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Beginning in 2027, Concacaf will transition from its biennial Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 U-15 competition to an annual U-16 tournament, with 2026 serving as a transition year.
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The men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions will, in principle, take place in August-September and feature Concacaf Member Associations ranked 9\u201341, divided into eight groups of up to five teams each. Following round-robin play, the winner of each group (eight teams in total) will advance to the Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers, where they will join the Member Associations ranked 1-8.
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Launching in 2027, the revamped Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers will feature a streamlined 16-team format for both men and women, set for February of each year. In 2027, the competitions will include the Confederation\u2019s top 16 teams based on their performance in the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers. Starting in 2028, the top eight-ranked Member Associations and the eight group winners from the new U-16 Qualifiers will form the U-17 Qualifiers.
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The 16 teams will split into four groups of four, competing in round-robin play. On the men\u2019s side, the group winners and runners-up (eight teams total) will qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. On the women\u2019s side, the four group winners will earn their place at the FIFA Women\u2019s U-17 World Cup.
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The region\u2019s U-20 competitions will continue to be held every two years for both men and women as presently scheduled and constructed.\u00a0
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On the men\u2019s side, the next editions will be held in February and July-August of 2026 and 2028, and serve as the regional qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The 2026 tournament will also serve as the qualifying event for the men\u2019s football tournament at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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On the women\u2019s side, the next editions will be held in February and April of 2027 and 2029, and serve as the regional qualifiers for their respective FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dates and details revealed for Concacaf\u2019s youth competitions from 2026-2029 Region to transition from biennial men\u2019s and women\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[35520,403,99,225855],"class_list":["post-493000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-calendar","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-youth-national-team-competitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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