title: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification
text: # 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification
  
  The 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification tournaments took place in 2008 to qualify national teams for the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which was played in Mexico from 21 April to 9 May 2009.
  
  ## Central American Zone
  
  ### Group A
  
  Matches in Group A were hosted by Panama's association football governing body, FEPAFUT, the Federación Panameña de Fútbol. All matches took place at Estadio Virgilio Tejeira in the city of Penonomé.
  
  | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | P |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Honduras | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 |
  | Panama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 |
  | Belize | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  Matches in Group B were hosted by El Salvador's association football governing body, Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol. All matches too place in the Estadio Cuscatlán in the city of San Salvador.
  
  | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | PTS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
  | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 4 |
  | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
  | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
  
  ### Playoff
  
  The runner-up from each Central American group played a two-legged playoff to determine the 8th and final team to qualify for the tournament proper. Guatemala won the two-legged playoff 2:1 on aggregate score.
  
  ## Caribbean Zone
  
  Caribbean qualifying was determined in the 2008 CFU Youth Cup. Cuba qualified with Trinidad and Tobago by reaching the final.
  
  