2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | 22 March – 2 April |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (6th title) |
Runners-up | Honduras |
Third place | El Salvador |
Fourth place | Canada |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.47 per match) |
Attendance | 157,707 (10,514 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Marco Fabián Alan Pulido (5 goals each) |
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The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition to determine the two participants at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
As with past versions of the tournament, eight teams were split up into two groups of four. One group played their matches at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, while the remaining group played their matches at Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The group matches were played from 22–27 March 2012.
Following the group stage, there was an elimination round held at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The semi-final matches were held on 31 March, while the final match was held on 2 April. The two finalists advanced to the 2012 Olympic Tournament.[2]
Qualification
There was a qualification held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who joined Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.
Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performances |
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North American zone | |||
Mexico | Automatic | 11th | Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) |
United States | Automatic | 10th | Winner (1988, 1992) |
Canada | Automatic | 7th | Runner-up (1984, 1996) |
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying | |||
El Salvador | Group 1 Winner | 4th | Winner (1968) |
Honduras | Group 2 Winner | 5th | Winner (2000, 2008) |
Panama | Playoff Winner | 5th | Fourth place (1964) |
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying | |||
Cuba | Final Group Winner | 3rd | Third place (1976, 1984) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Final Group runner-up | 5th | Runner-up (1968) |
Venues
Match officials
The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]
Squads
Group stage
All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
El Salvador | 0–0 | Canada |
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Report |
United States | 0–2 | Canada |
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Report | Henry 58' Cavallini 83' |
United States | 3–3 | El Salvador |
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Boyd 1', 64' Corona 68' |
Report | Blanco 35' Flores 36' Alas 90+4' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
Panama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–7 | Mexico |
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Molino 88' | Report | Pulido 29' Fabián 33', 69', 85' Reyes 51' Jiménez 75' Cortés 90' |
Panama | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Waterman 69' | Report | Winchester 90+3' |
Honduras | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Hernández 37' Lozano 70' |
Report |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 March — Kansas City | ||||||
El Salvador | 2 | |||||
2 April — Kansas City | ||||||
Honduras (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Honduras | 1 | |||||
31 March— Kansas City | ||||||
Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
Mexico | 3 | |||||
Canada | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Final
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
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Honduras | 31 March 2012 | 1 (2000, 2008) |
Mexico | 31 March 2012 | 9 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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- 1 own goal
- Adrián Diz (playing against United States)
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | Winners | |
Honduras | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Runner-ups | |
3 | El Salvador | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
5 | United States (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |
8 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
See also
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
- 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
References
- ^ "Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated". concacaf.com. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "US to enjoy home field advantage in Olympic Qualifying". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
External links
- 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
- CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2012 in American soccer
- International association football competitions hosted by the United States
- 2011–12 in CONCACAF football
- 2012 in American sports
- 2012 in sports in Kansas
- 2012 in sports in Tennessee
- 2012 in sports in California