CONCACAF U20 Championship 2022: Tables, schedule, standings, results, TV and live stream

Kyle Bonn

CONCACAF U20 Championship 2022: Tables, schedule, standings, results, TV and live stream image

The 2022 edition of North America's CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, which decides the qualifiers for the FIFA men's Under-20 World Cup, carries even greater importance this time around.

Hosted by Honduras, the tournament not only handed out four berths for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia (to the four semifinalists), but it will also determined the two teams that will participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (the two finalists). 

The USA, defending champions of this competition after winning the most recent edition held in 2018, became the first team to clinch a semifinal berth and a ticket to the 2023 World Cup. Honduras joined them, but the Americans came away with the spot in the 2024 Olympics after a 3-0 win over Los Catrachos in the semifinals. 

The other two semifinalists were surprise packages: the Dominican Republic will be heading to their first FIFA World Cup, while Guatemala qualified to their second. The Dominican Republic also claimed the other ticket to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, making their first Olympic tournament appearance in the program's history.

  • 2023 U-20 World Cup berths (4): USA, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Guatemala
  • 2024 Olympics berths (2): USA, Dominican Republic

The Olympic qualification was an added feature to the CONCACAF tournament, removing the need for a separate Under-23 qualifying tournament in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympics, for which it is even more difficult for players to be released by their clubs to participate.

The complete bracket follows below with TV, streaming, standings, results, and highlights.

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CONCACAF U20 Championship standings & schedule 2022

The CONCACAF U20 tournament group stage officially wrapped up on June 23 with three qualifiers from each of Groups E-H. Those 12 nations joined the four qualifiers from Groups A-D (group winners only) in the Round of 16. (Group stage results and standings follow below.)

The 16 teams were slotted into predetermined Round of 16 matchups based on group finish. 

Round of 16

In the Round of 16, the winners of Groups E-H faced the teams that qualified from Groups A-D. The other Round of 16 matchups saw second-place and third-place teams face off from Groups E-H.

The Dominican Republic pulled off the shocker of the round, beating El Salvador 5-4, while Guatemala also won in dramatic fashion via a penalty-kick shootout against Canada.

Date Match  
Sat, June 25 R16 #1: Costa Rica 4, Trinidad & Tobago 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat, June 25 R16 #2: Cuba 0, Panama 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat, June 25 R16 #3: Honduras 4, Curacao 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat, June 25 R16 #4: USA 5, Nicaragua 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 26 R16 #5: Guatemala 1, Canada 1 (4-3 PKs) HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 26 R16 #6: Haiti 1, Jamaica 2 HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 26 R16 #7: El Salvador 4, Dominican Rep. 5 HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 26 R16 #8: Mexico 6, Puerto Rico 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal winners (bold) claimed the four berths to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. All matches from the quarterfinal stage onward took place at the Estadio Olimpico in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Date Match  
Tues, June 28 USA 2, Costa Rica 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Tues, June 28 Panama 1, Honduras 2 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 29 Dominican Rep. 1, Jamaica 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 29 Guatemala 1, Mexico 1 (2-1 PKs) HIGHLIGHTS

Semifinals

The USA and Dominican Republic clinched the two berths available to the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris. The Dominican Republic came back from 2-0 down to Guatemala and won in a penalty-kick shootout.

Date Match  
Fri, July 1 Dominican Rep. 2, Guatemala 2 (4-2 PKs) HIGHLIGHTS
Fri, July 1 USA 3, Honduras 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Final

Both finalists qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The winner of their showdown will be crowned CONCACAF Under-20 champion.

Date Match Time (ET) TV & Streaming
Sun, July 3 Dominican Rep. vs. USA 8 p.m. FS1, TUDN, fuboTV

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Group Stage

The best Under-20 teams in the region played in Groups E-H with the top three teams advancing to the Round of 16. Groups A-D, featuring lower-ranked nations, were played in 2021 and only the top team advanced from that stage.

Group E

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. USA-X 3 7 2-1-0 +13
2. Cuba-X 3 6 2-0-1 +4
3. Canada-X 3 4 1-1-1 +1
4. St. Kitts & Nevis 3 0 0-0-3 -20

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Date Match Highlights
Sat, June 18 USA 10, St. Kitts & Nevis 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat, June 18 Cuba 1, Canada 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Mon, June 20 St. Kitts & Nevis 0, Cuba 6 HIGHLIGHTS
Mon, June 20 Canada 2, USA 2 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 22 Canada 4, St. Kitts & Nevis 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 22 USA 3, Cuba 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Group F

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Mexico-X 3 7 2-1-0 +13
2. Haiti-X 3 5 1-2-0 +3
3. Trinidad & Tobago-X 3 4 1-1-1 -2
4. Suriname 3 0 0-0-3 -14

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Date Match Highlights
Sun, June 19 Haiti 4, Trinidad & Tobago 4 HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 19 Mexico 8, Suriname 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Tues, June 21 Suriname 0, Haiti 3 HIGHLIGHTS
Tues, June 21 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Mexico 5 HIGHLIGHTS
Thurs, June 23 Trinidad & Tobago 3, Suriname 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Thurs, June 23 Mexico 0, Haiti 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Group G

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. El Salvador-X 3 7 2-1-0 +7
2. Guatemala-X 3 6 2-0-1 -1
3. Panama-X 3 4 1-1-1 +3
4. Aruba 3 0 0-0-3 -9

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Date Match Highlights
Sun, June 19 El Salvador 5, Guatemala 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Sun, June 19 Panama 5, Aruba 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Tues, June 21 Aruba 1, El Salvador 4 HIGHLIGHTS
Tues, June 21 Guatemala 3, Panama 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Thurs, June 23 Guatemala 2, Aruba 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Thurs, June 23 Panama 0, El Salvador 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Group H

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Honduras-X 3 9 3-0-0 +9
2. Costa Rica-X 3 4 1-1-1 +2
3. Jamaica-X 3 4 1-1-1 -3
4. Antigua & Barbuda 3 0 0-0-3 -8

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Date Match  
Sat, June 18 Costa Rica 1, Jamaica 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat, June 18 Honduras 3, Antigua & Barbuda 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Mon, June 20 Antigua & Barbuda 0, Costa Rica 3 HIGHLIGHTS
Mon, June 20 Jamaica 0, Honduras 5 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 22 Jamaica 2, Antigua & Barbuda 0 HIGHLIGHTS
Wed, June 22 Honduras 1, Costa Rica 0 HIGHLIGHTS

Group A (concluded Nov. 2021)

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Curacao-X 4 12 4-0-0 +21
2. Grenada 4 9 3-0-1 +12
3. British V.I. 4 6 2-0-2 -9
4. Sint Maarten 4 3 1-0-3 -8
5. Dominica 4 0 0-0-4 -16

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Group B (concluded Nov. 2021)

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Dominican Rep-X 4 10 3-1-0 +10
2. Saint Lucia 4 8 2-2-0 +6
3. Belize 4 7 2-1-1 +7
4. Saint Martin 4 1 0-1-3 -10
5. Anguilla 4 1 0-1-3 -13

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Group C (concluded Nov. 2021)

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Puerto Rico-X 3 6 2-0-1 +4
2. St. Vincent & Grenadines 3 6 2-0-1 +2
3. Bermuda 3 6 2-0-1 -2
4. Barbados 3 0 0-0-3 -4

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

Group D (concluded Nov. 2021)

Nation GP Pts W-D-L GD
1. Nicaragua-X 3 9 3-0-0 +13
2. Cayman Islands 3 4 1-1-1 +2
3. Guyana 3 4 1-1-1 -1
4. U.S. Virgin Islands 3 0 0-0-3 -14

X = Qualified for CONCACAF U-20 Championship Round of 16

CONCACAF U20 Championship TV, live streams

  • Dates: June 18 through July 3
  • Matches: 39 total matches (group stage & knockouts)
  • TV channel: TUDN (in USA)
  • Streams: fuboTV (in USA for TUDN matches), ViX (in USA), Concacaf YouTube (USA & Canada), OneSoccer YouTube (in Canada)

USA: Select matches from the competition will be televised in the USA on TUDN. Those matches will also be streamed on fuboTV.

The rest of the matches not televised by TUDN will be streamed by Univision streaming platform ViX. 

Canada: Fans can watch the Canada Under-20 men's team matches on OneSoccer's YouTube channel, which is available on fuboTV

What's at stake at CONCACAF U20 Championship 2022

This tournament doubles as the CONCACAF qualification event for both the 2023 FIFA men's Under-20 World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

CONCACAF will send two participants to the 2024 Summer Olympics and four participants to the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

The total number of qualifiers for each event makes things straightforward: The four semifinalists of the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship will head to the World Cup in 2023 and the two finalists will be the only two nations to play in the Olympics the following year in Paris

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Why the U-20 championship will determine Olympic qualification

Previously, CONCACAF held a separate U-23 tournament dedicated to determine Olympic qualification, and it took place in March prior to the start of the Summer Olympics. That competition involved Under-23 players because Olympic soccer is an Under-23 tournament (so as not to compete with the popular FIFA World Cup).

Often, since that tournament did not fall within an official FIFA international match window, players were not released by their clubs, resulting in weakened teams and surprise results. For players who were not necessarily prevented from traveling by their club, it still forced them to choose between club or country, resulting in difficult decisions.

The event couldn't simply be moved to the summer after the European season, because there were players who featured in leagues that played through the summer like MLS, which is on a February to November schedule.

To alleviate the scheduling conflict, CONCACAF scrapped its Olympic qualifying event for Under-23 players, and instead folded it into the Under-20 Championship tournament. The fact that the Under-20 competition involves younger players than the Under-23 tournament makes it more likely that players are permitted to participate by their clubs, since the younger age group is less likely to have prominent playing roles with their clubs.

Kyle Bonn

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Kyle Bonn, is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.