The 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying tournament selected the six nations joining Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and the United States at the 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in July and August. The qualifying tournament also served as the first stage in qualifying for the 2027 Pan American Games, 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and 2028 Olympics.
Entrants Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and the United States received byes to the 2026 CONCACAF U-20 Championship as the six highest-ranked teams based on the CONCACAF Under-20 Ranking released on 5 August 2024. Thirty-two teams entered qualifying and were seeded into six draw pots based on the same rankings. On 6 November 2025, the teams entering qualifying were drawn into two groups of six teams and four groups of five teams to play single round-robin matches. The top-ranked team of each group qualified for the final tournament.
Bye to final tournament + Qualifying tournament draw pots Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Schedule Qualifying matches were played from 23 February to 4 March.
Matchday Groups A, B, C D, E, F 1 23 February 24 February 2 25 February 26 February 3 27 February 28 February 4 1 March 2 March 5 3 March 4 March
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to the following criteria:
If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria were applied:
Results
Group A All matches were played at Estadio Miguel Chocorrón Buitrago in Managua. All match times are UTC–6.
Group B All matches were played at Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca in Willemstad. All match times are UTC–4.
Group C All matches were played at Costa Rican Football Federation field #1 in San Rafael District, Alajuela. All match times are UTC–6.
Group D All matches were played at Stadion Rignaal 'Jean' Francisca in Willemstad. All match times are UTC–4.
Group E All matches were played at Costa Rican Football Federation field #2 in San Rafael District, Alajuela. All match times are UTC–6.
Group F All matches were played at Estadio Miguel Chocorrón Buitrago in Managua. All match times are UTC–6.
Top scorers
RankPlayerGoals1 Xavi Dors82 Dax Palmer5 Owen Graham-Roache Jahmarie Nolan
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