1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Premundial CONCACAF Sub-20 1996 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	(1996-04-14) (1996-04-25)14–25 April 1996 (11 days)
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
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The 1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was a football tournament that was played in April 1996 in Mexico. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aruba	1–4	Netherlands Antilles	1–0	0–4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands Antilles	4–1	Dominican Republic	4–1	0–0

Other qualification matches may have been played.^[1]

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region	Team(s)
Caribbean (CFU)	Jamaica  Martinique  Netherlands Antilles  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua
North America (NAFU)	Canada  Mexico (host)  United States

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Netherlands Antilles	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
4	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Martinique	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Qualified to Qualifying group
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Qualified to Malaysia 1997
2	Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Jamaica	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (C)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament champions
2	Mexico	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	United States	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

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1996 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Canada Second title

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

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.

The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  United States