2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament determined the Caribbean and Central American Under-20 association football national teams that would participate in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which itself will qualify national teams to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification began on 14 May 2008. The final round of qualification was a one-game playoff on 2 March 2009, between the runner-up from the Caribbean zone, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd place finisher from the Central American zone, Honduras. The three North American zone nations, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as well as tournament hosts Trinidad and Tobago, were automatically entered into the final tournament without need for qualification.

Caribbean zone

First round

The first round consisted of five groups of four teams. The five group winners and top four group runners-up from each group advanced to the second qualification round.

Group A

All Group A matches were hosted by Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, the governing by for association football in Cuba. All matches were played at Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Haiti330090+99
 Dominican Republic311182+64
 Cuba311164+24
 Bahamas3003017170

27 May 2008
Haiti  1 0  Dominican Republic
Ultegun  68'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)

27 May 2008
Cuba  5 0  Bahamas
Adrila  7'
Hernandez  15'
Palmero  31'
Garcia  54'
Cordoves  69'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

29 May 2008
Bahamas  0 5  Haiti
Fritznel  6'
Ultegun  7'  11'
Herold  20'  28'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

29 May 2008
Cuba  1 1  Dominican Republic
Hernandez  34' Leonardo  5'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)

31 May 2008
Dominican Republic  7 0  Bahamas
Rodriguez  26'  56'
Frechilla  36'
Berroa  44'
Garcia  55'
Jimenez  67'
Sierra  77'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

31 May 2008
Cuba  0 3  Haiti
Herold  25'
Valdo  40'
Ultegun  48'
Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rudolph Angela (Aruba)

Group B

All Group B matches were hosted by the Cayman Islands Football Association, the governing body for association football in the Cayman Islands, and were played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica330080+89
 Bermuda31112534
 Puerto Rico31024513
 Cayman Islands30122641

23 July 2008
Jamaica  1 0  Puerto Rico
Palmer  34'
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

23 July 2008
Cayman Islands  0 0  Bermuda
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)

25 July 2008
Bermuda  0 4  Jamaica
Adlam  22'  44'
Williams  49'  62'
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)

25 July 2008
Cayman Islands  2 3  Puerto Rico
Godet  28'
Tatum  70'
Cabrero  13'
Luna  29'
Pacheco  35'

27 July 2008
Puerto Rico  1 2  Bermuda
Cabrero  5' Hollis  46'
Coke  86'
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Edouard Guidner (Haiti)

27 July 2008
Cayman Islands  0 3  Jamaica
Clennon  12'  24'
Adlam  76'
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Group C

All Group C matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing body for association football in Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

Team Pld W D L GF GAGD Pts
 Saint Kitts and Nevis321084+47
 Aruba31115504
 Suriname30304403
 Dominica30122641

16 July 2008
Suriname  1 1  Dominica
Drente  12' (Report) Glenworth  90'
Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bryan Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)

16 July 2008
Aruba  2 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis
De L'Isle  19'
Grovell  70'
(Report) Benjamin  3'  38'
Somersall  8'
Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 500
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

18 July 2008
Saint Kitts and Nevis  1 1  Suriname
Somersall  63' (Report) Loswijk  26'
Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 700
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

18 July 2008
Aruba  1 0  Dominica
Abdul  71' (Report)
Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 700
Referee: Bryan Willet (Antigua and Barbuda)

20 July 2008
Dominica  1 4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kennedy  17' (Report) Somersall  10'
Benjamin  37'  42'
Hanley  90'

20 July 2008
Aruba  2 2  Suriname
Nuñez Jr.  66'
Abdul  75'
(Report) Odang  21'
Loswijk  54'
Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 800
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

Group D

All Group D matches were hosted by the Grenada Football Association, the governing body for association football in Grenada. All matches were played at Tanteen Recreational Ground in St. George's.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3300261+259
 Grenada3111193+164
 Guyana3111174+134
 British Virgin Islands3003154530

14 May 2008
Guyana  1 2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Camacho  69' (Report) Stewart  51'  80'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Goffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

14 May 2008
Grenada  17 0  British Virgin Islands
D. Daniel  2'  11'  39'  42'  45'
R. Daniel  5'  19'  37'  65'  85'  88'  90+'  90+'
C. Murray  24'  45'  81'
Q. Murray  33'
(Report)
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

16 May 2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  23 1  British Virgin Islands
Douglas  17'
Stewart  21'  26'  37'  41'  45'
Hamlet  29'
Samuel  45'  77'  85'  87'
Browne  46'  73'  66'
Richardson  48'  75'  89'
William  53'  68'  70'  72'
Balcombe  69'  83'
(Report) Evans  89'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Attendance: 100
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

16 May 2008
Grenada  2 2  Guyana
C. Murray  22'
R. Daniel  83'
(Report) Beaton  48'
McLennon  69'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Attendance: 100
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

18 May 2008
British Virgin Islands  0 14  Guyana
(Report) Camacho  11'
Murray  14'  34'  69'  78'  88'
McKinnon  27'
Crandson  36'  52'  84'
McLennon  44'  51'
Primo  64'
 78' (o.g.)
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Goffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

18 May 2008
Grenada  0 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Report) Stewart  44'
Tanteen Recreational Ground, St. George's
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group E

All Group E matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Antigua and Barbuda3300240+249
 Netherlands Antilles3201112+96
 Saint-Martin310286+23
 Anguilla3003030300

1 July 2008
Antigua and Barbuda  3 0  Saint-Martin
Constant  27'  59'
Challenger  33'
(Report)
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 200
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

1 July 2008
Netherlands Antilles  8 0  Anguilla
Bacuna  6'  76'
Jantji  12'
Rijna  30'
Constancia  32'  39'
Torbed  46'
Poppen  83'
(Report)
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 200
Referee: Henry Kia (Suriname)

3 July 2008
Anguilla  0 7  Saint-Martin
(Report) Fleming  31'
Bellechasse  42'
Merabli  45'  68'
Daniel  62'
Galvani  64'  76'
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 300
Referee: Caswell Cambridge (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

3 July 2008
Netherlands Antilles  0 1  Antigua and Barbuda
(Report) Thomas  6'
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 300
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

5 July 2008
Antigua and Barbuda  15 0  Anguilla
Hazlewood  2'  61'  64'
Challenger  17'  27'  46'  70'  82'
Constant  24'  37'  44'
Martin  83'
Thomas  87'
Gregory  89'
Roach  90+'
(Report)
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 450
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

5 July 2008
Netherlands Antilles  3 1  Saint-Martin
Bacuna  41'
Carmelita  75'
Trenidad  90'
(Report) Fleming  46'
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 450
Referee: Caswell Cambridge (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Second round

The second round consists of three groups of three. The three group winners from each group as well as the best-performing runner-up will move on to the third and final round of the CFU region's qualification tournament.[1]

Group F

All Group F matches were hosted by Federación Dominicana de Fútbol, the governing by for association football in the Dominican Republic. All matches were played at Estadio Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Haiti220040+46
 Dominican Republic210152+33
 Grenada20020770

31 October 2008
 Dominican Republic 0 2  Haiti
(Report) Vorbe  11'
Exantus  88'
Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

2 November 2008
 Grenada 0 2  Haiti
(Report) Vorbe  6'  50'
Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 1400
Referee: Ignatius Baptiste (Dominica)

3 November 2008
 Dominican Republic 5 0  Grenada
Frechilla  1'
Rodriguez  30'  32'  54'
Berroa  38'
(Report)
Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 300
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

Group G

All Group G matches were hosted by Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, the governing by for association football in the Netherlands Antilles. All matches were played at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines211010+14
 Netherlands Antilles20204402
 Saint Kitts and Nevis20114511

11 October 2008
 Netherlands Antilles 4 4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Thorbed  46'
Victoria  84'
Constancia  86'  90'
(Report) Blanchette  5'  33'
Benjamin  25'  75'
Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

13 October 2008
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Report) Stewart  56'

Group H

All Group H matches were hosted by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, the governing by for association football in the Aruba. All matches were played at Trinidad Stadium in Oranjestad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica220081+76
 Aruba21013633
 Antigua and Barbuda20023740

18 November 2008
 Aruba 3 2  Antigua and Barbuda
Santos de Gouveia  25'
Ignacio  35'
Nuñez Jr  38'
(Report) Luke  36'
Constant  46'

20 November 2008
 Jamaica 4 1  Antigua and Barbuda
Orgill  29'
Philogene  33' (o.g.)
Campbell  42'
Thorpe  42'
(Report) Constant  52'

22 November 2008
 Aruba 0 4  Jamaica
(Report) Orgill  15'  25'  50'  57'

Third round

The final round of CFU qualification were hosted by, the governing body for association football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1][2] The matches were played at Victoria Park in Kingstown, the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3] The group winner, Jamaica, qualified for the tournament proper, and the runner up from the Caribbean region, St Vincent and the Grenadines, as group runner-up, earned the right to a one-game playoff with the 3rd place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[2][4][5][6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica321072+57
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines320132+16
 Haiti311173+44
 Dominican Republic3003212100

9 January 2009
18:00 (UTC-4)
Jamaica  1 1  Haiti
Orgill  55' (Report) Fritznel  88'

11 January 2009
18:00 (UTC-4)
Dominican Republic  1 4  Jamaica
Ledesma  86' (pen.) (Report) Adlam  11'  18'  42' (pen.)
Campbell  42'
Victoria Park, Kingstown
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

11 January 2009
20:00 (UTC-4)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1 0  Haiti
Stewart  47' (Report)
Victoria Park, Kingstown
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

13 January 2009
18:00 (UTC-4)
Haiti  6 1  Dominican Republic
Mechak  22'
Gregory  31'
Fritznel  37'
Exantus  55'
Vaniel  78'
Ultegun  89'
(Report) Frechilla  11'

13 January 2009
20:00 (UTC-4)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 2  Jamaica
(Report) Stapleton  13' (o.g.)
Williams  60'
Victoria Park, Kingstown
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Central American zone

The Central American zone comprises two groups. One group has three teams and the other has four teams. The two group winners will move on to the tournament. The runner-up from each group will play a two-legged playoff to determine the third place team from the region. The third place team will play the runner-up from the Caribbean region for the final spot in the tournament proper.[4]

Group 1

The matches played in Group 1 were hosted by Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras, the governing body for association football in Honduras. All matches were played at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
 Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 Honduras 2 1 0 1 8 2 +6 3
 Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 0 11 11 0

17 September 2008
Costa Rica  4 0  Nicaragua
Estrada  2'
Castro  34'
Guzman  65'
Ureña  74'
(Report)
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)

19 September 2008
Honduras  7 0  Nicaragua
Rojas  39',  57',  90+1'
Mejia  44'
Sosa  45',  52'
Martínez  88'
(Report)
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jose Rivera (El Salvador)

21 September 2008
Honduras  1 2  Costa Rica
Martínez  60' (Report) Martínez  29'
Estrada  43'

Group 2

All of the matches in Group 2 were hosted by Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, the governing body for association football in Guatemala. All matches were played at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
 El Salvador 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Panama 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Belize 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1

23 September 2008
Panama  3 0  Belize
Beltran  44'
de la Rosa  57',  81'
(Report)
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rene Guerrero (Nicaragua)

23 September 2008
Guatemala  2 1  El Salvador
Herrarte  1'
Gomez  26'
(Report) Morán  75'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

25 September 2008
 El Salvador 2 1  Panama
Blanco  28'
Maldonado  90'
(Report) Roberto Blackburn  48'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

25 September 2008
Guatemala  1 1  Belize
Morales  9' (Report) Maldonado  45'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 800
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

27 September 2008
Belize  0 3  El Salvador
(Report) Blanco  6',  30'
Orellana  32'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

27 September 2008
Guatemala  1 2  Panama
Cayax  73' (Report) Mena  39'
Blackburn  90'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Playoff

The two group runners-up faced off in a two-legged playoff for third place rights in the region. Honduras, as winners of the 3rd place playoff, advanced to face the runner up from the Caribbean qualification, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to become the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[4][5]

3 October 2008
Honduras  5 2  Panama
Padilla  10'
Valladares  14'
Rojas  37'
Martínez  51'
Andino  75'
(Report) de la Rosa  31',  86'
Estadio Carlos Miranda, Comayagua
Attendance: 1267
Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)

5 October 2008
Panama  1 2  Honduras
Blackburn  26' (Report) Rojas  57'  73'

Caribbean/Central American playoff

Honduras, as winner of the 3rd place playoff in Central American qualification, faced Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the runner-up from the Caribbean zone tournament, for the final place in the tournament proper.[2][4][5] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March in Macoya, Trinidad four days prior to the opening of the tournament proper.[6]

2 March 2009
16:00 (UTC-4)
Honduras  3 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Rojas  74'
Martínez  80'
Andino  89'
(Report) Stewart  23' (pen.)
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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