Guyana in Group D as draw reveals groups for CMU20 Qualifiers

Sep 18, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – Miami, FL – Yesterday, the draw for the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Qualifiers took place at Concacaf Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 19 men’s under-20 teams participating in the Qualifiers (all ranked 17 and below based on the current Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Ranking) have been divided into three groups of five and one group of four.

Guyana should be able to put together a solid National U20 team as many players have been training with their senior counterparts as a policy of the GFF in the past.

The results of the draw are as follows: Group A: Curacao, Grenada, Dominica, Sint Maarten, British Virgin Islands. Group B: Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Belize, Saint Martin, Anguilla. Group C: Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Montserrat. Group D: Nicaragua, Guyana, Cayman Islands. US Virgin Islands.
The Qualifiers are scheduled to place from November 5-14, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Following the conclusion of the Qualifiers, a total of 20 teams will participate at the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship in the summer of 2022. This will include the top four teams from the Qualifiers and the region’s top 16 ranked teams (based on the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Rankings) who receive a bye to the Championship. Groups A, B and C have five nations each.
The Championships group stage will be played between the top 16 ranked teams (four groups of four). The top three teams in each will advance to the Round of 16, joining the top four teams from the Qualifiers. All Knockout stage matches will be played in a single match direct elimination format.
At the conclusion of the event, the finalists (two teams) will qualify for the FIFA Men’s U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023 and the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. The two losing semifinalists (two teams) will also guarantee their participation in the FIFA Men’s U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023.
Further details on 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship will be announced at a later date.
Meanwhile, Guyana’s first match will be against Cayman Islands on November 6 from 15:00hrs. Two days later, the young ‘Golden Jaguars’ will come up against the US Virgin Islands from the same time with their final Group match against Nicaragua from 18:00hrs. All the matches would be contested at the Estadio Panamericano.

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