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2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


PREOLÍMPICO FEMENINO CONCACAF BEIJING 2008
Mexico
2–12 April
6 (from 1 confederation)
1 (in 1 host city)
United States (2nd title)
Canada
Mexico
Costa Rica
10
37 (3.7 per match)
Natasha Kai Juana Lopez Melissa Tancredi(4 goals each)
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The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament – United States and Canada – qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.

The six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:

  • Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, the hosts Mexico, and the United States, who all qualified automatically
  • One team from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
  • Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

The following six teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious women's Olympic appearances
CanadaAutomatic2ndThird Place (2004)0
MexicoAutomatic2ndRunner-up (2004)1
United StatesAutomatic2ndWinner (2004)3
Costa RicaGroup winner2ndFourth Place (2004)0
Trinidad and TobagoFinal round winner2ndGroup stage (2004)0
JamaicaFinal round 3rd place1stN/A0

The sole venue was the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

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Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
Capacity: 19,703

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it is played just before the final, extra time is skipped and a penalty shoot-out takes place.

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7
Semi-finalsFinal
9 April – Ciudad Juárez
Canada1
12 April – Ciudad Juárez
Mexico0
Canada1 (5)
9 April – Ciudad Juárez
United States (p)1 (6)
United States3
Costa Rica0
Third place play-off
12 April – Ciudad Juárez
Mexico1
Costa Rica0

Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20160713230217/http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap

  • Olympic Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com

  • [1], CONCACAF.com

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