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 Goal 90'
Attendance: 1,000
United States 1–1 Cuba
Adu Goal 13' (Report) Linares Goal 42', Yellow card 42' Red card 84'
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: (Guatemala)
Honduras 2–0 Cuba
Sánchez Goal 68'
Thomas Goal 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,050
United States 1–0 Panama
Adu Goal 41' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: (Jamaica)
Cuba 1–4 Panama
Duarte Goal 64' (Report) Aguilar Goal 18', 65'
Barahona Goal 26'
Goal 31' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,974
United States 1–0 Honduras
Gaven Goal 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 Goal 27'
Attendance: 9,949
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Canada 1–1 Mexico
Johnson Goal 3'. Red card 76' (Report) Landín Goal 22' (pen.), Yellow card 67' Red card
Attendance: 9,949
Canada 1–2 Haiti
Rosenlund Goal 17' (Report) Gustave Goal 72'
Saint-Preux Goal 84'
Attendance: 19,638
Mexico 1–2 Guatemala
Castillo Goal 9' (Report) Villa Goal 40'
López Goal 67'
Attendance: 19,638
Guatemala 0–5 Canada
(Report) Johnson Goal 45', 46'
Ricketts Goal 57', 80'
Hall Goal 90'
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: (Nicaragua)
Mexico 5–1 Haiti
Villaluz Goal 18'
Andrade Goal 61'
Fernández Goal 70'
Esqueda Goal 83'
Landín Goal 89'		 (Report) Aveska Red card 29'
Saint-Preux Goal 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 Penalty scored
Leon Penalty missed
Ávila Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Lalin Penalty scored
Morales Penalty missed		 5–6 Penalty scored Morales
Penalty scored Thomas
Penalty scored Reyna
Penalty missed Guity
Penalty scored Sánchez
Penalty scored Padilla
Penalty scored Norales
Attendance: 13,201
United States 3–0 Canada
Adu Goal 27', 47'
Kljestan Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 13,201

Third place play-off[]

Guatemala 0–0 (a.e.t.) Canada
Report
Penalties
Contreras Penalty scored
Arreola Penalty missed
Ávila Penalty scored
Penalty scored		 3–5 Penalty scored Sánchez
Penalty scored Ledgerwood
Penalty scored
Penalty scored Hemming
Penalty scored Hall
Attendance: 12,663

Final[]

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

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

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