Tournament details | |
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Host country | Honduras |
City | San Pedro Sula |
Dates | 3–13 December 2015 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (5th title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Third place | Mexico |
Fourth place | Honduras |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 63 (3.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mallory Pugh (7 goals) |
Best player | Mallory Pugh |
Best goalkeeper | Rosemary Chandler |
Fair play award | Canada |
The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Honduras and took place between 3–13 December 2015, as announced by CONCACAF on 7 May 2015. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.
The United States won their fifth title overall and fourth in a row with a 1–0 final victory over Canada. Both finalists and third-placed Mexico qualified for the World Cup.
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
The tournament was hosted in San Pedro Sula. In the original schedule, the Estadio Francisco Morazán would host the opening day matches for Group A, as well as the semifinals, third place match and the final, while the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano would host the remaining Group A matches and all of the Group B matches. In the final schedule, eight group matches were relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana due to rain, while all matches initially scheduled for the Estadio Francisco Morazán was played at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.