[2][3] The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as CONCACAF representatives.

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fifth consecutive title.

The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked twenty-two entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.

[5] 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 twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows: Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to compete.

If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:[7] All times are in GTT (UTC−6).