2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | 11–23 March |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Honduras (2nd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Canada |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Freddy Adu |
The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification was the twelfth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised 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 11 and 23 March 2008.[1]
Honduras won the title after with a 1–0 win over the United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]
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) |
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North America | Mexico (title holders) |
Automatic | 9th | 2004 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | 9 (2004) |
Canada | Automatic | 6th | 2004 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) | |
United States (hosts) | Automatic | 8th | 2004 | Winners (1988, 1992) | 13 (2000) | |
Central America | Honduras | Triangular 1 winners | 4th | 2004 | Winners (2000) | 1 (2000) |
Triangular 2 winners | 6th | 2000 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 3 (1988) | ||
Play-off winners | 4th | 2004 | Fourth place (1964) | 0 | ||
Caribbean | Second round winners | 3rd | 1984 | Third place (1976, 1984) | 2 (1980) | |
Haiti | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
- 1 Only final tournament.
Venues[]
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
Carson | Nashville | Tampa | |
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Home Depot Center | LP Field | Raymond James Stadium | |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 65,856 | |
Squads[]
Group stage[]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
United States | 1–1 | Cuba |
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Adu 13' | (Report) | Linares 42', 42' 84' |
United States | 1–0 | Panama |
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Adu 41' (pen.) | (Report) |
United States | 1–0 | Honduras |
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Gaven 90+5' (pen.) | (Report) |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Mexico | 5–1 | Haiti |
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Villaluz 18' Andrade 61' Fernández 70' Esqueda 83' Landín 89' |
(Report) | Aveska 29' Saint-Preux 62' 84' |
Knockout stage[]
Bracket[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
20 March – Nashvile | ||||||
Guatemala | 0 (5) | |||||
23 March – Nashvile | ||||||
Honduras (p) | 0 (6) | |||||
Honduras (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
20 March – Nashvile | ||||||
United States | 0 | |||||
United States | 3 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
23 March – Nashvile | ||||||
Guatemala | 0 (3) | |||||
Canada (p) | 0 (5) |
Semi-finals[]
The semi-final winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Guatemala | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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Noriega 102' | Report | |
Penalties | ||
Contreras Leon Ávila Lalin Morales |
5–6 | Morales Thomas Reyna Guity Sánchez Padilla Norales |
United States | 3–0 | Canada |
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Adu 27', 47' Kljestan 78' |
Report |
Third place play-off[]
Guatemala | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Contreras Arreola Ávila |
3–5 | Sánchez Ledgerwood Hemming Hall |
Final[]
Honduras | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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Report |
Statistics[]
Goalscorers[]
Awards[]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Final ranking[]
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host Qualified teams for Summer Olympics[]The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Cuban defections[]Following the draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against . Cuba played its final game against with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match.[5] References[]
External links[] |
- 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
- Football qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics
- International association football competitions hosted by the United States
- CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2007–08 in CONCACAF football
- 2008 in sports in Florida
- 2008 in sports in California
- 2008 in sports in Tennessee