2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
| Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 2011 (Spanish) | |
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2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship logo
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Guatemala |
| Dates | 28 March – 10 April 2011 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Mexico (11th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Costa Rica
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| Third place |
 Guatemala
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| Fourth place |
 Panama
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 62 (3.1 per match) |
| Attendance | 85,290 (4,265 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Joel Campbell (6 goals) |
The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was expanded to 12 teams beginning in 2011. The tournament determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia. In addition, the top three finishers from Central America or the Caribbean, in addition to hosts Mexico, qualified to participate at the 2011 Pan American Games. The Executive Committee approved that for men's U-20 championships all three North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals. Central America received four berths, and the Caribbean received five.
The new allocations give Central America one more berth than it had in 2009 and the Caribbean three more. On 1 September 2010 CONCACAF announced Guatemala as host of the championship, played from 3–17 April.
The championship was scheduled to be held a week later but was moved ahead one week due to a scheduling conflict.
The tournament was hosted in two stadia.
The draw for the final tournament took place on February 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.
Guadeloupe is a member of CONCACAF but not a member of FIFA. As such, they are eligible to compete for CONCACAF Championships but are not eligible to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage. If two or more teams had been tied, then a drawing of lots would have been be used.
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