Following the draw earlier this week at the CONCACAF Offices in New York City, the complete fixtures have been announced for the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship that will take place in Trinidad & Tobago from 17-26 July at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet and Macoya’s Marvin Lee Stadium. The inaugural eight-team tournament will have two groups of four during the first round from 17-21 July. The semifinals and finals will take place at the Marvin Lee Stadium on 24 and 26 July, respectively.

The hosts, Trinidad & Tobago have been drawn into Group A, to be played at Marvin Lee Stadium, along with Costa Rica, El Salvador and USA, while Canada, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico are in Group B at Dwight Yorke Stadium. The CONCACAF Tournament will qualify three teams to the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008.

2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Group A – Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium

17.07: COSTA RICA – USA (17:00)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – EL SALVADOR (19:00)

19.07: USA – EL SALVADOR (16:00)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – COSTA RICA (18:00)

21.07: EL SALVADOR – COSTA RICA (17:00)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – USA (19:00)

Group B – Bacolet; Dwight Yorke Stadium

17.07: PUERTO RICO – CANADA (17:00)
MEXICO – JAMAICA (19:00)

19.07: MEXICO – PUERTO RICO (16:00)
CANADA – JAMAICA (18:00)

21.07: JAMAICA – PUERTO RICO (17:00)
CANADA – MEXICO (19:00)

Semifinals* – Marvin Lee Stadium

24.07: B1 – A2 (17:00)
A1 – B2 (19:00)

*Order of matches subject to change

Finals – Marvin Lee Stadium

26.07: THIRD PLACE (16:00)
CHAMPIONSHIP (18:00)

Under 20s to face tough challenge 

The groups for the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship were unveiled today following the draw held at the Offices of the General Secretariat in New York City. The eight teams were drawn into two groups for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship that will take place at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico from 17-28 June. The hosts, Mexico have been drawn into Group A along with Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and the defending champion, USA, while Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Nicaragua are in Group B.

The complete schedule of matches for the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship will be announced in due course. The CONCACAF Tournament will progress three teams to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. This is the second time that CONCACAF is staging Women’s U-20 Championship with the other one also taking place in Mexico in 2006. CONCACAF has previously hosted two Women’s Under-19 Tournaments Trinidad & Tobago and Canada in 2002 and 2004, respectively. (May 6, 2008,CONCACAF.COM)

2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
17-28.06: Puebla, MEXICO; Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Group A: - Mexico, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, USA

Group B: - Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua