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.
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.
Qualification
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last)North America Automatic 2008 Runners-up (1984, 1996) Automatic 2008 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) (hosts) Automatic 2008 Winners (1988, 1992) Central America Group 1 winners 1996 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) (title holders) Group 1 winners 2008 Winners (2000, 2008) Play-off winners 2008 Fourth place (1964)Caribbean Second round winners 2008 Third place (1976, 1984) Second round runners-up 2004 Runners-up (1968) 1 Only final tournament.
Venues Three cities served as the venues for the tournament. Nashville, TennesseeCarson, California(Los Angeles Area)Kansas City, KansasLP FieldThe Home Depot CenterLivestrong Sporting ParkCapacity: 69,143Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 18,467
Match officials The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.
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
Group stage All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts312073+45 312031+25 311195+443012111−101
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3300111+109 320154+16301225−31 3012210−81
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Final
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.
Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2 (2000, 2008) (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
References
External links 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification