2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification
There will be 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.
Tiebreakers
Per FIFA regulations[1] the group tiebreakers for all qualifying tournaments will be:
- goal difference in all group matches
- greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criteria, their rankings shall be determined as follows:
- greater number of points obtained in all group matches between the teams concerned
- goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
- play-off match on neutral ground (with extra time and penalty kicks, if necessary)
Caribbean
On 17 May 2011 CONCACAF announced the groups for the Caribbean qualifying. The group winners will advance to the second round, where two of them will qualify for the final qualifying tournament.[2]
First Round
Group A
Suriname was host for Group A.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suriname | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Cayman Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
- The Jamaica-Suriname match was abandoned in injury time with the score at 2–2 due to a pitch invasion and a brawl in which the Jamaican coach and players attacked officials and police; the result stands.[3]
Group B
Dominica was host for Group B.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
Curaçao | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
Grenada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Dominica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Group C
Cuba was host for Group C.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cuba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
Aruba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 |
Guyana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
Group D
Saint Kitts and Nevis was host for Group D.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
Haiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Saint Lucia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Second Round
St Kitts and Nevis was host for the Second Round.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
Suriname | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 – 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
---|---|---|
Blanchette 17', 68' Sawyers 48', 65', 88' |
Report | Winchester 26' de Silva 83' |
Suriname | 1 – 9 | Trinidad and Tobago |
---|---|---|
Mando 86' | Report | Molino 15', 18', 32', 63' Lewis 28', 77' Gay 50', 71' de Silva 69' |
Central America
On 3 May 2011, the UNCAF announced the two groups that will fight for three spots for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.[4]
Group 1
Played from 13–17 September 2011 in El Salvador.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
Panama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
Group 2
Played from 21–25 September 2011 in Honduras.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honduras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
Playoff
- Panama won 3–2 on aggregate.
References
- ↑ Tournament Regulations concacaf.com
- ↑ "Olympic qualifying to begin in June". concacaf.com. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ Match abandoned in Suriname Starbroeknews.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011
- ↑ LaPrensa.hn – La Uncaf anunció hoy los grupos de la eliminatoria al PreOlímpico de Concacaf para clasificar a los Juegos de Londres 2012 – 3 May 2011
External links
- 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification
- Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012