2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship

Trinidad and Tobago 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	17 July – 27 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	68 (4.25 per match)

The 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the first tournament of this type in Concacaf the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17–27, 2008. The first, second and third placed teams qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.

Qualified teams

Region	Method of qualification	Teams
Caribbean Caribbean Football Union (CFU)	2007 Caribbean Football Union Women's Under-17 Tournament	Jamaica Puerto Rico
Central America Central American Football Union (UNCAF)	2007 UNCAF Women's Under-17 Tournament	El Salvador Costa Rica
North America North American Football Union (NAFU)	Automatic qualification	Canada Mexico United States
Host nation		Trinidad and Tobago

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	6	10	−4	4
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	11	4	+7	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July – Tobago
	Costa Rica	2
	Canada	0
					27 July – Tobago
					Costa Rica	1
					United States	4
					Third place
	24 July – Tobago			27 July – Tobago
	United States	1		Mexico	0
	Mexico	0			Canada	1

Goalscorers

The top-scorer award was shared between Katherine Alvarado (Costa Rica), Tiffany Cameron (Canada) and Courtney Verloo (USA) with five goals each.^[1]

References

External links

• Official Site

Template:2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualification

International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football