2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Year:2012
Other Titles:CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2012
Size:150px
Country:United States
Dates:22 March – 2 April
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:3
Cities:3
Count:6
Matches:15
Goals:52
Top Scorer: Marco Fabián
Alan Pulido
(5 goals each)
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2015

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

See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance1Last appearancePrevious best performancewidth=10%Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North AmericaAutomatic2008Runners-up (1984, 1996)
Automatic2008Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)
(hosts)Automatic2008Winners (1988, 1992)
Central AmericaGroup 1 winners1996Final round winner without outright champions (1968)

(title holders)
Group 1 winners2008Winners (2000, 2008)
Play-off winners2008Fourth place (1964)
CaribbeanSecond round winners2008Third place (1976, 1984)
Second round runners-up2004Runners-up (1968)

1 Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Nashville, TennesseeCarson, California
(Los Angeles Area)
Kansas City, Kansas
LP FieldHome Depot CenterLivestrong Sporting Park
Capacity: 69,143Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 18,467

Match officials

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

width=140Countrywidth=130Referee
JamaicaRaymond Bogle
El SalvadorElmer Bonilla
Costa RicaHugo Cruz
MexicoRoberto García
GuatemalaWalter López
United StatesJair Marrufo
PanamaJafeth Perea
HondurasHéctor Rodríguez
Puerto RicoJavier Santos
SurinameEnrico Wijngaarde
width=170Countrywidth=130Assistant Referee
United StatesEric Boria
CanadaPhillipe Briere
NicaraguaKeytzel Corrales
HondurasMelvyn Cruz
GuatemalaJuan Lemus
Puerto RicoAntonio López
SurinameRicardo Louisville
Trinidad and TobagoDion Neil
MexicoJuan Rangel Maya
El SalvadorHéctor Recinos

Squads

See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads.

Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

Group A

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312073+45
312031+25
311195+44
3012111−101

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Group B

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3300111+109
320154+16
301225−31
3012210−81

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Knockout stage

Bracket

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
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.

Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
(2000, 2008)
(1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004)

2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20111112210332/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-23-MNT/2011/11/US-Soccer-to-Host-2012-CONCACAF-Mens-Olympic-Qualifying-Tournament.aspx. 2011-11-12.
  2. Web site: Gana México Proelímpico con marca perfecta, 2-1 a Honduras en alargue. ESPN Deortes. 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20210715231605/https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/reporte?juegoId=340357. 2021-07-15.
  3. News: Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs . 25 March 2012 . 10 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213060934/http://www.concacaf.com/page/MOQ/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2606875,00.html . 13 February 2012 . dead .