- 32 Concacaf Member Associations will participate in the 2026 edition of the competition from Feb. 23 to March 4, 2026
- Costa Rica, Curaçao, and Nicaragua confirmed as hosts
- Six group winners will qualify for the 12-team 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship
Miami, FL - Concacaf has conducted the official draw for the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers, the qualifying competition for the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship. The tournament will take place from Feb. 23 to March 4, 2026, across three venues in Central America and the Caribbean.
The 32 participating men's U-20 teams were split into two groups of six and four groups of five. The six groups were drawn as follows:
Group A
El Salvador, Suriname, Belize, Grenada, Saint Martin, French Guiana
Group B
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bonaire
Group C
Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, British Virgin Islands, Dominica
Group D
Haiti, Curaçao, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla
Group E
Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Barbados, Sint Maarten
Group F
Canada, Nicaragua, Aruba, Martinique, US Virgin Islands
Estadio Miguel Chocorrón Buitrago in Managua, Nicaragua, will host Group A and Group F; Group B and Group D matches will be played at Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Willemstad, Curaçao; and Group C and Group E matches will be held at the Complejo Deportivo FCRF-Plycem in San Rafael de Alajuela, Costa Rica.
After round-robin play, the first-place team from each group will advance to the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship, joining the six top-ranked nations that are pre-qualified directly to the tournament.
The full match schedule for the 2026 U-20 Qualifiers can be found here.
2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship
The 12-team Championship is scheduled for the summer of 2026, running from July 25 to Aug. 9, and will feature the region's 12 best men's U-20 national teams divided into three groups of four. The tournament will also serve as the qualifying competition for both the 2027 FIFA Men's U-20 World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.
After round-robin play, the two top teams of each group and the two best third-place teams will advance to a Knockout Stage comprised of the Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Final.
Further details regarding the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship, including the tournament's host nation and draw details, will be published at a later date.
In the previous edition of the Concacaf U-20 Championship, played in Mexico in 2024, Mexico won the title by defeating the United States 2-1 in the Final.
