1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

| year = 1988

| other_titles =

| image =

| size = 250px

| caption =

| country = Guatemala

| dates = 9–24 April

| num_teams = 10

| confederations =

| venues = Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo


Estadio del Ejército

| cities =

| champion =CRC

| count =1

| second =MEX

| third =USA

| fourth =CUB

| matches =

| goals =

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| prevseason = 1986

| nextseason = 1990

| updated =

}}

The 1988 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in Guatemala,{{cite web|title=CONCACAF, about U-20 Tournament|url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under20s/About|accessdate=15 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001082745/http://www.concacaf.com/page/Under20s/About|archive-date=2012-10-01|url-status = dead|df=}} although it has also been reported that the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite news|title=Results by RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/concacaf-u20-88.html|accessdate=15 July 2012}} It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. This edition of the tournament would see Mexico's youth squad become disqualified due to the Cachirules scandal banning all Mexico national team squads from total participation in FIFA organized events.

Qualification

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|HON|1949}}||2–5|{{fbu|20|CRC}}||1–2|1–3}}

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Other qualification matches may have been played.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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RegionTeam(s)
Caribbean (CFU)

| {{fbu|20|BER}}
{{fbu|20|CUB}}
{{fbu|20|JAM}}
{{fbu|20|ANT}}
{{fbu|20|TRI}}

Central America (UNCAF)

| {{fbu|20|CRC}}
{{fbu|20|GUA}} (host)

North America (NAFU)

| {{fbu|20|CAN}}
{{fbu|20|MEX}}
{{fbu|20|USA}}

Round 1

=Group 1=

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

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!width=165|Teams

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|D

!width=20|L

!width=20|GF

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GD

!width=20|Pts

align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CRC}}

|4

31092+77
align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|USA}}

|4

30173+46
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|TRI}}

|4

211106+45
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|GUA}}

|4

10339–62
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JAM}}

|4

004110–90


cellspacing=1 width=70%

!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

9 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|JAM}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|USA}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|TRI}}

11 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|TRI}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}

|align=center|0–1

|{{fbu|20|GUA}}

13 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|1–0

|{{fbu|20|USA}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|TRI}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|GUA}}

15 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}

|align=center|1–2

|{{fbu|20|USA}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|GUA}}

|align=center|1–4

|{{fbu|20|CRC}}

17 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}

|align=center|0–4

|{{fbu|20|TRI}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|GUA}}

|align=center|0–1

|{{fbu|20|USA}}

=Group 2=

Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala City

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!width=165|Teams

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|D

!width=20|L

!width=20|GF

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GD

!width=20|Pts

align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

|4

400151+148
align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

|4

30143+16
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CAN}}

|4

1124403
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BER}}

|4

11258–33
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|ANT}}

|4

004113–120


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!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

10 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ANT}}

|align=center|1–2

|{{fbu|20|BER}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CAN}}

|align=center|0–1

|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

12 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CAN}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|ANT}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BER}}

|align=center|1–4

|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

14 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CAN}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|BER}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CUB}}

|align=center|0–2

|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

16 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ANT}}

|align=center|0–7

|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CUB}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|BER}}

18 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CUB}}

|align=center|1–0

|{{fbu|20|ANT}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CAN}}

|align=center|0–2

|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

Final round

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=165|Teams

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|D

!width=20|L

!width=20|GF

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GD

!width=20|Pts

align=center style="background:gold"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CRC}}

|3

300102+86
align=center align=center style="background:lightgray;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|MEX}} (D)

|3

20145–14
align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|USA}}

|3

10246–22
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

|3

00338–50


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!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

20 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|3–1

|{{fbu|20|USA}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

22 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|USA}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|MEX}}

24 April

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|CUB}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|USA}}

{{Winners|fb|1988 CONCACAF U-20 Championship|Costa Rica|First}}

Mexico disqualification

{{Further|Cachirules}}

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

  • {{fbu|20|CRC}}
  • {{fbu|20|USA}} (replacing Mexico, who were disqualified)

References

{{Reflist}}

{{CONCACAF Under-20 Championship}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:CONCACAF Under-20 Championship,1988}}

1988

U-20 Tournament

U-20 Tournament