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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | United States Honduras |
| Dates | January 12–30 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 52,552 (4,379 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ryan Gyaki (4 goals) |
← 2003 2007 →
All statistics correct as of March 26, 2009. | |
The 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted by the Netherlands. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in United States and Group B was held in Honduras. On January 16, 2005, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On January 30, 2005, Canada and Honduras achieved qualification.
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
| Region | Qualification | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean qualifying |  Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
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| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American qualifying |  Costa Rica Panama
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| host |  Honduras
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| North America (NAFU) |  United States
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| automatically qualified | Canada Mexico
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| Carson | San Pedro Sula |
|---|---|
| The Home Depot Center | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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United States hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California between January 12–16.
| Team | Played | Win | Draw | Lose | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| Panama
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Costa Rica
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Panama |
|---|---|---|
Cordero  54' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Gun 76' |
| United States | 6–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Gaven 1' 9' 25' Adu 7' (pen.) 16' (o.g.)John 53' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Crooks 23' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdeosingh 85' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Chacon 8' Salazar 62' |
| Panama | 0–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report[permanent dead link] | Adu 55' (pen.) Peterson 88' |
| Panama | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Gallardo 12' Salazar 71' 75' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Francois 77' |
| Costa Rica | 0–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report[permanent dead link] | Barrett 2' Szetela 37' |
Honduras hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula between January 26–30.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| Honduras
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Mexico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Jamaica
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| Honduras | 4–2 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Güity 23' 41' Núñez 45' (pen.) 72' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Priestley 55' White 69' |
| Mexico | 1–0 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez 23' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Canada | 1–0 | Jamaica |
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| Gyaki 74' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
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