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2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
North American football tournament
North American football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
| year | 2012 |
| other_titles | CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2012 |
| image | 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.jpg |
| size | 150px |
| country | United States |
| dates | 22 March – 2 April |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 3 |
| cities | 3 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 6 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 52 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | MEX Marco Fabián |
| MEX Alan Pulido | |
| (5 goals each) | |
| prevseason | 2008 |
| nextseason | 2015 |
MEX Alan Pulido (5 goals each) The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the thirteenth 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 22 March and 2 April 2012.
Mexico won the tournament for the sixth time, following a 2–1 victory after extra time over Honduras. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in United Kingdom as the CONCACAF representatives.
Qualification
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 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 | Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | |||
| Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | ||||
| (hosts) | Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1988, 1992) | |||
| Central America | Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | |||
| (title holders) | Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners (2000, 2008) | |||
| Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place (1964) | ||||
| Caribbean | Second round winners | 2008 | Third place (1976, 1984) | |||
| Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up (1968) |
:1 Only final tournament.
Venues
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
| Nashville, Tennessee | Carson, California | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Los Angeles Area) | Kansas City, Kansas | {{Location map+ | USA | width=380 | float=center | caption=Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. | places= |
| LP Field | Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | |||||
| Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | |||||
| [[File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg | 185x185px]] | [[File:Home Depot Center, Carson, CA.jpg | 185x185px]] | [[File:Livestrong Sporting Park - Sporting KC v New England Revolution.jpg | 185x185px]] |
Match officials
The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.
| Country | Referee |
|---|---|
| JAM Jamaica | Raymond Bogle |
| SLV El Salvador | Elmer Bonilla |
| CRC Costa Rica | Hugo Cruz |
| MEX Mexico | Roberto García |
| GUA Guatemala | Walter López |
| USA United States | Jair Marrufo |
| PAN Panama | Jafeth Perea |
| HON Honduras | Héctor Rodríguez |
| PUR Puerto Rico | Javier Santos |
| SUR Suriname | Enrico Wijngaarde |
| Country | Assistant Referee |
|---|---|
| USA United States | Eric Boria |
| CAN Canada | Phillipe Briere |
| NIC Nicaragua | Keytzel Corrales |
| HON Honduras | Melvyn Cruz |
| GUA Guatemala | Juan Lemus |
| PUR Puerto Rico | Antonio López |
| SUR Suriname | Ricardo Louisville |
| TRI Trinidad and Tobago | Dion Neil |
| MEX Mexico | Juan Rangel Maya |
| SLV El Salvador | Héctor Recinos |
Squads
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads
Group stage
All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Agudelo
Diz
Adu
Flores
Menjivar
Cavallini
Corona
Flores
Alas
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
Martínez
López
Fabián
Reyes
Jiménez
Cortés
Lozano
Knockout stage
Bracket
|31 March – Kansas City, KS ||2| |3 |31 March – Kansas City, KS ||3||1 |2 April – Kansas City, KS ||1| |2
Semi-finals
The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Sánchez
Rodas
Pulido
Ponce
Final
Ponce
Statistics
Goalscorers
;5 goals
- MEX Marco Fabián
- MEX Alan Pulido
;4 goals
- USA Joe Corona
;3 goals
- SLV Andrés Flores
;2 goals
- SLV Léster Blanco
- HON Eddie Hernández
- HON Anthony Lozano
- HON Gerson Rodas
- MEX Miguel Ponce
- USA Terrence Boyd
;1 goal
- CAN Lucas Cavallini
- CAN Marcus Haber
- CAN Doneil Henry
- CAN Evan James
- CUB Maykel Reyes
- SLV Jaime Alas
- SLV Richard Menjivar
- SLV Milton Molina
- SLV Edwin Sánchez
- HON Alexander López
- HON Mario Martínez
- HON Romell Quioto
- MEX Javier Cortés
- MEX Israel Jiménez
- MEX Diego Reyes
- MEX Erick Torres
- PAN Yairo Glaize
- PAN Cecilio Waterman
- TRI Kevin Molino
- TRI Shahdon Winchester
- USA Freddy Adu
- USA Juan Agudelo
;1 own goal
- CUB Adrián Diz (playing against United States)
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
semi-finals group stage
Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
|---|---|---|
| (2000, 2008) | ||
| (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
:2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
References
- (10 November 2011). "U.S. Soccer to Host 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nashville, Carson, Calif., and Kansas City". United States Soccer.
- (2 April 2012). "Gana México Proelímpico con marca perfecta, 2-1 a Honduras en alargue". ESPN Deortes.
- (25 March 2012). "Marrufo, Garcia head Olympic qualifying refs".
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