1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
# 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in Honduras in August 1994. It determined the two CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Venues

| TegucigalpaSan Pedro SulaPuerto Cortés | Tegucigalpa | San Pedro Sula | Puerto Cortés |
| - | - | - | - |
| TegucigalpaSan Pedro SulaPuerto Cortés | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino | Estadio Francisco Morazán | Estadio Excélsior |
| TegucigalpaSan Pedro SulaPuerto Cortés | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 7,910 |

## Qualification

As in 1992 a qualifying stage was organised for the Caribbean and for the first time as well for Central America. The format was smaller than for the previous tournament, with teams only having to play one or two opponents. 12 Caribbean teams entered, of which 4 qualified in two rounds. 6 Central American teams entered, of which 4 qualified as well, but in one round.

### Caribbean

**First round**

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2–4 | Aruba | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Barbados | 0–5 | Grenada | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Martinique | 6–0 | Saint Lucia | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–1 | 0–2 |

**Second round**

Four winners from the first round participated here. The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago entered as well.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Martinique | 8–1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | Grenada | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Guyana | 6–0 | Aruba | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Cayman Islands | 0–7 | Jamaica | 0–4 | 0–3 |

### Central America

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| El Salvador | 8–1 | Nicaragua | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Costa Rica | 14–0 | Panama | 8–0 | 6–0 |
| Belize | 2–5 | Guatemala | 1–2 | 1–3 |

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

| Region | Qualification | Qualifiers |
| - | - | - |
| Caribbean (CFU) | 1 or 2 play-off rounds | Guyana Jamaica Martinique Trinidad and Tobago |
| Central America (UNCAF) | 1 play-off round | $Belize^1$ Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala |
| Central America (UNCAF) | host | Honduras |
| North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |

$^1Belize$ qualified for Central America by achieving the smallest loss

## Group phase

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Qualified to the Final phase |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 | Qualified to the Final phase |
| 3 | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belize | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Qualified to the Final phase |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Qualified to the Final phase |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

## Final phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Qualified to the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Honduras (H) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | El Salvador | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 10 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 9 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Belize | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

