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2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

North American football tournament

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
year	2008
other_titles	CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING BEIJING 2008
image	2008 CONCACAF Mens Olympic Qualification.jpg
country	United States
dates	11 – 23 March
num_teams	8
confederations	1
venues	3
cities	3
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	16
goals	36
top_scorer	USA Freddy Adu
prevseason	2004
nextseason	2012
updated	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.

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.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America
(title holders)	Automatic	9th	2004	Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)	9 (2004)
	Automatic	6th	2004	Runners-up (1984, 1996)	3 (1984)
(hosts)	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

: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 map+	USA	width=350	float=center	caption=Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying.	places=
Raymond James Stadium	Home Depot Center	LP Field
Capacity: 65,856	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 69,143
[[File:USF football game vs UCF.jpg	180x180px]]	[[File:Home Depot Center, Carson, CA.jpg	180x180px]]	[[File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg	180x180px]]

Squads

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads

Group stage

Group A

Thomas

Barahona Urgelles

Group B

Saint-Preux López

Ricketts Hall Andrade Fernández Esqueda Landín

Knockout stage

Bracket

|20 March – Nashville, TN | | 0 (5) | |0 (6) |20 March – Nashville, TN | |3 | |0 |23 March – Nashville, TN | | 1 | |0 |23 March – Nashville, TN | | 0 (3) | |0 (5)

Semi-finals

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

Leon Ávila Brown Marquez Lalin Morales Thomas Reyna Guity Sánchez Padilla Norales

Kljestan

Third place play-off

Arreola Ávila Brown Ledgerwood Ayre Hemming Hall

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals

USA Freddy Adu

;3 goals

CAN Will Johnson

;2 goals

PAN Edwin Aguilar
CAN Tosaint Ricketts
HAI Leonel Saint-Preux
HON Hendry Thomas
MEX Luis Ángel Landín

Awards

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

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

Final ranking

group stage

Qualified teams for 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
		(2000)
		(1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)

:1 Bold 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.{{cite news

References

(6 November 2007). "Campeonato Sub-23 CONCACAF se jugará en los USA". CONCACAF.
(23 March 2008). "Honduras claim first-place in CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification; Canada finish third". CONCACAF.
link. (March 25, 2008)
(22 March 2008). "2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team unveiled". CONCACAF.

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