Jamaica’s young Reggae Boyz are among 35 teams down to participate in the largest ever Concacaf Under 17 Championships which will be played under a new format, starting next month at the IMG Academy in Florida.

They will know their opponents when the official draw to sort the participating teams into the groups for the qualifying stage and group stage of the final competition, takes place at the Concacaf headquarters in Miami on Tuesday.

The redesigned competition will be disputed in three rounds.

The first-round qualifiers from March 16-24 and April 1-9, followed by the Final Championship – group and knockout stage from May 1-16.

The qualifiers which includes the 19 lowest-ranked teams on the Concacaf Men’s Under-17 ranking as of May 2017, will be divided into four groups.

After round-robin play, the top finisher in each group will advance to the knockout stage of the final competition.

The Final Championship will begin with a group stage, in which the 16 top-ranked 16 teams – including Jamaica, defending champions Mexico and beaten 2017 finalist USA – will be divided into four groups.

The three group winners after round-robin play will join the winners of Groups A, B, C and D from the qualifiers in the round of 16.

The knockout stage of the competition will be played in its entirety in a single match elimination format, with the four semi-finalists automatically qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Peru.