2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualifying 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:

• P = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• Pts = total points accumulated

North American zone

The 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:

Team
Canada
Mexico
United States

Central American zone

Six 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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Honduras	4	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Panama	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
El Salvador	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

Panama  v  El Salvador

November 7, 2007 (2007-11-07)

Panama	2–1	El Salvador
Torres  53' Barahona  80'	(Report)	Flores  90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Referee: Jimenez (Costa Rica)

El Salvador  v  Honduras

November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)

El Salvador	0–3	Honduras
	(Report)	Núñez  21' Thomas  74' Norales  90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Attendance: 100 Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Panama  v  Honduras

November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11)

Panama	1–1	Honduras
Aguilar  67'	(Report)	Bernárdez  28'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Triangular 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Guatemala	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	1	10	3	+7
Nicaragua	0	2	0	0	2	1	12	-11

Guatemala  v  Nicaragua

November 14, 2007 (2007-11-14)

Guatemala	3–0	Nicaragua
Noriega  39'  45' Arreola  52'	(Report)

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zelaya (Honduras)

Nicaragua  v  Costa Rica

November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)

Nicaragua	1–9	Costa Rica
Vanegas  44'	(Report)	Guerrero  8'  36'  40' Ruiz  14'  16'  20' Borges  25'  78' Perez  61'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Attendance: 100 Referee: Rodriguez (Panama)

Costa Rica  v  Guatemala

November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18)

Costa Rica	1–2	Guatemala
Solorzano  14'	(Report)	Lalín  3' Contreras  63'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)

Play-off

The runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off qualified for a spot in the final round.

Panama  v  Costa Rica

November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)

Panama	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Santana  56'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Costa Rica  v  Panama

December 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	(Report)	Quintero  63'
	Penalties
Angulo Santana Sanchez Chan Borges	3 – 4	Torres Vazquez Quintero Bonilla Cooper

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

Panama 1–1 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4–3 on penalties.

Caribbean zone

The 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 round

Group A - Paramaribo, Suriname

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	7	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7
Suriname	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Guyana	4	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3
Netherlands Antilles	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

August 31, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Guyana
Suriname	1–0	Netherlands Antilles

September 2, 2007

Netherlands Antilles	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname	1–2	Guyana

September 4, 2007

Guyana	2–2	Netherlands Antilles
Suriname	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago

Group B - Oranjestad, Aruba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jamaica	9	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
Antigua and Barbuda	6	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2
Barbados	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Aruba	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9

September 9, 2007

Antigua and Barbuda	1–6	Jamaica
Aruba	0–2	Barbados

September 11, 2007

Jamaica	1–0	Barbados
Aruba	0–2	Antigua and Barbuda

September 13, 2007

Barbados	1–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba	0–5	Jamaica

Group C - Havana, Cuba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	9	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20
Puerto Rico	6	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3
Bermuda	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8
Cayman Islands	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

September 9, 2007

Puerto Rico	4–1	Cayman Islands
Cuba	6–0	Bermuda

September 11, 2007

Cayman Islands	0–0	Bermuda
Cuba	8–0	Puerto Rico

September 13, 2007

Bermuda	0–2	Puerto Rico
Cuba	6–0	Cayman Islands

Group D - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Dominican Republic	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

September 9, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	Dominican Republic

September 11, 2007

Haiti	0–0	Dominican Republic

September 13, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–1	Haiti

Group E - Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grenada	5	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3
Dominica	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5
Saint Lucia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1

September 9, 2007

Saint Lucia	3–3	Grenada
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4–1	Dominica

September 11, 2007

Grenada	3–0	Dominica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–0	Saint Lucia

September 13, 2007

Dominica	2–1	Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–3	Grenada

Group F - Nassau, Bahamas

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahamas	3	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

September 2, 2007

Bahamas	6–1	U.S. Virgin Islands

• The British Virgin Islands withdrew at the last minute, leaving the Bahamas as the group champion.

Second round

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Grenada	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4

Trinidad and Tobago  v  Cuba

October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Cuba
	(Report)	16' OG  42' Duarte  44' Yalmacida

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago Attendance: 500 Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

Cuba  v  Grenada

October 11, 2007 (2007-10-11)

Cuba	2 – 1	Grenada
Yalmacida  15' 67'	(Report)	24' Antoine

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago Attendance: 100 Referee: Garcia (MEX)

Trinidad and Tobago  v  Grenada

October 13, 2007 (2007-10-13)

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 3	Grenada
Mitchell  77' 79'	report	7' 34' Antoine  46' pen Rennie

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago Attendance: 200 Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	6	2	2	0	0	8	1	+6
Bahamas	3	2	1	0	1	1	6	-5
Jamaica	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2

Haiti  v  Bahamas

October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)

Haiti	6 – 0	Bahamas
Vubert  34' 45' Slcenat  44' Saint Preux  53' 90+' Norde  81'	(Report)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Referee: Moreno (PAN)

 Bahamas v  Jamaica

October 11, 2007 (2007-10-11)

Bahamas	1 – 0	Jamaica
St. Fleur  84'	(Report)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Referee: Quesada (CRC)

Haiti  v  Jamaica

October 13, 2007 (2007-10-13)

Haiti	2 – 1	Jamaica
Azor  48' Noel  76'	report	20' Austin

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Moreno (PAN)

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