Guyana drawn in Group H of CONCACAF U17 Qualifiers

Guyana’s National Under-17 Boys’ football team, the Junior Jaguars, will compete in Group H of the 2026 CONCACAF U17 Qualifiers, following the official draw on Tuesday

The tournament will take place from February 3 to 12, 2026, across six countries and include the participation of 34 CONCACAF Member Associations.
The tournament will follow the same format introduced in 2025, with a single round-robin stage. The 34 teams will be divided into eight groups, with each team playing every other team in its group once. At the end of group play, the eight group winners will qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The eight groups are as follows:
Group A: Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten
Group B: Panama, Nicaragua, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Dominica
Group C: Haiti, Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada
Group D: Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
Group E: United States, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Group F: El Salvador, Curaçao, Cuba, Belize
Group G: Canada, Jamaica, Aruba, Cayman Islands
Group H: Honduras, Bermuda, Guyana, Suriname

Matches will be divided across venues in six nations; Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, and Guatemala have been confirmed as hosts.
In the previous edition of the Concacaf Under-17 Qualifiers, played under the same format, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and the United States topped their respective groups to secure qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025.
Guyana’s run in the 2025 edition of the tournament was a history-making one, which saw the Junior Jaguars ending unbeaten against the likes of Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago with three draws and a win in their group stage.