The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from January 19–29, 2012.

Qualification

Thirteen teams, eight from the Caribbean and five from Central America, competed to join automatic qualifiers Canada, Mexico and the United States in the eight-team final tournament.

Caribbean qualification took place as two groups of four teams that competed from June 29 to July 9. Cuba and Haiti qualified from group A with seven points each, and were joined by the Dominican Republic from group B who won their group with nine points.

UNCAF's two slots were determined by a five-team group that competed from September 30 to October 8. Costa Rica won the group without dropping any points, and were joined by Guatemala who only lost to Costa Rica.

Squads

Group stage Draw for the group stage was held on October 24, with schedules announced two days later.

The United States' 14–0 victory over the Dominican Republic on January 20 set a tournament record for the largest margin of victory.

Times listed are Pacific Standard Time (PST) – UTC−8.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final The Canada versus USA Final set a record for CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualification with 25,427 in attendance, the second time the record was broken this tournament. Previously, the Canada versus Mexico semifinal set the record with 22,954 spectators.

Goalscorers 9 goals Christine Sinclair

6 goals Carli Lloyd Amy Rodriguez Abby Wambach

5 goals Sydney Leroux

4 goals Heather O'Reilly Alex Morgan

3 goals

Wendy Acosta Wendy Pineda Maribel Dominguez Anisa Guajardo

2 goals

Melissa Tancredi Maria Monterroso Marylin Diaz Jennifer Ruiz Lauren Cheney Tobin Heath

1 goal

Christina Julien Kaylyn Kyle Kelly Parker Sophie Schmidt Fernanda Barrantes Saudy Rosales Ana Lucía Martínez Kimberly Boulos Manoucheka Pierre-Louis Nadia Valentin Dinora Garza Verónica Pérez Luz del Rosario Saucedo Rachel Buehler Lori Lindsey Megan Rapinoe

Own goal Marianne Ugalde (playing against Canada)

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

References

External links 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament at soccerway.com