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The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship will be the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Same as previous edition, the tournament will feature 20 teams and will be held in the Dominican Republic, between 25 February and 12 March 2022.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and will join host nation Costa Rica as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification
The qualifying format has changed since the 2018 edition, and the teams are no longer divided into regional zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 31 March 2020, and 28 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 12 entrants participated in qualifying. The four group winners in qualifying advance directly into the knockout stage of the final tournament.

Costa Rica will host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and, therefore, is exempt from participating in the tournament. Saint Kitts and Nevis, the 17th best ranked CONCACAF Women's Under-20, will take their place in the group stage and, therefore, were exempt from participating in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

Venues
All matches of the tournament were played at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.

Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 15 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:

Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage
The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 16, where they are joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Qualifiers.

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):
 * Tiebreakers
 * 1) Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) Number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 5) Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 6) Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 7) Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
 * 8) *Yellow card: −1 points;
 * 9) *Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 * 10) *Direct red card: −4 points;
 * 11) *Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
 * 12) Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Knockout stage
In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the 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.

Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


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

Qualified teams for Central American and Caribbean Games
The competition was used to decide the three teams from the Caribbean Football Union which would qualify for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. As only three Caribbean teams participated in the final tournament, they all qualified:

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals


 * 🇨🇦 Jordyn Huitema


 * 4 goals


 * Nérilia Mondésir


 * 3 goals


 * 🇨🇦 Gabrielle Carle
 * 🇨🇦 Shana Flynn


 * 2 goals


 * Hillary Corrales
 * Dennecia Prince
 * 🇲🇽 Dayana Cázares
 * 🇲🇽 Belén Cruz
 * 🇲🇽 Katty Martínez
 * 🇺🇸 Jaelin Howell


 * 1 goal


 * 🇨🇦 Tanya Boychuk
 * Daniela Coto
 * Catalina Estrada
 * Fabiola Villalobos
 * Melchie Dumornay
 * Roseline Eloissaint
 * Sherly Jeudy
 * Nelourde Nicolas
 * 🇯🇲 Olufolasade Adamolekun
 * 🇯🇲 Jazmin Grant
 * 🇯🇲 Jadyn Matthews
 * 🇲🇽 Jimena López
 * 🇲🇽 Jacqueline Ovalle
 * Yessenia Flores
 * Jaclyn Gilday
 * Kedie Johnson
 * Aaliyah Prince
 * 🇺🇸 Tierna Davidson
 * 🇺🇸 Abigail Kim
 * 🇺🇸 Civana Kuhlmann
 * 🇺🇸 Ashley Sanchez
 * 🇺🇸 Sophia Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Taryn Torres


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇯🇲 Chyanne Dennis (playing against Mexico)

Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


 * Golden Ball
 * 🇲🇽 Miriam García


 * Golden Boot
 * 🇨🇦 Jordyn Huitema (5 goals)


 * Golden Glove
 * 🇲🇽 Emily Alvarado


 * Fair Play Award


 * Best XI
 * Goalkeeper: 🇲🇽 Emily Alvarado
 * Right Back: 🇺🇸 Kiara Pickett
 * Center Back: 🇲🇽 Miriam García
 * Center Back: 🇨🇦 Maya Antoine
 * Left Back: 🇲🇽 Jimena López
 * Right Midfielder: 🇨🇦 Jordyn Huitema
 * Center Midfielder: 🇺🇸 Jaelin Howell
 * Center Midfielder: Melchie Dumornay
 * Center Midfielder: 🇺🇸 Savannah DeMelo
 * Left Midfielder: 🇲🇽 Jacqueline Ovalle
 * Forward: Nérilia Mondésir