2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

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2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING BEIJING 2008
2008 CONCACAF Mens Olympic Qualification.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates11 – 23 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Third placeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fourth placeFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Freddy Adu
2004
2012
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2009.

The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying was the twelfth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 11 and 23 March 2008. [1]

Contents

Honduras won the title after with a 1–0 win over the United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as the CONCACAF representatives. [2]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance 1 Last appearancePrevious best performancePrevious Olympic appearances
(last)
North America Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
(title holders)
Automatic9th 2004 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)9 (2004)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Automatic6th 2004 Runners-up (1984, 1996)3 (1984)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (hosts)Automatic8th 2004 Winners (1988, 1992)13 (2000)
Central America Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Triangular 1 winners4th 2004 Winners (2000)1 (2000)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Triangular 2 winners6th 2000 Final round winner without outright champions (1968)3 (1988)
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Play-off winners4th 2004 Fourth place (1964)0
Caribbean Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Second round winners3rd 1984 Third place (1976, 1984)2 (1980)
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
1 Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Tampa, Florida
(Tampa Bay Area)
Carson, California
(Los Angeles Area)
Nashville, Tennessee
Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying.
Raymond James Stadium Home Depot Center LP Field
Capacity: 65,856Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 69,143
USF football game vs UCF.jpg Home Depot Center, Carson, CA.jpg LP Field 2009 crop.jpg

Squads

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)321031+27Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 320131+26
3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 310243+13
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 30122751
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg0–1Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
(Report) Thomas Soccerball shade.svg90'
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Adu Soccerball shade.svg13' (Report) Linares Soccerball shade.svg42', Yellow card.svg 42' Red card.svg 84'

Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg2–0Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg68'
Thomas Soccerball shade.svg76'
(Report)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Adu Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.) (Report)

Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–4Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Duarte Soccerball shade.svg64' (Report) Aguilar Soccerball shade.svg18', 65'
Barahona Soccerball shade.svg26'
Urgelles Soccerball shade.svg31' (o.g.)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Gaven Soccerball shade.svg90+5' (pen.) (Report)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 32013636Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311173+44
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 311174+34
4Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 31023743
Source: CONCACAF
Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg0–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
(Report) Ávila Soccerball shade.svg27'
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Johnson Soccerball shade.svg3'. Red card.svg 76' (Report) Landín Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 67' Red card.svg

Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–2Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Rosenlund Soccerball shade.svg17' (Report) Gustave Soccerball shade.svg72'
Saint-Preux Soccerball shade.svg84'
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Castillo Soccerball shade.svg9' (Report) Villa Soccerball shade.svg40'
López Soccerball shade.svg67'

Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg0–5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
(Report) Johnson Soccerball shade.svg45', 46'
Ricketts Soccerball shade.svg57', 80'
Hall Soccerball shade.svg90'
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg5–1Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Villaluz Soccerball shade.svg18'
Andrade Soccerball shade.svg61'
Fernández Soccerball shade.svg70'
Esqueda Soccerball shade.svg83'
Landín Soccerball shade.svg89'
(Report) Aveska Red card.svg 29'
Saint-Preux Soccerball shade.svg62'
Jean Paulin Yellow card.svg 84' Red card.svg

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
20 March – Nashville, TN
 
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0 (5)
 
23 March – Nashville, TN
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (p)0 (6)
 
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (a.e.t.) 1
 
20 March – Nashville, TN
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
23 March – Nashville, TN
 
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0 (3)
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (p)0 (5)

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.


United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Adu Soccerball shade.svg27', 47'
Kljestan Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 13,201
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Third place play-off

Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
Penalties
Contreras Soccerball shad check.svg
Arreola Soccerball shade cross.svg
Ávila Soccerball shad check.svg
Brown Soccerball shad check.svg
3–5Soccerball shad check.svg Sánchez
Soccerball shad check.svg Ledgerwood
Soccerball shad check.svg Ayre
Soccerball shad check.svg Hemming
Soccerball shad check.svg Hall
LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 12,663
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Final

Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report
LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 12,663
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals [3]
3 goals
2 goals

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best XI [4]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Kevin Hernández

Flag of Guatemala.svg Carlos Castrillo
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Oscar Morales
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Orozco

Flag of Panama.svg Nelson Barahona
Flag of Guatemala.svg José Manuel Contreras
Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Edu
Flag of the United States.svg Dax McCarty

Flag of the United States.svg Freddy Adu
Flag of Cuba.svg Leonel Duarte
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Will Johnson

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 531141+310Winners
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States (H)531162+410Runner-ups
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 512276+15Third place
4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 52213638Fourth place
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 311174+34Eliminated in
group stage
6Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 31023413
7Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 31023743
8Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 30122751
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for 2008 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 20 March 20081 (2000)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20 March 200813 ( 1904 , 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984 , 1988, 1992, 1996 , 2000)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Cuban defections

Following 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. [5]

References

  1. "Campeonato Sub-23 CONCACAF se jugará en los USA". CONCACAF. 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-23.
  2. "Honduras claim first-place in CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification; Canada finish third". CONCACAF. 23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27.
  3. 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team unveiled Archived March 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team unveiled". CONCACAF. 22 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-26.
  5. "Cuba calls soccer desertions in US a "low blow"". Associated Press. March 14, 2008.