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.
Note: The 1960 tournament is a combined tournament of South and North American teams, and not counted by CONCACAF.
Year | Host | First place | Second place | Third place | Fourth place | |
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Americas qualification | ||||||
1956 Details | No fixed host | (on walkover) | ||||
1960 Details | Peru | |||||
CONCACAF qualification | ||||||
1964 Details | Mexico | |||||
1968 Details | No fixed host | No outright winner (and were final round winners) | No outright third-placed team (and were final round losers) | |||
1972 Details | No fixed host | |||||
1976 Details | No fixed host | |||||
1980 Details | No fixed host | |||||
1984 Details | No fixed host | |||||
1988 Details | No fixed host | No 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 Details | No host | |||||
1996 Details | Canada | |||||
2000 Details | United States | |||||
2004 Details | Mexico | |||||
2008 Details | United States | |||||
2012 Details | United States | |||||
2015 Details | United States | |||||
2020 Details | Mexico | |||||
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship | ||||||
2022 Details |
width = 10% | Rank | width = 25% | Player | width = 15% | Country | width = 15% | Year(s) | width = 15% | U-23 Goals |
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1 | Steve Snow | USA | 1992 | 8 | |||||
2 | Brent Goulet | USA | 1988 | 6 | |||||
2 | Ronald Gomez | Costa Rica | 1996 | 6 | |||||
4 | Freddy Adu | USA | 2008–2012 | 5 | |||||
4 | Marco Fabián | Mexico | 2012 | 5 | |||||
4 | Alan Pulido | Mexico | 2012 | 5 | |||||
7 | Carl Gentile | USA | 1964 | 4 | |||||
7 | Aaron Padilla | Mexico | 1964 | 4 | |||||
7 | Leonard Cuellar | Mexico | 1972 | 4 | |||||
7 | Mike Seeray | USA | 1972 | 4 | |||||
7 | Hugo Sanchez | Mexico | 1976 | 4 | |||||
7 | Alecko Eskandarian | USA | 2004 | 4 | |||||
7 | Bobby Convey | USA | 2004 | 4 | |||||
7 | Emil Martínez | Honduras | 2004 | 4 | |||||
7 | Joe Corona | USA | 2012 | 4 | |||||
7 | Anthony Lozano | Honduras | 2012–2015 | 4 | |||||
7 | Erick Torres | Mexico | 2012–2015 | 4 | |||||
7 | Alberth Elis | Honduras | 2015 | 4 | |||||
7 | Jerome Kiesewetter | USA | 2015 | 4 | |||||
7 | Sebastián Córdova | Mexico | 2020 | 4 |
Country | Titles | Runners-up | |
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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) |
As of 2024
Rank | Nation | Years qualified | ||
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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.