1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
# 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria. The tournament took place from 5 August–10 October, although qualification started before.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

| Region | Qualification | Qualifiers |
| - | - | - |
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean qualifying | Jamaica |
| Caribbean (CFU) | host | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Central America (UNCAF) | host | Guatemala |
| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American qualifying | Costa Rica Honduras |
| North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |

## Final stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Qualified to the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |
