2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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 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 22 March and 2 April 2012.[1]

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates22 March – 2 April
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place El Salvador
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored52 (3.47 per match)
Attendance157,707 (10,514 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marco Fabián
Alan Pulido
(5 goals each)

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.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 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  Canada Automatic 2008 Runners-up (1984, 1996)
 Mexico Automatic 2008 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)
 United States (hosts) Automatic 2008 Winners (1988, 1992)
Central America  El Salvador Group 1 winners 1996 Final round winner without outright champions (1968)
 Honduras
(title holders)		 Group 1 winners 2008 Winners (2000, 2008)
 Panama Play-off winners 2008 Fourth place (1964)
Caribbean  Cuba Second round winners 2008 Third place (1976, 1984)
 Trinidad and Tobago Second round runners-up 2004 Runners-up (1968)
1 Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Carson Kansas City Nashville
Home Depot Center Livestrong Sporting Park LP Field
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 18,467 Capacity: 69,143


Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]

Squads
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads

Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 El Salvador 312073+45
 Canada 312031+25
 United States 311195+44
 Cuba 3012111−101
El Salvador 0–0 Canada
Report
Attendance: 4,269
United States 6–0 Cuba
Corona  12', 40', 88'
Agudelo  37'
Diz  43' (o.g.)
Adu  62'		 Report
Attendance: 4,269
Cuba 0–4 El Salvador
Report Blanco  4'
Flores  52', 80'
Menjivar  68'
Attendance: 10,578
United States 0–2 Canada
Report Henry  58'
Cavallini  83'
Attendance: 10,578
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Canada 1–1 Cuba
James  25' Report Reyes  90'
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
United States 3–3 El Salvador
Boyd  1', 64'
Corona  68'		 Report Blanco  35'
Flores  36'
Alas  90+4'
Attendance: 7,889

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3300111+109
 Honduras 320154+16
 Panama 301225−31
 Trinidad and Tobago 3012210−81
Honduras 3–1 Panama
Hernández  19'
Martínez  47'
López  87'		 Report Yau  54'
Attendance: 8,521
Trinidad and Tobago 1–7 Mexico
Molino  88' Report Pulido  29'
Fabián  33', 69', 85'
Reyes  51'
Jiménez  75'
Cortés  90'
Attendance: 8,521
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Panama 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Waterman  69' Report Winchester  90+3'
Attendance: 16,184
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
Pulido  25', 39', 47' Report
Attendance: 16,184
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández  37'
Lozano  70'		 Report
Attendance: 10,061
Mexico 1–0 Panama
Torres  90+1' Report
Attendance: 10,061

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 March – Kansas City
 
 
 El Salvador2
 
2 April – Kansas City
 
 Honduras (a.e.t.)3
 
 Honduras1
 
31 March – Kansas City
 
 Mexico (a.e.t.) 2
 
 Mexico3
 
 
 Canada1
 

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

El Salvador 2–3 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Molina  77'
Sánchez  106'		 Report Lozano  1'
Rodas  101', 114'
Attendance: 16,101
Mexico 3–1 Canada
Fabián  20'
Pulido  33'
Ponce  59'		 Report Haber  32'
Attendance: 16,101
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Final
Honduras 1–2 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Quioto  47' Report Fabián  74'
Ponce  116'
Attendance: 10,501

Statistics

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Mexico 5 5 0 0 16 3 +13 15 Winners
 Honduras 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 9 Runner-ups
3  El Salvador 4 1 2 1 9 6 +3 5 Eliminated in
semi-finals
4  Canada 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
5  United States (H) 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Panama 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
7  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
8  Cuba 3 0 1 2 1 11 −10 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Honduras31 March 20121 (2000, 2008)
 Mexico31 March 20129 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

References
  1. "U.S. Soccer to Host 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nashville, Carson, Calif., and Kansas City". United States Soccer. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
  2. "Gana México Proelímpico con marca perfecta, 2-1 a Honduras en alargue". ESPN Deortes. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15.
  3. "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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