1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 1982 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in Guatemala. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	15 August – 5 September
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Guatemala
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Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Round 1

Group 1

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores , Guatemala City

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	5
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	0	13	–13	0

15 August	Puerto Rico	0–5	United States
	Guatemala	3–0	Jamaica
19 August	United States	0–0	Jamaica
	Puerto Rico	0–2	Guatemala
22 August	Jamaica	6–0	Puerto Rico
	Guatemala	1–3	United States

Group 2

Estadio Pensativo, Antigua Guatemala

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
Canada	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	3
Netherlands Antilles	3	0	0	3	2	11	–9	0

17 August	Honduras	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Canada	3–1	Netherlands Antilles
19 August	Honduras	3–0	Netherlands Antilles
	Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
22 August	Trinidad and Tobago	5–1	Netherlands Antilles
	Canada	1–2	Honduras

Group 3

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	6
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	4
Bermuda	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	18	–17	0

17 August	El Salvador	8–0	Nicaragua
	Costa Rica	1–0	Bermuda
19 August	Costa Rica	8–0	Nicaragua
	El Salvador	2–1	Bermuda
22 August	Nicaragua	1–2	Bermuda
	El Salvador	2–3	Costa Rica

Round 2

Group A

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Costa Rica	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Canada	2	0	1	1	4	5	–1	1

25 August	United States	3–2	Canada
27 August	Canada	2–2	Costa Rica
29 August	United States	0–0	Costa Rica

Group B

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	4
Guatemala	2	1	0	1	1	3	–2	2
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2	0

25 August	Guatemala	0–3	Honduras
27 August	Honduras	2–1	El Salvador
29 August	Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador

Semifinals

1 September 1982 (1982-09-01)

United States	3 – 1	Guatemala

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

1 September 1982 (1982-09-01)

Honduras	1 – 0	Costa Rica

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Third place match

5 September 1982 (1982-09-05)

Costa Rica	3 – 2	Guatemala

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Final

5 September 1982 (1982-09-05)

Honduras	1 – 0	United States

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

1982 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Honduras First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

Two teams qualified directly for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•   Mexico (host)
•   United States (losing finalists, replacing Honduras who were disqualified)

The third placed Costa Rica had to play an additional intercontinental qualification in 1983, but failed to qualify. All matches were played in Costa Rica and Australia qualified for the World Youth Championship.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
Israel	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	3
Costa Rica	4	0	1	3	1	8	–7	1

26 January	Australia	3–1	Israel
28 January	Israel	2–0	Costa Rica
30 January	Costa Rica	1–3	Australia
1 February	Israel	1–2	Australia
3 February	Australia	3–0	Costa Rica
3 February	Israel	0–0	Costa Rica

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