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 The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

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

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, from 22 March and 2 April 2012.

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

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

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as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.

Squads

Group stage

All times in

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Marco Fabián * Alan Pulido ;4 goals *

Joe Corona Joe Benny Corona Crespín (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club GIF Sundsvall, on loan from Houston Dynamo. Youth and college Corona began playing organized soccer at the age ...

;3 goals * Andrés Flores ;2 goals * Léster Blanco * Eddie Hernández *

Anthony Lozano Anthony Rubén Lozano Colón (born 25 April 1993), also known as Choco, is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Cádiz and the Honduras national team. Club career Born in Yoro, Lozano made his debut in ...

* Gerson Rodas * Miguel Ponce * Terrence Boyd ;1 goal *

Lucas Cavallini Lucas Daniel Cavallini (born December 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tijuana and the Canada national team. Early life Cavallini was born in Canada to an Argentinian father and a Ca ...

* Marcus Haber *

Doneil Henry Doneil Jor-Dee Ashley Henry (born April 20, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United of Major League Soccer and the Canada national team. Club career Early career Henry's parents, Beverly and M ...

* Evan James *

Maykel Reyes Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy (sometimes spelt as Maykel Reyes) is a Cuban international football player who plays for his local team Pinar del Río and the Cuba national team. Club career In January 2016, he became the first Cuban footballer ( ...

Jaime Alas Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the El Salvador national team. Club career Alas' professional career began in July 2006, a ...

* Richard Menjivar * Milton Molina * Edwin Sánchez * Alexander López * Mario Martínez * Romell Quioto * Javier Cortés * Israel Jiménez *

Diego Reyes Diego Antonio Reyes Rosales (; born 19 September 1992) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Reyes made his professional debut with Club América in Apri ...

* Erick Torres * Yairo Glaize *

Cecilio Waterman Cecilio Alfonso Waterman Ruiz (born 13 April 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Everton and the Panama national team. Club career Waterman made his professional debut playing with Sporting San Miguelito ...

* Kevin Molino * Shahdon Winchester *

Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. The last club he played for was Ettan Fotboll club Österlen FF. From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at ...

* Juan Agudelo ;1 own goal * Adrián Diz (playing against United States)

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

were counted as draws.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. :

² Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

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