Past tournaments
Note: The 1960 tournament is a combined tournament of South and North American teams, and not counted by CONCACAF.
The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was a 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. The competition format had varied since its inception, from 1996 to the final edition in 2020 it had been hosted in a single country.
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [1] The two finalists at the Concacaf U20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.
Note: The 1960 tournament is a combined tournament of South and North American teams, and not counted by CONCACAF.
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| Rank | Player | Country | Year(s) | U-23 Goals |
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| 1 | Steve Snow |  USA | 1992 | 8 |
| 2 | Brent Goulet | USA | 1988 | 6 |
| 2 | Ronald Gomez |  Costa Rica | 1996 | 6 |
| 4 | Freddy Adu | USA | 2008–2012 | 5 |
| 4 | Marco Fabián |  Mexico | 2012 | 5 |
| 4 | Alan Pulido | Mexico | 2012 | 5 |
| 7 | Carl Gentile | USA | 1964 | 4 |
| 7 | Aaron Padilla | Mexico | 1964 | 4 |
| 7 | Leonard Cuellar | Mexico | 1972 | 4 |
| 7 | Mike Seeray | USA | 1972 | 4 |
| 7 | Hugo Sanchez | Mexico | 1976 | 4 |
| 7 | Alecko Eskandarian | USA | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Bobby Convey | USA | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Emil Martínez |  Honduras | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Joe Corona | USA | 2012 | 4 |
| 7 | Anthony Lozano | Honduras | 2012–2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Erick Torres | Mexico | 2012–2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Alberth Elis | Honduras | 2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Jerome Kiesewetter | USA | 2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Sebastián Córdova | Mexico | 2020 | 4 |
| Country | Titles | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 8 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020) | 1 (1992) |
| United States | 2 (1988*, 1992) | 4 (1972, 1980, 2000, 2008) |
| Honduras | 2 (2000, 2008) | 3 (2012, 2015, 2020) |
| Costa Rica | 2 (1980, 1984) | 1 (2004) |
 Guatemala | 1 (1968*) | 3 (1972, 1976, 1988) |
 El Salvador | 1 (1968*) | |
 Argentina | 1 (1960) | |
 Canada | 2 (1984, 1996) | |
 Suriname | 1 (1964) | |
 Peru | 1 (1960) |
* Final round winners (no outright winner)
| Rank | Nation | OQ | Years qualified |
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| 1 | United States | 15 | 1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024 |
| 2 | Mexico | 12 | 1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020 |
| 3 | Honduras | 5 | 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1904, 1976, 1984 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1980, 1984, 2004 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 1968, 1976, 1988 |
| 7 |  Cuba | 2 | 1976, 1980 |
| 8 | El Salvador | 1 | 1968 |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 2024 |
| 8 |  Curaçao | 1 | 1952 |
Curaçao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.
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