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2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates22 March – 2 April
Teams8 (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 played15
Goals scored52 (3.47 per match)
Attendance157,707 (10,514 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Marco Fabián
Mexico Alan Pulido
(5 goals each)
← 2008
2015 →

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

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 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
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

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Download coordinates as:

Nashville Carson Kansas City
LP Field Home Depot Center Livestrong Sporting Park
36°9′59″N 86°46′17″W / 36.16639°N 86.77139°W / 36.16639; -86.77139 (LP Field) 33°51′52″N 118°15′40″W / 33.86444°N 118.26111°W / 33.86444; -118.26111 (Home Depot Center) 39°07′18″N 94°49′25″W / 39.1218°N 94.8237°W / 39.1218; -94.8237 (Livestrong Sporting Park)
2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship is located in the United States
LP Field
LP Field
Home Depot Center
Home Depot Center
Livestrong Sporting Park
Livestrong Sporting Park

Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]

Squads

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Squads

Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Report
Attendance: 4,269
United States 6–0 Cuba
Corona 12', 40', 88'
Agudelo 37'
Diz 43' (o.g.)
Adu 62'		 Report
Attendance: 4,269
Cuba 0–4 El Salvador
Report Blanco 4'
Flores 52', 80'
Menjivar 68'
Attendance: 10,578
United States 0–2 Canada
Report Henry 58'
Cavallini 83'
Attendance: 10,578
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Canada 1–1 Cuba
James 25' Report Reyes 90'
Attendance: 7,889
United States 3–3 El Salvador
Boyd 1', 64'
Corona 68'		 Report Blanco 35'
Flores 36'
Alas 90+4'
Attendance: 7,889

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Honduras 3–1 Panama
Hernández 19'
Martínez 47'
López 87'		 Report Yau 54'
Attendance: 8,521
Trinidad and Tobago 1–7 Mexico
Molino 88' Report Pulido 29'
Fabián 33', 69', 85'
Reyes 51'
Jiménez 75'
Cortés 90'
Attendance: 8,521
Panama 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Waterman 69' Report Winchester 90+3'
Attendance: 16,184
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
Pulido 25', 39', 47' Report
Attendance: 16,184
Honduras 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 37'
Lozano 70'		 Report
Attendance: 10,061
Mexico 1–0 Panama
Torres 90+1' Report
Attendance: 10,061

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 March — Kansas City
 
 
 El Salvador2
 
2 April — Kansas City
 
 Honduras (a.e.t.)3
 
 Honduras1
 
31 March— Kansas City
 
 Mexico (a.e.t.) 2
 
 Mexico3
 
 
 Canada1
 

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

El Salvador 2–3 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Molina 77'
Sánchez 106'		 Report Lozano 1'
Rodas 101', 114'
Attendance: 16,101
Mexico 3–1 Canada
Fabián 20'
Pulido 33'
Ponce 59'		 Report Haber 32'
Attendance: 16,101
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Final

Honduras 1–2 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Quioto 47' Report Fabián 74'
Ponce 116'
Attendance: 10,501

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 5 5 0 0 16 3 +13 15 Winners
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  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
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

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
 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated". concacaf.com. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ^ "US to enjoy home field advantage in Olympic Qualifying". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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