Under-20 tournament is a football (soccer)
competition for women's national teams under 20 years in North America
, Central America
and Caribbean
region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Originally contested as an under-19 event in conjunction with FIFA's standards in 2002 and 2004, the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship is staged every two years with three teams qualifying for the biennial World Cup, except in 2002 where only the group stage was played and the two first place finishers qualified directly to the youth world cup.
CONCACAF's championship is an eight-team event with the three nations from North America, joined by three from the Caribbean and two from Central America.
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
Women's Under-20 tournament is a football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition for women's national teams under 20 years in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Originally contested as an under-19 event in conjunction with FIFA's standards in 2002 and 2004, the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship is staged every two years with three teams qualifying for the biennial World Cup, except in 2002 where only the group stage was played and the two first place finishers qualified directly to the youth world cup.
CONCACAF's championship is an eight-team event with the three nations from North America, joined by three from the Caribbean and two from Central America.
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Final rounds
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 Details |
 Canada |
2 – 1 | 4 – 3 | ||||||
| 2006 Details |
 Mexico |
3 – 2 | 4 – 1 | ||||||
| 2008 Details 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 teams from the CONCACAF region. The tournament doubled as the qualification tournament for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for the CONCACAF region. The tournament was played entirely... |
Mexico |
1 – 0 | 3 – 2 | ||||||
| 2010 Details 2010 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship --------- Group B :--------- Knockout rounds :- Semifinals :----- Third place match :- Final :- External links :* * *... |
 Guatemala |
1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | ||||||
- There was no championship final in 2002; both the USA and Mexico qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World ChampionshipThe 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held from August 17 to September 1. It was the first sanctioned youth tournament for women put together by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada. FIFA granted the tournament to Canada in March 2001. Three cities hosted the tournament,...
.
Golden boot
| year | Name | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2010 | Sydney Leroux Sydney Leroux Sydney Rae Leroux is a Canadian-American female association football player who has represented both Canada and the United States at the youth international level... (USA) |
6 |
| 2012 |