The 41
CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked 19 entrants had to participate in qualifying.
The draw for the qualifying round took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00
EST (
UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in
Miami. The 19 teams were drawn into four groups: three groups of five teams and one group of four teams.[2][3] 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 15 teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:[4]