This will be the first time since 1996 that the U-20 and U-17 tournaments will each be held in a single venue with a champion being crowned for each category.
Trinidad & Tobago will host the CONCACAF U-20 Championship which is tentatively scheduled for January/February 2009. The CONCACAF event will also qualify four teams to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009.
The CONCACAF U-17 Championship is set for April 2009 in Mexico. The Confederation's Tournament will progress four teams to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.
CONCACAF All-Time Under-20 Final Round Tournaments
Year - Venue (s) - Champion - (FIFA U-20 World Cup Qualifiers)
1962 - Panama - Mexico
1964 - Guatemala - El Salvador
1970 - Cuba - Mexico
1973 - Mexico - Mexico
1974 - Canada - Mexico
1976 - Puerto Rico - Mexico - (Honduras, Mexico)
1978 - Honduras - Mexico - (Canada, Mexico)
1980 - USA - Mexico - (Mexico, USA)
1982 - Guatemala - Honduras^ - (Mexico*, USA)
1984 - Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico - (Canada, Mexico)
1986 - Trinidad & Tobago - Canada - (Canada, USA)
1988 - Guatemala - Costa Rica - (Costa Rica, USA)
1990 - Guatemala - Mexico - (Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago)
1992 - Canada - Mexico - (Mexico, USA)
1994 - Honduras - Honduras - (Costa Rica, Honduras)
1996 - Mexico - Canada - (Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, USA)
1998 - Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago - (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, USA)
2001 - Canada, Trinidad & Tobago - (Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, USA)
2002 - Panama, USA - (Canada, Mexico, Panama, USA)
2005 - Honduras, USA - (Canada, Honduras, Panama, USA)
2007 - Panama, Mexico - (Canada*, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, USA)
2009 - Trinidad & Tobago - (TBD-4)
From 1962 - 1996, CONCACAF staged 16 Under-20 Tournaments with a winner being crowned in each. Eleven of the CONCACAF tournaments (1976 - 1996) doubled as qualifiers to the FIFA World Youth Championships. Since 1998, the U-20 CONCACAF event became a Final Round Qualification consisting of two groups of four, each in a different venue, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the FIFA Youth World Championship (now FIFA U-20 World Cup).
* FIFA U-20 World Cup Host
^ Honduras disqualified for ineligible player, USA progress to FIFA WYC 1983
CONCACAF All-Time U-16/17 Final Round Tournaments (1983-88 U-16; 1991-Present U-17)
Year - Venue (s) - Champion - (FIFA WC Qualifiers)
1983 - Trinidad & Tobago - USA
1985 - Mexico - Mexico - (Costa Rica, Mexico, USA *)
1987 - Honduras - Mexico - (Canada^, Mexico, USA)
1988 - Cuba - Cuba - (Cuba, Canada, USA)
1991 - Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico - (Cuba, Mexico, USA)
1992 - Cuba - USA - (Canada, Mexico, USA)
1994 - El Salvador - Costa Rica - (Costa Rica, Canada, USA)
1996 - Trinidad & Tobago - Mexico - (Costa Rica, Mexico, USA)
1999 - El Salvador, Jamaica - (Jamaica, Mexico, USA)
2001 - Honduras, USA - (Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago^, USA)
2003 - Canada, Guatemala - (Costa Rica, Mexico, USA)
2005 - Costa Rica, Mexico - (Costa Rica, Mexico, USA)
2007 - Honduras, Jamaica - (Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, USA)
2009 - Mexico - (TBD-4)
From 1983-1996, CONCACAF staged eight Under-16/17 Tournaments with a winner being crowned in each. Seven of the CONCACAF tournaments (1985-1996) doubled as qualifiers to the FIFA U-17 World Cups. Since 1999, the U-17 CONCACAF event was a Final Round Qualification consisting of two groups, each in a different venue.
* USA progressed to FIFA U-17 World Cup China 1985 as the first CONCACAF U-16 Tournament Champion in 1983
^ FIFA U-17 World Cup Host
