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2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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.

Qualification
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: • Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically • Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), including Honduras who qualified automatically as hosts • Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the four teams joining Canada, Mexico, the United States, and hosts Honduras at the final tournament. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. ==Venues==
Venues
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. ==Draw==
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 4 November 2015 at 10:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Pedro Sula. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host Honduras were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship champion United States were seeded in Group B. ==Squads==
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers). ==Group stage==
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: The two matches originally scheduled on 5 December 2015 (Jamaica vs Canada and Trinidad and Tobago vs Honduras) were postponed due to heavy rain. As a result, all subsequent group matches were delayed by a day and relocated to the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. ---- Third place playoff Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Final ==Winners==
Winners
==Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup==
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. :1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. ==Goalscorers==
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Best XI • Goalkeeper: Rosemary Chandler • Right Defender: Emily Fox • Central Defender: Bianca St. Georges • Central Defender: Natalie Jacobs • Left Defender: Tierna Davidson • Right Midfielder: Jessie Scarpa • Central Midfielder: Kiana Palacios • Central Midfielder: Savannah DeMelo • Central Midfielder: Sarah Stratigakis • Left Midfielder: Ashley Sanchez • Forward: Mallory Pugh ==References==
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