2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020,[2] and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying.[3] The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.

Costa Rica will host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage	United States (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	11th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020)	9
	Mexico	2nd ranked entrant	11th	Champions (2018)	8
	Canada	3rd ranked entrant	9th	Champions (2004, 2008)	7
	Haiti	4th ranked entrant	5th	Third place (2018)	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	5th ranked entrant	10th	Fourth place (2014)	0
	Jamaica	6th ranked entrant	10th	Fourth place (2006)	0
	Dominican Republic (hosts)	8th ranked entrant	3rd	Semi-finals (2020)	0
	Honduras	9th ranked entrant	3rd	Group stage (2014, 2020)	0
	Guyana	10th ranked entrant	2nd	Quarter-finals (2020)	0
	Guatemala	11th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2010, 2012, 2020)	0
	El Salvador	12th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2020)	0
	Puerto Rico	13th ranked entrant	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Panama	14th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
	Cuba	15th ranked entrant	5th	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Nicaragua	16th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2008, 2020)	0
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2020)	0
Knockout stage	Bermuda	Qualifying Group A winner	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Cayman Islands	Qualifying Group B winner	2nd	Round of 16 (2020)	0
	Curaçao	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Suriname	Qualifying Group D winner	1st	Debut	0

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:[1]

The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

Tiebreakers

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 could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Dominican Republic (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

• Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship, CONCACAF.com