| 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]
See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | width=10% | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | ||||
| Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | |||||
| (hosts) | Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1988, 1992) | ||||
| Central America | Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | ||||
| (title holders) | Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners (2000, 2008) | ||||
| Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place (1964) | |||||
| Caribbean | Second round winners | 2008 | Third place (1976, 1984) | ||||
| Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up (1968) |
1 Only final tournament.
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
| Nashville, Tennessee | Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) | Kansas City, Kansas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LP Field | Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | |
| Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | |
The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]
| width=140 | Country | width=130 | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jamaica | Raymond Bogle | ||
 El Salvador | Elmer Bonilla | ||
| Costa Rica | Hugo Cruz | ||
| Mexico | Roberto García | ||
| Guatemala | Walter López | ||
 United States | Jair Marrufo | ||
 Panama | Jafeth Perea | ||
| Honduras | Héctor Rodríguez | ||
| Puerto Rico | Javier Santos | ||
 Suriname | Enrico Wijngaarde |
| width=170 | Country | width=130 | Assistant Referee |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Eric Boria | ||
 Canada | Phillipe Briere | ||
 Nicaragua | Keytzel Corrales | ||
| Honduras | Melvyn Cruz | ||
| Guatemala | Juan Lemus | ||
| Puerto Rico | Antonio López | ||
| Suriname | Ricardo Louisville | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Dion Neil | ||
| Mexico | Juan Rangel Maya | ||
| El Salvador | Héctor Recinos |
See main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads.
All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
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| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
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The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Lucas Cavallini Marcus Haber Doneil Henry Evan James
Maykel Reyes Jaime Alas Richard Menjivar Milton Molina Edwin Sánchez Javier Cortés Israel Jiménez Diego Reyes Erick Torres Yairo Glaize Cecilio Waterman Freddy Adu Juan Agudelo Adrián Diz (playing against United States)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.
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | data-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.