2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

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]

2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
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 Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Freddy Adu

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)
 Guatemala Triangular 2 winners 6th 2000 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 3 (1988)
 Panama Play-off winners 4th 2004 Fourth place (1964) 0
Caribbean  Cuba 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

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  Panama 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4  Cuba 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',  42'  84'
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: Walter Adolfo López (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: Dave Peterkin (Jamaica)
Cuba 1–4 Panama
Duarte  64' (Report) Aguilar  18', 65'
Barahona  26'
Urgelles  31' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,974
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
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  Guatemala 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
Canada 1–1 Mexico
Johnson  3'.  76' (Report) Landín  22' (pen.),  67' 
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: José Guerrero (Nicaragua)
Mexico 5–1 Haiti
Villaluz  18'
Andrade  61'
Fernández  70'
Esqueda  83'
Landín  89'		 (Report) Aveska  29'
Saint-Preux  62'
Jean Paulin  84' 
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  102'  Report
Penalties
Contreras
Leon
Ávila
Brown
Marquez
Lalin
Morales 		5–6 Morales
Thomas
Reyna
Guity
Sánchez
Padilla
Norales
Attendance: 13,201
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
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
Arreola
Ávila
Brown 		3–5 Sánchez
Ledgerwood
Ayre
Hemming
Hall
Attendance: 12,663

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

Statistics

Goalscorers
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