2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

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2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
2008 CONCACAF Mens Olympic Qualification.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates11–23 March
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Freddy Adu
← 2004
2012 →
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2009.

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[]

Further information: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying 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  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
Home Depot Center LP Field Raymond James Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 69,143 Capacity: 65,856
The pitch at the Home Depot Center.jpg LP Field.jpg Raymond James Stadium Aerial.jpg

Squads[]

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
Panama 0–1 Honduras
(Report) Thomas 90'
Attendance: 1,000
United States 1–1 Cuba
Adu 13' (Report) Linares 42', Yellow card 42' Red card 84'
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: (Guatemala)
Honduras 2–0 Cuba
Sánchez 68'
Thomas 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,050
United States 1–0 Panama
Adu 41' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: (Jamaica)
Cuba 1–4 Panama
Duarte 64' (Report) Aguilar 18', 65'
Barahona 26'
31' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,974
United States 1–0 Honduras
Gaven 90+5' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 10,974

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONCACAF
Haiti 0–1 Guatemala
(Report) Ávila 27'
Attendance: 9,949
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Canada 1–1 Mexico
Johnson 3'. Red card 76' (Report) Landín 22' (pen.), Yellow card 67' Red card
Attendance: 9,949
Canada 1–2 Haiti
Rosenlund 17' (Report) Gustave 72'
Saint-Preux 84'
Attendance: 19,638
Mexico 1–2 Guatemala
Castillo 9' (Report) Villa 40'
López 67'
Attendance: 19,638
Guatemala 0–5 Canada
(Report) Johnson 45', 46'
Ricketts 57', 80'
Hall 90'
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: (Nicaragua)
Mexico 5–1 Haiti
Villaluz 18'
Andrade 61'
Fernández 70'
Esqueda 83'
Landín 89'		 (Report) Aveska Red card 29'
Saint-Preux 62'
Yellow card 84' Red card
Attendance: 12,824

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
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
Noriega Yellow card 102' Red card Report
Penalties
Contreras soccer ball with check mark
Leon soccer ball with red X
Ávila soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
Lalin soccer ball with check mark
Morales soccer ball with red X		 5–6 soccer ball with check mark Morales
soccer ball with check mark Thomas
soccer ball with check mark Reyna
soccer ball with red X Guity
soccer ball with check mark Sánchez
soccer ball with check mark Padilla
soccer ball with check mark Norales
Attendance: 13,201
United States 3–0 Canada
Adu 27', 47'
Kljestan 78'		 Report
Attendance: 13,201

Third place play-off[]

Guatemala 0–0 (a.e.t.) Canada
Report
Penalties
Contreras soccer ball with check mark
Arreola soccer ball with red X
Ávila soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Sánchez
soccer ball with check mark Ledgerwood
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Hemming
soccer ball with check mark Hall
Attendance: 12,663

Final[]

Honduras 1–0 (a.e.t.) United States
 Report
Attendance: 12,663

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

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