This Thursday, January 9 in Guadalajara, Mexico at 7:00 p.m. (local time) will take place the draw for the teams that will compete in the last phase of the qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, CONCACAF area.

At the end of the draw 8 teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, concerned will compete from March 20 to April 1, 2020 in Mexico in the city of Guadalajara to obtain the two tickets available for the area.

Already concerned by the qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Houston with the participation of the senior female selection at the end of the current month, Haitian football will still be in the spotlight with this draw.

3 representatives from North America: Canada, Mexico and the United States; 3 from Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras and Salvador and 2 from the Caribbean: Haiti and the Dominican Republic, will be divided into 2 groups of 4. The two best teams from each group will play the semi-finals, the winners will be qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (July 24 to August 9, 2020).

Recall that this is the third time that the Haitian selection of under-23s will participate in a final phase of the qualifiers for the qualification of the Olympic games. Haiti is in hat 4 with the Dominican Republic; Canada and the United States are in hat 2; Costa Rica and El Salvador form hat 3; Mexico and Honduras are the top seeds. The draw promises to be very high for the Haitian selection who will do everything to get one of the 2 tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Note that even if Haiti is not a favorite, our Grenadiers have been a constant threat to the tenors of the area for some time.

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