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2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	22 March – 2 April
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	52 (3.47 per match)
Attendance	157,707 (10,514 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco Fabián Alan Pulido (5 goals each)
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The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition to determine the two participants at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

As with past versions of the tournament, eight teams were split up into two groups of four. One group played their matches at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, while the remaining group played their matches at Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The group matches were played from March 22–27.

Following the group stage, there was an elimination round held at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The semifinal matches was held on March 31, while the final match was held on April 2. The two finalists advanced to the 2012 Olympic Tournament.^[2]

Qualification

There was a qualification held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances
North American zone
Mexico	Automatic	11th	Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)
United States	Automatic	10th	Winner (1988, 1992)
Canada	Automatic	7th	Runner-up (1984, 1996)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
El Salvador	Group 1 Winner	4th	Winner (1968)
Honduras	Group 2 Winner	5th	Winner (2000, 2008)
Panama	Playoff Winner	5th	Fourth place (1964)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Cuba	Final Group Winner	3rd	Third place (1976, 1984)
Trinidad and Tobago	Final Group runner-up	5th	Runner-up (1968)

Venues

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Nashville	Carson	Kansas City
LP Field	Home Depot Center	Livestrong Sporting Park
36°9′59″N 86°46′17″W / 36.16639°N 86.77139°W / 36.16639; -86.77139 (LP Field)	33°51′52″N 118°15′40″W / 33.86444°N 118.26111°W / 33.86444; -118.26111 (Home Depot Center)	39°07′18″N 94°49′25″W / 39.1218°N 94.8237°W / 39.1218; -94.8237 (Livestrong Sporting Park)
LP Field Home Depot Center Livestrong Sporting Park

Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.^[3]

Squads

Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
Canada	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
Cuba	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Panama	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

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Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	1	El Salvador	2
	4	Honduras (a.e.t.)	3
						Honduras		1
						Mexico (a.e.t.)		2
	3	Mexico	3
	2	Canada	1

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

5 goals

• 
  Marco Fabián
  


• 
  Alan Pulido
  

4 goals

• 
  Joe Corona
  

3 goals

• 
  Andrés Flores
  

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• 
  Adrián Diz (playing against United States)

Final rankings

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	DF	Pts.
1	Mexico	5	5	0	0	16	3	+13	15
2	Honduras	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	9
3	El Salvador	4	1	2	1	9	6	+3	5
4	Canada	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
5	United States	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
6	Panama	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
7	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1
8	Cuba	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

See also

• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


• 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References

External links

• 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification