CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The format of the tournament has undergone changes over the years. The tournament proper is currently played with a first round of four round-robin groups from which the top two sides from each group advance to a single-elimination championship round.
Results
Winners by country
Note: no titles or runners-up between 1998 and 2007.Participating nations
;Legend- ' – Champions
- ' – Runners-up
- ' – Third place
- ' – Fourth place
- – Semifinals
- 5th – Fifth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- GS – Group stage
- R1 – First round
- R2 – Second round
- FS – Final Stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew before qualification
- — Withdrew/Disqualified after qualification
- — Team did not exist
- — Not part of CONCACAF
Overall statistics
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | 116 | 86 | 19 | 11 | 297 | 68 | 229 | 219 | |
| 2 | 107 | 62 | 18 | 27 | 215 | 93 | 122 | 169 | |
| 3 | 82 | 51 | 13 | 18 | 153 | 77 | 76 | 129 | |
| 4 | 92 | 46 | 17 | 29 | 174 | 98 | 66 | 129 | |
| 5 | 78 | 45 | 14 | 19 | 174 | 79 | 95 | 126 | |
| 6 | 81 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 88 | 117 | −29 | 76 | |
| 7 | 68 | 25 | 14 | 29 | 100 | 96 | 4 | 72 | |
| 8 | 74 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 89 | 126 | −37 | 65 | |
| 9 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 54 | |
| 10 | 53 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 53 | |
| 11 | 64 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 57 | 119 | −62 | 43 | |
| 12 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 97 | −61 | 26 | |
| 13 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 20 | |
| 14 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 15 | |
| 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 10 | |
| 16 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 83 | −69 | 10 | |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 4 | |
| 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 59 | −49 | 4 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 3 | |
| 21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 46 | −32 | 3 | |
| 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 79 | −74 | 2 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 1 | |
| 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 32 | −27 | 1 | |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
| 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |
| 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 |
Qualifications by country
Number of FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifications by country.| Nation | No. | Qualifying years |
| 16 | 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 | |
| 16 | 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 | |
| 9 | 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017 | |
| 8 | 1979, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 | |
| 8 | 1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019 | |
| 6 | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
| 2 | 1991, 2009 | |
| 1 | 2001 | |
| 1 | 2011 | |
| 1 | 2013 | |
| 1 | 2013 |
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
;Legend- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
| Team |  1977 |  1979 |  1981 |  1983 |  1985 |  1987 |  1989 |  1991 | 1993 |  1995 |  1997 |  1999 |  2001 |  2003 |  2005 |  2007 |  2009 |  2011 |  2013 |  2015 |  2017 |  2019 |  2021 | Total |
| R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | 4th | R2 | R2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| R2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | QF | R2 | QF | R1 | QF | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | R1 | 16 | ||||||||
| R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R1 | R1 | 4th | QF | R2 | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | QF | 16 |
Player awards
| Year | Lead Goalscorer | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play Award | ||
| 2009 |  Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas | ||||
| 2011 | Joel Campbell | ||||
| 2013 |  Antonio Briseño |  Amet Ramírez | Richard Sánchez | ||
| 2015 | Luís Pereira | Hirving Lozano Romain Gall | Jaime De Gracia | ||
| 2017 | Erik Palmer-Brown | Ronaldo Cisneros | Jonathan Klinsmann |
Top goalscorers
Title winning coaches
| Year | Name |
| 2009 | Rónald González Brenes |
| 2011 | Juan Carlos Chávez |
| 2013 | Sergio Almaguer |
| 2015 | Sergio Almaguer |
| 2017 | Tab Ramos |