MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - Canada has been drawn in a group with Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and defending champion Mexico for the CONCACAF under-20 men's championship in Jamaica next year.

The other pool includes Aruba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S.

The 12-team qualifying event, slated for Jan. 9-24 in Kingston and Montego Bay, will send four teams to the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.

Canada will open Jan. 12 against Mexico.

CONCACAF covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Austria, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, North Korea, Myanmar, Qatar and Uzbekistan have already qualified for the 24-team U-20 World Cup alongside host New Zealand.