June 7 – Concacaf will play its 2022 Concacaf Girls’ U-15 Championship from July 31 to August 7 in Tampa, Florida with 31 Concacaf nations taking part, as well as one invited guest.
“We are thrilled to once again be hosting this exciting competition, especially at such an important time for women’s football in our region with the Concacaf W Qualifiers delivered earlier this year and the upcoming W Championship in July,” said Concacaf General Secretary Philippe Moggio.
“Our U15 Girls Championship will provide hundreds of girls from across North America, Central America and the Caribbean with an opportunity to compete and experience all aspects of a top-level Concacaf competition,”
The 32 teams will be divided into three leagues according to their Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Ranking of May 2022 as follows:
League A (seven highest ranked teams and guest team): Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, plus guest nation.
League B (next 12 best ranked teams): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago.
League C (lowest ranked teams): Anguilla, Aruba, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, and US Virgin Islands.
Within each League, the participating teams will be divided into groups of four teams each. After round robin play, the two group winners and second place finishers of League A will advance to the knockout stage and will play for the tournament’s championship.
For Leagues B and C, the three group winners and the best second place finisher will advance to the semi-finals of their respective League.
The remaining teams in each League will dispute an additional match for final position in the competition.
The US are the current champions at this age-group, having beaten Mexico 3-0 in 2018. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the pandemic.
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