2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Dates | January 19–29, 2012 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 81 (5.4 per match) |
Attendance | 120,898 (8,060 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] It was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from January 19–29, 2012.[2]
Qualification
Thirteen teams, eight from the Caribbean and five from Central America,
in the eight-team final tournament.Caribbean qualification took place as two groups of four teams that competed from June 29 to July 9. Cuba and Haiti qualified from group A with seven points each, and were joined by the Dominican Republic from group B who won their group with nine points.
UNCAF's two slots were determined by a five-team group that competed from September 30 to October 8. Costa Rica won the group without dropping any points, and were joined by Guatemala who only lost to Costa Rica.[3]
Squads
Group stage
Draw for the group stage was held on October 24,[4] with schedules announced two days later.[5]
The United States' 14–0 victory over the Dominican Republic on January 20 set a tournament record for the largest margin of victory.[6]
Times listed are
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Rosales ![]() Acosta ![]() |
Report |
Haiti ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Acosta ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 |
Mexico ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Díaz ![]() Domínguez ![]() Garza ![]() |
Report |
Dominican Republic ![]() | 0–14 | ![]() |
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Report | Cheney ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
United States ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Guatemala ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Pineda ![]() Monterroso ![]() Martínez ![]() |
Report |
United States ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Lloyd ![]() O'Reilly ![]() |
Report |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
January 27 – Vancouver | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
January 29 – Vancouver | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
January 27 – Vancouver | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
United States ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Heath ![]() Lloyd ![]() Morgan ![]() |
Report |
Final
The Canada versus USA Final set a record for CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualification with 25,427 in attendance, the second time the record was broken this tournament. Previously, the Canada versus Mexico semifinal set the record with 22,954 spectators.[9]
Canada ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Morgan ![]() Wambach ![]() |
Goalscorers
- 9 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Wendy Acosta
Wendy Pineda
- Maribel Dominguez
Anisa Guajardo
- 2 goals
Melissa Tancredi
- Maria Monterroso
- Marylin Diaz
- Jennifer Ruiz
- Lauren Cheney
Tobin Heath
- 1 goal
Christina Julien
Kaylyn Kyle
Kelly Parker
Sophie Schmidt
- Fernanda Barrantes
Saudy Rosales
Ana Lucía Martínez
Kimberly Boulos
- Manoucheka Pierre-Louis
Nadia Valentin
Dinora Garza
Verónica Pérez
- Luz del Rosario Saucedo
- Rachel Buehler
Lori Lindsey
Megan Rapinoe
- Own goal
See also
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
- 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
References
- ^ "Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated". concacaf.com. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ "Vancouver awarded women's CONCACAF Olympic qualifier". Cbc.ca. The Canadian Press. May 17, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ "Guatemala earns last place in Vancouver". CONCACAF. October 8, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "Olympic women's qualifying groups set". CONCACAF. October 24, 2011. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ "2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying schedule announced". CanadaSoccer.com. October 26, 2011. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
- ^ "Americans set record with 14–0 win". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Women's National Team Opens 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying With Record Performance in 14–0 Rout of Dominican Republic". USSoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ "Canada headed to London after emotional win". CanadaSoccer.com. The Canadian Soccer Association. January 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ MacMahon, Martin. "Canada no match for USA". Sportsnet. Retrieved January 30, 2012.