The tournament determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia.

The Executive Committee approved that for men's U-20 championships all three North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals.

[1] On 1 September 2010 CONCACAF announced Guatemala as host of the championship, played from 3–17 April.

If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage.

The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region ° Note:  Guatemala withdrew from the Pan American Games and was replaced by  Trinidad and Tobago.