The Golden Jaguars U20 side will open their campaign in Group-A of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifying Championship on February 15th against Montserrat at the Estadio de Nacional de Futbol in Nicaragua.
According to a release of the qualifying fixtures, the contest will occur at 16:30hrs and will be the first match of the pool. The Guyanese will then face-off with St. Vincent and the Grenadines in their second encounter two days later at the same venue from 16:30hrs.
Following a four-day break, the Golden Jaguars will return to action against the US Virgin Islands on the 21st from 20:30hrs. In their final showdown, Guyana will battle the host nation on the 23rd at 20:30hrs.
Guyana in their previous outing in the CONCACAF U20 Championship in 2018, ended with a record of one win [El Salvador] and three losses [Guatemala, Curacao and Cayman Islands]. The qualifying round of the event features 17 teams being divided into four groups. One group will comprise five teams.
The top finisher from each group will advance to the knockout round. The other groups are Group B: Dominican Republic, Grenada, Dominica and Anguilla, Group C: Curacao, Guadeloupe, Belize and Saint Martin and Group D: Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands and Barbados.
The remaining 16 teams have been divided into four groups of four in the second round section. The groups are Group E: United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis, Group F: Mexico, El Salvador, Canada and Aruba, Group G: Panama, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname and Group H: Honduras, Cuba, Guatemala and Antigua and Barbuda.
The top three finishers from the second round division will progress to the knockout round. According to CONCACAF, “the final stage of the competition (round of 16, quarterfinal, semifinal and final) will be played in a single match elimination format, with the semifinalist qualifying to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2021.”
