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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Caribbean qualifying for the 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship will begin July 23, with groups in Antigua & Barbuda, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and St. Vincent & the Grenadines, the Caribbean Football Union has announced.
All four groups will play from July 23-31, with the group winners - and the best overall second-place team -- advancing to a second and final round with host Jamaica November 3-11.
Group 1 in Antigua also will include Grenada, Curacao and Dominica. Aruba, St. Kitts & Nevis and Cuba will play in Group 2 in the Dominican Republic; while Bermuda, Haiti and Barbados will travel to Puerto Rico to play in Group 3. Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana will go to St. Vincent for Group 4.
Five of the six teams in the final round will qualify for the 12-team CONCACAF finals in Puebla, Mexico, February 18-March 2.
Central American qualifying is set for July with groups in Honduras (July 17-21) and Guatemala (July 25-29) to determine that region's four berths in the CONCACAF finals. Canada and the United States, as well as host Mexico, qualify automatically.
Four teams from the CONCACAF championship qualify for the 2013 World Cup in Turkey.
