CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship explained

The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was a 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. The competition format had varied since its inception, from 1996 to the final edition in 2020 it had been hosted in a single country.

On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1] The two finalists at the Concacaf U20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.

Past tournaments

Note: The 1960 tournament is a combined tournament of South and North American teams, and not counted by CONCACAF.

YearHostFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth place
Americas qualification
1956
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No fixed host
(on walkover)
1960
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Peru
CONCACAF qualification
1964
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Mexico
1968
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No fixed hostNo outright winner
(and were final round winners)
No outright third-placed team
(and were final round losers)
1972
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No fixed host
1976
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No fixed host
1980
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No fixed host
1984
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No fixed host
1988
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No fixed hostNo outright winner
(and were final round winners)
No outright runners-up
(and were final round runners-up)
No outright third-placed team
(and were final round third-placed)
1992
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No host
1996
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Canada
2000
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United States
2004
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Mexico
2008
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United States
2012
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United States
2015
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United States
2020
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Mexico
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
2022
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Top goalscorers by year

1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2015
2020

Overall top goalscorers

width = 10% Rankwidth = 25% Playerwidth = 15% Country width = 15% Year(s)width = 15% U-23 Goals
1Steve Snow USA19928
2Brent Goulet USA19886
2Ronald Gomez Costa Rica19966
4Freddy Adu USA2008–20125
4Marco Fabián Mexico20125
4Alan Pulido Mexico20125
7Carl Gentile USA19644
7Aaron Padilla Mexico19644
7Leonard Cuellar Mexico19724
7Mike Seeray USA19724
7Hugo Sanchez Mexico19764
7Alecko Eskandarian USA20044
7Bobby Convey USA20044
7Emil Martínez Honduras20044
7Joe Corona USA20124
7Anthony Lozano Honduras2012–20154
7Erick Torres Mexico2012–20154
7Alberth Elis Honduras20154
7Jerome Kiesewetter USA20154
7Sebastián Córdova Mexico20204

Winners by country

CountryTitlesRunners-up
8 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020)1 (1992)
2 (1988*, 1992)4 (1972, 1980, 2000, 2008)
2 (2000, 2008)3 (2012, 2015, 2020)
2 (1980, 1984)1 (2004)
1 (1968*)3 (1972, 1976, 1988)
1 (1968*)
1 (1960)
2 (1984, 1996)
1 (1964)
1 (1960)

Olympic qualification by nation

As of 2024

Rank Nation Years qualified
1 15 1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024
2 12 1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020
3 5 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
4 3 1904, 1976, 1984
4 3 1980, 1984, 2004
4 3 1968, 1976, 1988
7 2 1976, 1980
8 1 1968
8 1 2024
8 1 1952

Curaçao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games . CONCACAF. 16 September 2021.