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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.[1]
| CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2012 | |
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| 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) |
← 2008 2015 → | |
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.[2]
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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) |
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| North America | Canada |
Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | ||
| Mexico |
Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) | |||
 United States (hosts) |
Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1988, 1992) | |||
| Central America | El Salvador |
Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | ||
| Honduras (title holders) |
Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners (2000, 2008) | |||
 Panama |
Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place (1964) | |||
| Caribbean |  Cuba |
Second round winners | 2008 | Third place (1976, 1984) | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up (1968) |
- 1 Only final tournament.
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Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
| Nashville, Tennessee | Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) |
Kansas City, Kansas | Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
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| LP Field | Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | |
| Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | |
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The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.[3]
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All times in Eastern Daylight Time.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| El Salvador | 0–0 | Canada |
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| Report |
| Cuba | 0–4 | El Salvador |
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| Report | Blanco  4' Flores 52', 80' Menjivar 68' |
| United States | 0–2 | Canada |
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| Report | Henry 58' Cavallini 83' |
| United States | 3–3 | El Salvador |
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| Boyd 1', 64' Corona 68' |
Report | Blanco 35' Flores 36' Alas 90+4' |
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 |
| Panama | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Waterman 69' |
Report | Winchester 90+3' |
| Honduras | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Hernández 37' Lozano 70' |
Report |
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Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 31 March – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
| El Salvador | 2 | |||||
| 2 April – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
| Honduras (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
| Honduras | 1 | |||||
| 31 March – Kansas City, KS | ||||||
| Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| Mexico | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
The semi-final winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Attendance: 16,101
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Final
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Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Lucas Cavallini- Marcus Haber
- Doneil Henry
- Evan James
Maykel Reyes
Jaime Alas- Richard Menjivar
- Milton Molina
- Edwin Sánchez
Alexander López- Mario Martínez
- Romell Quioto
Javier Cortés- Israel Jiménez
- Diego Reyes
- Erick Torres
Yairo Glaize- Cecilio Waterman
Kevin Molino- Shahdon Winchester
Freddy Adu- Juan Agudelo
- 1 own goal
- 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Mexico |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | Winners |
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Honduras |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Runner-ups |
| 3 | El Salvador |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 4 | Canada |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | United States (H) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 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 |
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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
- 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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