2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

{{main|2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification}}

The qualifying competition was held in April 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-women/article/2023-concacaf-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-schedule-confirmed/|title= 2023 Concacaf Women's U-20 Qualifiers schedule confirmed|date= 17 February 2023|website= concacaf.com|publisher= CONCACAF|access-date= 20 February 2023|archive-date= 20 February 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230220032652/https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-women/article/2023-concacaf-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-schedule-confirmed/|url-status= live}} For six of the available eight slots, a record number of thirty–two teams were drawn into six total groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each). and will play in a single round-robin format in centralized venues. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. In addition, the United States and Mexico, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 29, 2022, qualified automatically.

The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament.

The draw of the tournament was held on 4 May 2023 at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking at September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-women/article/draw-reveals-groups-for-2023-concacaf-women-s-u-20-championship/|title=Draw reveals groups for 2023 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship|date=4 May 2023 |publisher=concacaf.com|access-date=4 May 2023}}

{{main article|2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads}}

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.{{cite web |title=Kevins Names USA Roster For 2023 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship In The Dominican Republic |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/05/kevins-names-usa-roster-for-2023-concacaf-womens-under-20-championship-in-the-dominican-republic |website=USSF |access-date=9 May 2023 |archive-date=9 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909195324/https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2023/05/kevins-names-usa-roster-for-2023-concacaf-womens-under-20-championship-in-the-dominican-republic |url-status=live }}

On 13 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the lunch of a new revamped format for the youth competitions, in which Women's Under-17 and Under-20 competitions will now commence with a six-group Qualifying Stage played amongst teams ranked between 3 and 41, according to the respective CONCACAF Rankings. with the qualifying stage to be played in a round robin format and the six group winners advancing to the main tournament. The Group Stage of the main tournament will be composed of two groups of four teams each (eight teams in total). This will include the two top-ranked teams (pre-seeded into this round) and the six group winners of the Qualifying stage. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals. The knockout stage – semifinals, third place match, and final – will be played in a single match direct elimination format, with the finalists and the third place match winner qualifying for the respective youth FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url= https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-exciting-new-youth-competitions-format/|title= Concacaf launches exciting new youth competitions format|date= 13 February 2023|website= concacaf.com|publisher= CONCACAF|access-date= 20 February 2023|archive-date= 20 February 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230220032652/https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-exciting-new-youth-competitions-format/|url-status= live}}

Eight teams will play in the tournament, will be drawn into two groups of four teams, and will play single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, The knockout stage will feature the semi-finals, a third-place match, and the final to determine the champions. the two semi-finalists alongside the third-place match winner will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Although, on 4 October 2023, FIFA expanded the World Cup to 24 teams, meaning the 4 semi-finalists all qualified.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-takes-key-decisions-on-fifa-world-cup-tm-editions-in-2030-and-2034|title=FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup editions in 2030 and 2034|website=www.fifa.com}}

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
2. Goal difference in all group matches.
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches.
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
8. *Yellow card: −1 point
9. *Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
10. *Direct red card: −4 points
11. *Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
12. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

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|attendance =

|referee = Katia García (Mexico)

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|referee = Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

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}}

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).{{Cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/under-20s-women/regulations/|title=2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship regulations|website=www.CONCACAF.com|date=7 March 2021 |access-date=2023-02-20|archive-date=2023-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220032650/https://www.concacaf.com/en/under-20s-women/regulations/|url-status=live}}

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|2 June – Santo Domingo|{{fbwu|20|USA}}|2|{{fbwu|20|CRC}}|1

|4 June – Santo Domingo|{{fbwu|20|MEX}}|2|{{fbwu|20|USA}}|1

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}}}}

Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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|date = {{Start date|2023|6|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

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|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbwu|20|CRC}}

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• Aikey {{goal|39}}
• Martinho {{goal|49}}

|goals2 =

• Scott {{goal|55|pen.}}

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|referee = Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

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}}

Winner qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Loser eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to CONCACAF.

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• Jourde {{goal|27}}
• Smith {{goal|75}}
• Chukwu {{goal|101||120+1}}

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• Solano {{goal|24}}
• Scott {{goal|45+1}}
• Briceño {{goal|45+6}}

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|attendance =

|referee = Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

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• Servín {{goal|88}}

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|attendance =

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{{Winners|fbwu|20|2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners|MEX|Second}}

{{Goalscorers

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|updated=

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|6 goals=

• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Sheika Scott

|4 goals=

• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Annabelle Chukwu
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Olivia Smith
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Madeline Dahlien
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Ally Sentnor

|3 goals=

• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Maribel Flores

|2 goals=

• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Amanda Allen
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Florianne Jourde
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Ella Ottey
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Verónica Matarrita
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Hailey Gordon
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Mailin Orozco
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Fátima Servín
• {{fbwuicon|20|PUR}} Enasia Colon
• {{fbwuicon|20|PUR}} Kennedy Garcia
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Onyeka Gamero
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Lauren Martinho

|1 goal=

• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Kayla Briggs
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Zoe Markesini
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Nyah Rose
• {{fbwuicon|20|CAN}} Renee Watson
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Josselyn Briceño
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Monserrat Diaz
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Yoselin Fonseca
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Jimena Jiménez
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Priscilla Rodríguez
• {{fbwuicon|20|CRC}} Marian Solano
• {{fbwuicon|20|DOM}} Alexa Castro
• {{fbwuicon|20|DOM}} Renata Mercedes
• {{fbwuicon|20|DOM}} Angelina Vargas
• {{fbwuicon|20|JAM}} Natoya Atkinson
• {{fbwuicon|20|JAM}} Maya Raghunandanan
• {{fbwuicon|20|JAM}} Davia Richards
• {{fbwuicon|20|JAM}} Amelia Van Zanten
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Natalia Colin
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Giselle Espinoza
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Tatiana Flores
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Montserrat Saldívar
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Alice Soto
• {{fbwuicon|20|MEX}} Valerie Vargas
• {{fbwuicon|20|PAN}} Meredith Rosas
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Jasmine Aikey
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Tessa Dellarose
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Jordynn Dudley
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Ally Lemos
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Katherine Rader
• {{fbwuicon|20|USA}} Gisele Thompson

|1 own goal=

• {{fbwuicon|20|PAN}} Alejandra Garay {{small|(against Canada)}}

}}

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

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