2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates 1–13 October 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBC (in TBC host cities)

The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship,[1] the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, is an age restricted football tournament to determine which national under-23 age group teams qualify for the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics from the CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) region. The tournament will be hosted by the United States and take place between 1–13 October 2015.[1]

A total of eight teams will play in the tournament. The three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU) (Canada, Mexico and the United States) qualify directly for the final tournament, while three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) and two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualify for final tournament via their respective regional qualification tournaments.

The top two teams are guaranteed to qualify for the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The third-placed team will advance to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off where they will play against a representative from CONMEBOL, which will be the Colombia, the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship runner-up.[2]

Qualification

There will be regional qualification tournaments held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous men's Olympic appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 8th Runner-up (1984, 1996) 1
 Mexico Automatic 12th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012) 10
 United States Automatic 11th Winner (1988, 1992) 13
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition
Group 1 winner
Group 2 winner
Repechage playoff winner
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition
Top two
Top two

Group stage

The final fixture date of the group stage coincides with the FIFA International Match Calendar period of 5-13 October 2015. As a result, participating nations will be able to call on their first choice under-23 players worldwide.

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 1 October 2015. Source:

1 October 2015
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1 October 2015
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3 October 2015
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3 October 2015
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6 October 2015
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6 October 2015
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2 October 2015. Source:

2 October 2015
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2 October 2015
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4 October 2015
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4 October 2015
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7 October 2015
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7 October 2015
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Knockout stage

The semi-final date, third-place match and the final, all fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar period scheduled for October 5-13, 2015. All participating nations will be able to call on their first choice under-23 players worldwide.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 October
 
 
Winner Group A
 
13 October
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
10 October
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third Place
 
 
13 October
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for men's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

10 October 2015
Group A winner v Group B runner-up

10 October 2015
Group B winner v Group A runner-up

Third place playoff

The winner of the third-place playoff will advance to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off where they will play Colombia in Rio de Janeiro in March 2016.

13 October 2015
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Final

13 October 2015
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015". CONCACAF.com. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 Original" (PDF). Comité Olímpico Portugal. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

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