Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) The U20 World Cup qualifying process is starting VERY early this cycle. With the revamped format, the U.S. and Mexico (the top two Nations during the previous tournament) get a direct invite to the CONCACAF qualifiers which will be held in the D.R. again. As the 3rd place team last time around we are forced to fight it out with the minnows. The draw was early today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKIVZ15D4Es We will face El Salvador, Cuba , Saint Vincent & the G's, Martinique and the U.S. Virgin Islands. That's 5 matches our team will need to play between Friday, April 14th and Sunday, April 23rd. https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-women/article/dominican-republic-named-host-for-2023-concacaf-women-s-u-20-championship/ https://onesoccer.ca/a/can-w20-s-path-to-2024-u20-world-cup-drawn-out-ahead-of-qualifiers Who is hosting this? Are we hosting? Is this why a bunch of CanPL stadiums weren't free to host Canadian Championship matches during those dates? Edited February 16 by Olympique_de_Marseille narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 FIFA hasn't announced the host yet but Concacaf made its draw for the Qualifying Stage today. This tournament will be the first to use Concacaf's new youth qualification process. Teams ranked 3-41 will play a round robin group stage with the 6 winners joining teams ranked 1-2 (US & Mexico) in the Group Stage of 2 groups. After round robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals. 3 teams qualify for the u20 World Cup. 34 nations have entered the u20 qualifying process. Canada is ranked third, so they will enter at the Qualifying Stage. Canada was drawn in Group A with El Salvador, Cuba, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Martinique and the US Virgin Islands, whom they’ll take on from April 14-23. Location & schedule to be specified in the coming days. If they advance, the Group Stage or Concacaf Wu20 Championship is set for May 24-June 3 in the Dominican Republic. So, it's good that Canada will get lots of matches. But it also means having to spend money for 2 tourneys vs 1. They have had camps in previous cycles, so the Qualifying Stage may replace camps. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 We basically have 2 threads for this now. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Why are the USA and Mexico not drawn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 (edited) Edit: Deleted Edited yesterday at 07:40 PM by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 49 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said: Why are the USA and Mexico not drawn? Top two seeds go straight to the CONCACAF tournament. We were 3rd in the previous edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 9 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Top two seeds go straight to the CONCACAF tournament. We were 3rd in the previous edition. Have we received a similar bye in past editions when we'd previously finished in the top 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 5 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said: Have we received a similar bye in past editions when we'd previously finished in the top 2? It used to be that Canada, USA and Mexico qualified automatically. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_CONCACAF_Women's_U-20_Championship Then, the format changed for 2020 and 2022 and basically everyone was invited in a giant tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 13 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: @jordan or @JamboAl , Can we merge with Thank you. I think I’ll need to try that on a laptop if it’s not already been done. I’ll try and take a look at lunch. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 What's the deal with teams like French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique in this tournament? Are they suddenly eligible for the World Cup? Or are they just playing the tournament and someone else would take their place if one of them qualifies? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Kent said: What's the deal with teams like French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique in this tournament? Are they suddenly eligible for the World Cup? Or are they just playing the tournament and someone else would take their place if one of them qualifies? I was wondering the same thing. Did they get full FIFA status? Or do they just not expect them to win so they don't care? Guadeloupe is in the current men's U17 too. Edited February 19 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted yesterday at 07:49 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 07:49 PM (edited) Just a reminder that this tournament starts a month from now. The preliminary qualifying tournament will be hosted on neutral ground, also in the Dominican Republic. https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-women/article/2023-concacaf-women-s-u-20-qualifiers-schedule-confirmed/ The exact schedule can be found here: https://www.concacaf.com/en/under-20s-women/schedule-results/ Friday, April 14th vs Martinique Sunday, April 16th vs St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Thursday, April 20th vs Cuba Saturday, April 22nd vs El Salvador Matches are all at 6pm Eastern Time. Edited yesterday at 07:58 PM by Olympique_de_Marseille narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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