Tournament details | |
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Host country | USA |
City | Nashville, Tennessee |
Dates | 11 March – 23 March |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Honduras U-23 |
Runners-up | United States U-23 |
Third place | Canada U-23 |
Fourth place | Guatemala U-23 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Freddy Adu |
The 2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in three venues in the United States from March 11 to March 23, 2008.
Honduras became new under-23 champion of CONCACAF by beating the United States in the final of the eight-team tournament. Canada and Guatemala took third and fourth places, respectively. The finalists, Honduras and United States, qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[1]
The final round of the 2008 competition had two groups of four in the first round competing on a round-robin basis from March 11 to March 16, 2008, followed by the semi-final round and the finals held on March 20 and March 23, 2008. Group A matches were held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, while Group B matches were held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California with each venue staging three doubleheaders in group play. The knockout stage matches were held at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.
Contents |
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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United States | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Honduras | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Panama | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Cuba | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
All times EDT
2008-03-11 17:30 |
Panama | 0 – 1 | Honduras | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname) |
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(Report) | Thomas 90' |
2008-03-11 20:00 |
United States | 1 – 1 | Cuba | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 4,359 Referee: López (Guatemala) |
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Adu 13' | (Report) | Linares 42' Linares 84' |
2008-03-13 17:30 |
Honduras | 2 – 0 | Cuba | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 1,050 Referee: García (Mexico) |
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Sánchez 68' Thomas 76' |
(Report) |
2008-03-13 20:00 |
United States | 1 – 0 | Panama | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Peterkin (Jamaica) |
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Adu 41' (pen.) | (Report) |
2008-03-15 16:30 |
Cuba | 1 – 4 | Panama | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 10,974 Referee: Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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Duarte 64' | (Report) | Aguilar 18' 65' Barahona 26' Urgelles 31' (o.g.) |
2008-03-15 19:00 |
United States | 1 – 0 | Honduras | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 10,974 Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname) |
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Gaven 90+5' (pen.) | (Report) |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Guatemala | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
Mexico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
Haiti | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 |
All times PDT
2008-03-12 17:30 |
Haiti | 0 – 1 | Guatemala | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 9,949 Referee: Moreno (Panama) |
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(Report) | Ávila 27' |
2008-03-12 20:00 |
Canada | 1 – 1 | Mexico | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 9,949 Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador) |
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Johnson 3' Johnson 76' |
(Report) | Landín 22' (pen.) Landín 67' |
2008-03-14 17:30 |
Canada | 1 – 2 | Haiti | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 19,638 Referee: Marrufo (United States) |
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Rosenlund 17' | (Report) | Gustave 72' Saint-Preux 84' |
2008-03-14 20:00 |
Mexico | 1 – 2 | Guatemala | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 19,638 Referee: Quesada (Costa Rica) |
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Castillo 9' | (Report) | Villa 40' Lopez 67' |
2008-03-16 16:30 |
Guatemala | 0 – 5 | Canada | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 8,651 Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua) |
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(Report) | Johnson 45' 46' Ricketts 57' 80' Hall 90' |
2008-03-16 19:00 |
Mexico | 5 – 1 | Haiti | Home Depot Center, Carson, California Attendance: 12,824 Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador) |
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Villaluz 18' Andrade 61' Fernández 70' Esqueda 83' Landín 89' |
(Report) | Aveska 29' Saint-Preux 62' Jean Paulin 84' |
2008-03-20 17:00 |
Guatemala | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Honduras | LP Field, Nashville Attendance: 13,201 Referee: Neal Brizan |
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Noriega 102' | (Report) | |||
Penalties | ||||
Contreras Leon Ávila Brown Marquez Lalin Morales |
5 – 6 | Morales Thomas Reyna Guity Sánchez Padilla Norales |
2008-03-20 20:00 |
United States | 3 – 0 | Canada | LP Field, Nashville Attendance: 13,201 Referee: Walter Quesada |
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Adu 27' 47' Kljestan 78' |
(Report) |
2008-03-23 13:00 |
Guatemala | 0 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Canada | LP Field, Nashville Attendance: 12,663 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde |
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(Report) | ||||
Penalties | ||||
Contreras Arreola Ávila Brown |
3 – 5 | Sánchez Ledgerwood Ayre Hemming Hall |
Honduras and the United States qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This match decided the CONCACAF U-23 men's championship.
2008-03-23 16:00 |
Honduras | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | United States | LP Field, Nashville Attendance: 12,663 Referee: Joel Aguilar |
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Welcome 102' | (Report) |
Cuban defectionsFollowing the Cuban draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against Honduras. Cuba played its final game against Panama with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match. [3] Qualifying roundsQualifying rounds for the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament were held for the Central American and the Caribbean zones, narrowing the field from each zone to three nations and two nations, respectively. In the following tables:
North American zoneThe 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:
Central American zoneSix teams were divided into two groups of three, or triangulars, and played a round of matches in round-robin format. The winner of each triangular advanced to the finals, and the runners-up played each other in a home-and-away playoff. Triangular 1
Triangular 2
Play-offThe runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off qualified for a spot in the final round.
Panama 1–1 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4–3 on penalties. Caribbean zoneThe Caribbean zone qualifiers were divided into two rounds. In the first round, 22 teams were divided into six groups, Groups A through F, and the six group winners advanced to the second round. The six second round teams were divided into two groups of three, Groups G and H, and the winners advanced to the finals. First roundGroup A - Paramaribo, Suriname
August 31, 2007
September 2, 2007
September 4, 2007
Group B - Oranjestad, Aruba
September 9, 2007
September 11, 2007
September 13, 2007
Group C - Havana, Cuba
September 9, 2007
September 11, 2007
September 13, 2007
Group D - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
September 9, 2007
September 11, 2007
September 13, 2007
Group E - Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
September 9, 2007
September 11, 2007
September 13, 2007
Group F - Nassau, Bahamas
September 2, 2007
Second roundGroup G
Group H
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