1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates16–31 August
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place Cuba
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The 1986 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in Trinidad and Tobago. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualifying

  • Jamaica 2-0 Cuba [on 12 July 1986 at Kingston]
  • Cuba 2-0 Jamaica [on 20 July 1986 at Camagüey]
  • Suriname 2-0 Netherlands Antilles [on 2 July 1986 at Paramaribo?]
  • Suriname 1-0 Netherlands Antilles [on 4 July 1986 at Paramaribo?]
  • Barbados 3-1 Grenada [on 15 June 1986 at Bridgetown]
  • Grenada 0-1 Barbados [on 22 June 1986 at St. George's]

Other qualification matches may have been played.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)  Antigua and Barbuda
 Barbados
 Bermuda
 Cuba
 Jamaica
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago (host)
Central America (UNCAF) None
North America (NAFU)  Canada
 Mexico
 United States

Round 1

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 0 15 0 +15 8
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 0 1 8 6 +2 6
 Bermuda 4 1 1 2 8 12 –4 3
 Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 2 2 5 12 –7 2
 Barbados 4 0 1 3 4 10 –6 1


16 August Canada  3–0  Bermuda
Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Barbados
18 August Barbados  1–1  Antigua and Barbuda
Bermuda  1–3  Trinidad and Tobago
20 August Antigua and Barbuda  3–3  Bermuda
Trinidad and Tobago  0–4  Canada
22 August Bermuda  4–3  Barbados
Canada  6–0  Antigua and Barbuda
24 August Barbados  0–2  Canada
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Antigua and Barbuda

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 4 2 1 1 8 1 +7 5
 Cuba 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5
 Mexico 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 5
 Suriname 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 4
 Jamaica 4 0 1 3 1 11 –10 1


17 August Cuba  2–1  Suriname
Mexico  0–3  United States
19 August Jamaica  0–0  Mexico
United States  0–0  Cuba
21 August Jamaica  0–5  United States
Suriname  1–3  Mexico
23 August Jamaica  1–3  Suriname
Cuba  0–1  Mexico
25 August United States  0–1  Suriname
Jamaica  0–3  Cuba

Final round

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
 United States 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 1 5 –4 3
 Cuba 3 0 1 2 1 3 –2 1


27 August United States  1–1  Canada
Trinidad and Tobago  0–0  Cuba
29 August United States  1–0  Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago  0–5  Canada
31 August Canada  2–1  Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago  1–0  United States


 1986 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 

Canada
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.