2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2012 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | 22 March – 2 April |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.47 per match) |
Attendance | 157,707 (10,514 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals each) |
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 organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 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
[edit]Qualified teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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North America | ![]() |
Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | ||
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Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | |||
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Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1988, 1992) | |||
Central America | ![]() |
Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | ||
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Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners (2000, 2008) | |||
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Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place (1964) | |||
Caribbean | ![]() |
Second round winners | 2008 | Third place (1976, 1984) | ||
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Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up (1968) |
- 1 Only final tournament.
Venues
[edit]Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
Nashville, Tennessee | Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) |
Kansas City, Kansas | Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
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LP Field | Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | |
Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | |
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Match officials
[edit]The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]
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Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
El Salvador ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Cuba ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Blanco ![]() Flores ![]() Menjivar ![]() |
United States ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Henry ![]() Cavallini ![]() |
United States ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Boyd ![]() Corona ![]() |
Report | Blanco ![]() Flores ![]() Alas ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Molino ![]() |
Report | Pulido ![]() Fabián ![]() Reyes ![]() Jiménez ![]() Cortés ![]() |
Panama ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Waterman ![]() |
Report | Winchester ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hernández ![]() Lozano ![]() |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 March – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
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2 April – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
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31 March – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
El Salvador ![]() | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Molina ![]() Sánchez ![]() |
Report | Lozano ![]() Rodas ![]() |
Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Lucas Cavallini
Marcus Haber
Doneil Henry
Evan James
Maykel Reyes
Jaime Alas
Richard Menjivar
Milton Molina
Edwin Sánchez
Alexander López
Mario Martínez
Romell Quioto
Javier Cortés
Israel Jiménez
Diego Reyes
Erick Torres
Yairo Glaize
Cecilio Waterman
Kevin Molino
Shahdon Winchester
Freddy Adu
Juan Agudelo
- 1 own goal
Adrián Diz (playing against United States)
Final ranking
[edit]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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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | Winners |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Runner-ups |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics
[edit]The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
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31 March 2012 | 2 (2000, 2008) |
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31 March 2012 | 9 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
- 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
See also
[edit]- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
- 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "U.S. Soccer to Host 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nashville, Carson, Calif., and Kansas City". United States Soccer. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Gana México Proelímpico con marca perfecta, 2-1 a Honduras en alargue". ESPN Deortes. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
External links
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Qualification | |
Squads | |
No fixed venue from 1968 to 1992 |
Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification | |||||||||||||||||
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