2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The qualifying competition was held in April 2023.[2] For six of the available eight slots, a record number of thirty–two teams were drawn into six total groups (two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams each). and will play in a single round-robin format in centralized venues. The six group winners advanced to the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. In addition, the United States and Mexico, the two highest-ranked CONCACAF teams in the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Rankings of August 29, 2022, qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous best performance	Previous World Cup appearances
Mexico	Automatic	17 February 2023	12th	Champions (2018)	9
United States (title holders)			12th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022)	10
Panama	Qualification Group B winner	18 April 2023	7th	Fourth place (2012)	0
Jamaica	Qualification Group E winner		12th	Fourth place (2006)	0
Puerto Rico	Qualification Group D winner	19 April 2023	3rd	Fourth place (2022)	0
Dominican Republic	Qualification Group C winner		4th	Semi-finalist (2020)	0
Canada	Qualification Group A winner	22 April 2023	10th	Champions (2004, 2008)	8
Costa Rica	Qualification Group F winner	23 April 2023	7th	Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)	3

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[3]

On 13 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the lunch of a new revamped format for the youth competitions, in which Women's Under-17 and Under-20 competitions will now commence with a six-group Qualifying Stage played amongst teams ranked between 3 and 41, according to the respective CONCACAF Rankings. with the qualifying stage to be played in a round robin format and the six group winners advancing to the main tournament. The Group Stage of the main tournament will be composed of two groups of four teams each (eight teams in total). This will include the two top-ranked teams (pre-seeded into this round) and the six group winners of the Qualifying stage. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals. The knockout stage – semifinals, third place match, and final - will be played in a single match direct elimination format, with the finalists and the third place match winner qualifying for the respective youth FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]

Eight teams will play in the tournament, will be drawn into two groups of four teams, and will play single round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage, The knockout stage will feature the semi-finals, a third-place match, and the final to determine the champions. the two semi-finalists alongside the third-place match winner will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).[5]

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

• Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship, CONCACAF.com