The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship will be 8th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (21st edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF.[1] It will hosted in the Guatemala between 11 February and 22 February 2023.[2] The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as CONCACAF representatives.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of December 2019.[3] A total of 38 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.[4]
The draw for the group stage took place on 29 September 2022, at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[4] Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:
The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
Greater goal difference in all group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;