2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament official logo
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates 22 March – 2 April
Teams 8 (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 played 15
Goals scored 52 (3.47 per match)
Attendance 157,707 (10,514 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Marco Fabián
Mexico Alan Pulido (5 goals each)

The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition to determine the two participants at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

As with past versions of the tournament, eight teams were split up into two groups of four. One group played their matches at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, while the remaining group played their matches at Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The group matches were played from March 22–27.

Following the group stage, there was an elimination round held at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The semifinal matches was held on March 31, while the final match was held on April 2. The two finalists advanced to the 2012 Olympic Tournament.[2]

Qualification

There was a qualification 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.

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performances
North American zone
 Mexico Automatic 11th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)
 United States Automatic 10th Winner (1988, 1992)
 Canada Automatic 7th Runner-up (1984, 1996)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 El Salvador Group 1 Winner 4th Winner (1968)
 Honduras Group 2 Winner 5th Winner (2000, 2008)
 Panama Playoff Winner 5th Fourth place (1964)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Cuba Final Group Winner 3rd Third place (1976, 1984)
 Trinidad and Tobago Final Group runner-up 5th Runner-up (1968)

Venues

Nashville Carson Kansas City
LP Field Home Depot Center Livestrong Sporting Park
36°9′59″N 86°46′17″W / 36.16639°N 86.77139°W / 36.16639; -86.77139 (LP Field) 33°51′52″N 118°15′40″W / 33.86444°N 118.26111°W / 33.86444; -118.26111 (Home Depot Center) 39°07′18″N 94°49′25″W / 39.1218°N 94.8237°W / 39.1218; -94.8237 (Livestrong Sporting Park)
LP Field
Home Depot Center
Livestrong Sporting Park

Match officials

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

Country Referee
Jamaica Jamaica Raymond Bogle
El Salvador El Salvador Elmer Bonilla
Costa Rica Costa Rica Hugo Cruz
Mexico Mexico Roberto García
Guatemala Guatemala Walter López
United States United States Jair Marrufo
Panama Panama Jafeth Perea
Honduras Honduras Héctor Rodríguez
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Javier Santos
Suriname Suriname Enrico Wijngaarde

Country Assistant Referee
United States United States Eric Boria
Canada Canada Phillipe Briere
Nicaragua Nicaragua Keytzel Corrales
Honduras Honduras Melvyn Cruz
Guatemala Guatemala Juan Lemus
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Antonio López
Suriname Suriname Ricardo Louisville
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Dion Neil
Mexico Mexico Juan Rangel Maya
El Salvador El Salvador Héctor Recinos

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

22 March 2012
18:30
El Salvador  0 – 0  Canada
Report
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 4,269
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

22 March 2012
21:00
United States  6 – 0  Cuba
Corona  12', 40', 88'
Agudelo  37'
Diz  43' (o.g.)
Adu  62'
Report
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 4,269
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

24 March 2012
16:30
Cuba  0 – 4  El Salvador
Report Blanco  4'
Flores  52', 80'
Menjivar  68'
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 10,578
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

24 March 2012
19:00
United States  0 – 2  Canada
Report Henry  58'
Cavallini  83'
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 10,578
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

26 March 2012
18:30
Canada  1 – 1  Cuba
James  25' Report Reyes  90'
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

26 March 2012
21:00
United States  3 – 3  El Salvador
Boyd  1', 64'
Corona  68'
Report Blanco  35'
Flores  36'
Alas  90+4'
LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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

23 March 2012
21:00
Honduras  3 – 1  Panama
Hernández  19'
Martínez  47'
López  87'
Report Yau  54'

23 March 2012
23:30
Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 7  Mexico
Molino  88' Report Pulido  29'
Fabián  33', 69', 85'
Reyes  51'
Jiménez  75'
Cortés  90'
Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 8,521
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

25 March 2012
16:30
Panama  1 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Waterman  69' Report Winchester  90+3'
Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 16,184
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

25 March 2012
19:00
Mexico  3 – 0  Honduras
Pulido  25', 39', 47' Report
Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 16,184
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

27 March 2012
21:30
Honduras  2 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández  37'
Lozano  70'
Report
Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 10,061
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

27 March 2012
23:30
Mexico  1 – 0  Panama
Torres  90+1' Report
Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 10,061
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Knockout Stage

Semifinals Final
      
1  El Salvador 2
4  Honduras (a.e.t.) 3
 Honduras 1
 Mexico (a.e.t.) 2
3  Mexico 3
2  Canada 1

Semi-finals

31 March 2012
18:00 (EDT)
El Salvador  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Honduras
Molina  77'
Sánchez  106'
Report Lozano  1'
Rodas  101', 114'

31 March 2012
21:00 (EDT)
Mexico  3 – 1  Canada
Fabián  20'
Pulido  33'
Ponce  59'
Report Haber  32'
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 16,101
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Final

2 April 2012
20:00 (EDT)
Honduras  1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Mexico 
Quioto  47' Report Fabián  74'
Ponce  116'

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final rankings

Pos. Team Pld W D L F A DF Pts.
1  Mexico 5 5 0 0 16 3 +13 15
2  Honduras 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 9
3  El Salvador 4 1 2 1 9 6 +3 5
4  Canada 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
5  United States 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
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

See also

References

  1. "Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated". concacaf.com. 2010-11-03. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  2. "US to enjoy home field advantage in Olympic Qualifying". Major League Soccer. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  3. "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs". 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

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