CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING BEIJING 2008 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | 11 – 23 March |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 36 (2.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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]
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]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance 1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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North America | ![]() (title holders) | Automatic | 9th | 2004 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | 9 (2004) |
![]() | Automatic | 6th | 2004 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) | |
![]() | Automatic | 8th | 2004 | Winners (1988, 1992) | 13 (2000) | |
Central America | ![]() | Triangular 1 winners | 4th | 2004 | Winners (2000) | 1 (2000) |
![]() | Triangular 2 winners | 6th | 2000 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 3 (1988) | |
![]() | Play-off winners | 4th | 2004 | Fourth place (1964) | 0 | |
Caribbean | ![]() | Second round winners | 3rd | 1984 | Third place (1976, 1984) | 2 (1980) |
![]() | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
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. |
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Raymond James Stadium | Home Depot Center | LP Field | |
Capacity: 65,856 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 69,143 | |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Adu ![]() | (Report) | Linares ![]() ![]() ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Adu ![]() | (Report) |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Gaven ![]() | (Report) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
20 March – Nashville, TN | ||||||
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23 March – Nashville, TN | ||||||
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![]() | 1 | |||||
20 March – Nashville, TN | ||||||
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Third place play-off | ||||||
23 March – Nashville, TN | ||||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||
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The semi-final winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Guatemala ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Noriega ![]() ![]() | Report | |
Penalties | ||
Contreras ![]() Leon ![]() Ávila ![]() Brown ![]() Marquez ![]() Lalin ![]() Morales ![]() | 5–6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
United States ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Adu ![]() Kljestan ![]() | Report |
Honduras ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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| Report |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Winners |
![]() | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Runner-ups |
![]() | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Third place |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 8 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics 1 |
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![]() | 20 March 2008 | 1 (2000) |
![]() | 20 March 2008 | 13 ( 1904 , 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984 , 1988, 1992, 1996 , 2000) |
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