MIAMI – A Concacaf W tournament kicks things off in the new year with the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers on January 27.
The tournament will begin the qualification process to determine the four Concacaf nations participating in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup later this year.
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Tournament Format
With the FIFA U-17 World Cup becoming an annual event, Concacaf has changed its qualification process into two rounds. This will be the first Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers edition to be played under the new two-round format.
Round One will take place from January 27 to February 1. The 22 Member Associations ranked fifth and below will play in six groups, with the six group winners and the two best second-place finishers (eight total) advancing to the Final Round.
At the Final Round, from March 31 to April 6, the teams advancing from Round One will join the four top-ranked teams, the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Haiti, to compete for the U-17 Concacaf Women’s title and a spot at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Groups
Concacaf conducted the official draw for Round One of the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers on October 16.
The six groups for Round One are as follows:
Group A: Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Group B: Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Belize, and US Virgin Islands
Group C: Panama, Cuba, Guyana, and Turks and Caicos Islands
Group D: El Salvador, Guatemala, Curaçao, and Anguilla
Group E: Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Group F: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Grenada
Matches in Round One will be divided across four venues: Puerto Rico will host Group A, Trinidad and Tobago Group B, Nicaragua Group D and E, and Dominican Republic Group C and F.
