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 Championship was the thirteenth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial international age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
In November 2011, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted by the United States between 22 March and 2 April 2012.[1]
Mexico won the tournament for the sixth time, following a 2–1 victory after extra time over Honduras. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in United Kingdom as the CONCACAF representatives.[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 | 10th | 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
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 |
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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.
See also
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
- 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
References
- ^ "U.S. Soccer to host 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nashville Tennessee". Clarksville Online. 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Gana México Proelímpico con marca perfecta, 2-1 a Honduras en alargue". ESPN Deortes. 2 April 2012.
- ^ "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