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) |
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]
Qualification
Qualified teams
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 | Canada | Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up ( 1996 )
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Mexico
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Automatic | 2008 | Winners ( 1996, 2004 )
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United States (hosts) | Automatic | 2008 | Winners ( 1992 )
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Central America | El Salvador | Group 1 winners | 1996
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Final round winner without outright champions ( 1968 )
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Honduras (title holders) |
Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners ( 2008 )
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Panama | Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place ( 1964 )
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Caribbean | Cuba | Second round winners | 2008 | Third place ( 1984 )
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up ( 1968 )
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- 1 Only final tournament.
Venues
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
Carson | Kansas City | Nashville | |
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Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | LP Field | |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | Capacity: 69,143 | |
Match officials
The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]
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Squads
Group stage
All times in
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 | 6–0 | Cuba |
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Corona 12', 40', 88' Agudelo 37' Diz 43' (o.g.) Adu 62' |
Report |
Cuba | 0–4 | El Salvador |
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Report | Menjivar 68' |
United States | 0–2 | Canada |
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Report | Henry 58' Cavallini 83' |
Canada | 1–1 | Cuba |
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James 25' | Report | Reyes 90' |
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
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Honduras | 3–1 | Panama |
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Hernández 19' Martínez 47' López 87' |
Report | Yau 54' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–7 | Mexico |
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Molino 88' | Report | 90' |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
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Waterman 69' | Report | Winchester 90+3' |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
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Hernández 37' Lozano 70' |
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Mexico | 1–0 | Panama |
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Torres 90+1' |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
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Mexico | 3 | |||
Canada | 1 | |||
Semi-finals
The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
El Salvador | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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Molina 77' Sánchez 106' |
Report | Lozano 1' Rodas 101', 114' |
Mexico | 3–1 | Canada |
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Fabián 20' Pulido 33' Ponce 59' |
Report | Haber 32' |
Final
Honduras | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
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Quioto 47' | Report | Fabián 74' Ponce 116' |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 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
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 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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
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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 Olympics2 |
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Honduras | 31 March 2012 | 2 (2000, 2008) |
Mexico | 31 March 2012 | 9 () |
- 2 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, 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.