2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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]

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2012
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	22 March – 2 April
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	52 (3.47 per match)
Attendance	157,707 (10,514 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco Fabián Alan Pulido (5 goals each)
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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

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances (last)
North America	Canada	Automatic		2008	Runners-up (1984, 1996)
	Mexico	Automatic		2008	Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)
	United States (hosts)	Automatic		2008	Winners (1988, 1992)
Central America	El Salvador	Group 1 winners		1996	Final round winner without outright champions (1968)
	Honduras (title holders)	Group 1 winners		2008	Winners (2000, 2008)
	Panama	Play-off winners		2008	Fourth place (1964)
Caribbean	Cuba	Second round winners		2008	Third place (1976, 1984)
	Trinidad and Tobago	Second round runners-up		2004	Runners-up (1968)

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Nashville, Tennessee	Carson, California (Los Angeles Area)	Kansas City, Kansas	Carson Kansas City Nashville Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
LP Field	Home Depot Center	Livestrong Sporting Park
Capacity: 69,143	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 18,467

Match officials

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

Country 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

Country 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

Squads

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads

Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
Canada	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
Cuba	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

22 March 2012

18:30

El Salvador	0–0	Canada
	Report

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 4,269

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

22 March 2012

21:00

United States	6–0	Cuba
Corona 12', 40', 88' Agudelo 37' Diz 43' (o.g.) Adu 62'	Report

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 4,269

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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24 March 2012

16:30

Cuba	0–4	El Salvador
	Report	Blanco 4' Flores 52', 80' Menjivar 68'

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 10,578

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

24 March 2012

19:00

United States	0–2	Canada
	Report	Henry 58' Cavallini 83'

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 10,578

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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26 March 2012

18:30

Canada	1–1	Cuba
James 25'	Report	Reyes 90'

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

26 March 2012

21:00

United States	3–3	El Salvador
Boyd 1', 64' Corona 68'	Report	Blanco 35' Flores 36' Alas 90+4'

LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Panama	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

23 March 2012

21:00

Honduras	3–1	Panama
Hernández 19' Martínez 47' López 87'	Report	Yau 54'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 8,521

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

23 March 2012

23:30

Trinidad and Tobago	1–7	Mexico
Molino 88'	Report	Pulido 29' Fabián 33', 69', 85' Reyes 51' Jiménez 75' Cortés 90'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 8,521

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

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25 March 2012

16:30

Panama	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Waterman 69'	Report	Winchester 90+3'

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 16,184

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

25 March 2012

19:00

Mexico	3–0	Honduras
Pulido 25', 39', 47'	Report

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 16,184

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

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27 March 2012

21:30

Honduras	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 37' Lozano 70'	Report

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 10,061

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

27 March 2012

23:30

Mexico	1–0	Panama
Torres 90+1'	Report

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 10,061

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March – Kansas City, KS
	El Salvador	2
					2 April – Kansas City, KS
	Honduras (a.e.t.)	3
					Honduras	1
	31 March – Kansas City, KS
					Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
	Mexico	3
	Canada	1

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

31 March 2012

18:00 (EDT)

El Salvador	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
Molina 77' Sánchez 106'	Report	Lozano 1' Rodas 101', 114'

Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 16,101

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

31 March 2012

21:00 (EDT)

Mexico	3–1	Canada
Fabián 20' Pulido 33' Ponce 59'	Report	Haber 32'

Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 16,101

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Final

2 April 2012

20:00 (EDT)

Honduras	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Quioto 47'	Report	Fabián 74' Ponce 116'

Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 10,501

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Marco Fabián
• Alan Pulido

4 goals

• Joe Corona

3 goals

• Andrés Flores

2 goals

• Léster Blanco
• Eddie Hernández
• Anthony Lozano
• Gerson Rodas
• Miguel Ponce
• Terrence Boyd

1 goal

• Lucas Cavallini
• Marcus Haber
• Doneil Henry
• Evan James
• Maykel Reyes
• Jaime Alas
• Richard Menjivar
• Milton Molina
• Edwin Sánchez
• Alexander López
• Mario Martínez
• Romell Quioto
• Javier Cortés
• Israel Jiménez
• Diego Reyes
• Erick Torres
• Yairo Glaize
• Cecilio Waterman
• Kevin Molino
• Shahdon Winchester
• Freddy Adu
• Juan Agudelo

1 own goal

• Adrián Diz (playing against United States)

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Mexico	5	5	0	0	16	3	+13	15	Winners
	Honduras	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	9	Runner-ups
3	El Salvador	4	1	2	1	9	6	+3	5	Eliminated in semi-finals
4	Canada	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
5	United States (H)	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Panama	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
7	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1
8	Cuba	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
Honduras	31 March 2012	2 (2000, 2008)
Mexico	31 March 2012	9 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004)

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

See also

• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
• 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament