The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted by Guatemala between 11 February and 26 February 2023. The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.
Qualified teams
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019. A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.
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Venues
Match officials
On 31 January 2023, CONCACAF announced the list of 18 referees and 16 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
Referees
Ken Pennyfeather
Norberto Da Silva
Adonis Carrasco
Filiberto Martínez
José Fuentes
Shavin Greene
Jefferson Escobar
Christopher Mason
Okeito Nicholson
Víctor Cáceres
Daniel Quintero
Fernando Morón
Sanchez Bass
Reginald Gumbs
Sergio Rozenhaut
Kwinsi Williams
Joseph Dickerson
Víctor Rivas
Assistant referees
William Chow
Leonel Garcia
Lendy Taveras
Carlos Vargas
Cristian Alvarado
Aczel Perez
Luis Paz
Kemar Gayle
Joshua Jackson
McKenzie Ricardo
Berman Bermudez
Marco Bisguerra
Leonardo Castillo
Michel Espinoza
Jaden Rouse
Jose Da Silva
Draw
The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.
Group stage
The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order: Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams; Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points); Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points); The lower number of points based on the number of yellow and red cards in all group matches is considered according to the following additions: Drawing of lots.
All times are in GTT (UTC−6).
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Awards
Winners
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Golden Ball
Gael Álvarez
Golden Boot
Stephano Carrillo (8 goals)
Golden Glove
Norberto Bedolla
Fair Play
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.