Guyana to host CONCACAF women’s U-17 qualifiers in August

Jun 10, 2017 Sports

Guyana will host Group D of the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Qualifiers from August 9 – 13 comprising Guyana, Barbados and Cuba.
The announcement was made even as Guyana seeks to rebuild women’s football

Fixtures Women’s U-17 Qualifiers

under its technical development programme.
President Wayne Forde expressed his pleasure at this announcement: “The GFF welcomes the opportunity to host Group D of the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s tournament. This is yet another clear signal of the regional prominence and respect that Guyana now enjoys. I would like to ask the public to come out in huge numbers and support the games.”
The tournament will feature 18 countries in five groups including Group A: Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, Grenada and Curacao; Group B: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic,
Anguilla and the Bahamas; Group C: St. Lucia, Bermuda, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba Group D:
Guyana, Barbados and Cuba and Group E: St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis and
Jamaica.
This will serve to decide the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup; three teams will qualify for the World Cup.