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2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:

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

The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil, while the third-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off against the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship runner-up for the final berth in the Olympics.

A total of 27 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, three teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 24 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

ZoneTeams enteringNo. of teams
Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)
 Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)
 United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)3
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 Belize
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Panama7
Antigua and Barbuda
 Aruba
 Barbados
 Cayman Islands
 Cuba
 Curaçao1
 Dominica
 Dominican Republic
 Guyana
 Haiti
 Jamaica
 Puerto Rico
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago17
Did not enter
None
None
Anguilla1
 Bahamas
 Bermuda
 Bonaire1
 British Virgin Islands
 French Guiana1
 Grenada
 Guadeloupe1
 Martinique1
 Montserrat1
 Saint Martin1
 Sint Maarten1
 Turks and Caicos Islands1
 U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes 1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Eliminatoria Preolimpica Masculina de UNCAF 2015
Panama (group A) Guatemala (group B) Costa Rica and  Guatemala (repechage playoff)
11–23 August 2015
7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
11
26 (2.36 per match)
Júnior Andrade Édgar Joel Bárcenas Carlos Chavarría Joshua Nieto Óscar Salas(2 goals each)
← 2012 2019 →

In the Central American Zone, all seven UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into two groups, one with four teams and the other with three teams. The draw to allocate teams to each group was made on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua. The groups were played between 11 and 15 August 2015 in Panama (group A) and Guatemala (group B) respectively. The two group winners and the winner of the repechage playoff between the two group runners-up (two-legged tie), played between 19 and 23 August 2015, qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

Times UTC−5 for group A; UTC−6 for group B and repechage playoff.

Costa Rica won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

2 goals

1 goal

Source: CONCACAF.com

2015 CFU Men's Olympic Qualifier
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (preliminary round) Haiti (group 1 and final round) Antigua and Barbuda (group 2) Dominican Republic (group 3) Puerto Rico (group 4)
22 May – 16 August 2015
17 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Haiti
Cuba
Jamaica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
24
99 (4.13 per match)
Maikel Reyes (7 goals)
← 2012 2019 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 17 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Among them, two teams (Dominica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) played in the preliminary round (two-legged tie) between 22 and 24 May 2015. The winner advanced to the first round to join the other 15 teams.

In the first round, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams. The groups were played between 24–28 and 25–29 June 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners advanced to the final round.

In the final round, played between 14 and 16 August 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in the final round, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

Times UTC−4.

Matches played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to Group 4.

Matches played in Haiti.

Matches played in Antigua and Barbuda (changed from original hosts Aruba).

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original host Saint Lucia).

Matches played in Puerto Rico.

Matches played in Haiti.

Winners qualified for 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

7 goals

  • Maikel Reyes

5 goals

4 goals

  • Tevin Slater

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Source: CONCACAF.com

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
CanadaAutomatic qualifierN/A7 (1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
MexicoAutomatic qualifierN/A10 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
United StatesAutomatic qualifier / hostsN/A9 (1964, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
PanamaCentral American Zone group A winner15 August 20155 (1964, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
HondurasCentral American Zone group B winner13 August 20155 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Costa RicaCentral American Zone repechage playoff winner23 August 20155 (1968, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2004)
HaitiCaribbean Zone 1st place14 August 20151 (2008)
CubaCaribbean Zone 2nd place14 August 20154 (1976, 1984, 2008, 2012)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

  • Olympic Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com
  • Fútbol Masculino Proceso Olímpico, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)
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