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{{Short description|Qualification for the Summer Olympics}}
The '''CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship''' was an [[association football]] competition organized by [[CONCACAF]] as its continental qualifying tournament for the men's olympic teams from [[North America]], [[Central America]] and the [[Caribbean]], to determine the qualified teams for the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]]. The olympic teams were represented by amateur players (1964–1988) and later by under-23 players since 1992. The tournament was held from 1964 to 2020.

On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the [[2024 Summer Olympic Games]] will qualify through the [[2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.concacaf.com/under-20s-men/article/concacaf-men-s-under-20-championship-to-qualify-teams-to-2023-fifa-u-20-men-s-world-cup-and-2024-summer-olympic-games/|title=Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games |publisher=CONCACAF|date=16 September 2021}}</ref>  The two finalists at the U-20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Ed.
!Year
!Hosts
!style="background:gold"|Champions
!Results
!style="background:silver"|Runners-up
!style="background:#c96"|Third place
!Results
!style="background:#9acddf"|Fourth place
|-
|-bgcolor=#cccccc align=center
|colspan=9|'''Olympic teams (amateur)'''
|-
|1||[[1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1964]]||{{flag|Mexico}}||{{fb|MEX}}||rowspan=1|''Round-Robin''||{{fb|NGY}}||{{fb|USA}}||rowspan=1|''Round-Robin''||{{fb|PAN}}
|-
|2||[[1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1968]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||colspan=6|''No champions were awarded, only qualified teams''
|-
|3||[[1972 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1972]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||{{fb|MEX}}||rowspan=4|''Round-Robin''||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|GUA}}||rowspan=4|''Round-Robin''||{{fb|JAM}}
|-
|4||[[1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1976]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||{{fb|MEX}}||{{fb|GUA}}||{{fb|CUB}}||–
|-
|5||[[1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1980]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||{{fb|CRC}}||{{fb|USA}}||{{fb|SUR}}||–
|-
|6||[[1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1984]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||{{fb|CRC}}||{{fb|CAN}}||{{fb|CUB}}||–
|-
|7||[[1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1988]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||colspan=6|''No champions were awarded, only qualified teams''
|-
|-bgcolor=#cccccc align=center
|colspan=9|'''Olympic teams (U-23)'''
|-
|8||[[1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1992]]||[[File:Location North America.svg|20px]] [[North America]]||{{fbu|23|USA}}||rowspan=2|''Round-Robin''||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||{{fbu|23|CAN}}||rowspan=2|''Round-Robin''||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}
|-
|9||[[1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1996]]||{{flag|Canada}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||{{fbu|23|CAN}}||{{fbu|23|CRC}}||{{fbu|23|JAM}}
|-
|10||[[2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2000]]||{{flag|United States}}||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||2–1||{{fbu|23|USA}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||5–0||{{fbu|23|GUA}}
|-
|11||[[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]||{{flag|Mexico}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||1–0<br><small>{{aet}}</small>||{{fbu|23|CRC}}||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||1–1<br><small>{{pso|4–3}}</small>||{{fbu|23|USA}}
|-
|12||[[2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying|2008]]||{{flag|United States}}||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||1–0<br><small>{{aet}}</small>||{{fbu|23|USA}}||{{fbu|23|CAN}}||0–0<br><small>{{pso|5–3}}</small>||{{fbu|23|GUA}}
|-
|13||[[2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|2012]]||{{flag|United States}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||2–1<br><small>{{aet}}</small>||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||{{fbu|23|SLV}}||–||{{fbu|23|CAN}}
|-
|14||[[2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|2015]]||{{flag|United States}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||2–0||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||{{fbu|23|USA}}||2–0||{{fbu|23|CAN}}
|-
|15||[[2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|2020]]||{{flag|Mexico}}||{{fbu|23|MEX}}||1–1<br><small>{{pso|5–4}}</small>||{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}||{{fbu|23|USA}}||–||{{fbu|23|CAN}}
|}

==Performances==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Team
!Champions
!Runners-up
!Third place
!Fourth place
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|MEX}}
|style="background:gold"|8<br>(''1964'', 1972, 1976, 1996, ''2004'', 2012, 2015, 2020)
|style="background:silver"|1<br>(1992)
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(2000)
|–
|10
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}
|style="background:gold"|2<br>(2000, 2008)
|style="background:silver"|3<br>(2012, 2015, 2020)
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(2004)
|style="background:#9acddf"|1<br>(1992)
|7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|CRC}}
|style="background:gold"|2<br>(1980, 1984)
|style="background:silver"|1<br>(2004)
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(1996)
|–
|4
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|USA}}
|style="background:gold"|1<br>(1992)
|style="background:silver"|4<br>(1972, 1980, ''2000'', ''2008'')
|style="background:#c96"|2<br>(''2015'', 2020)
|–
|7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|CAN}}
|–
|style="background:silver"|2<br>(1984, 1996)
|style="background:#c96"|2<br>(1992, 2008)
|style="background:#9acddf"|3<br>(2012, 2015, 2021)
|7
|-
|align=left|{{fb|GUA}}
|–
|style="background:silver"|1<br>(1976)
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(1972)
|style="background:#9acddf"|2<br>(2000, 2008)
|4
|-
|align=left|{{fb|SUR}}
|–
|style="background:silver"|1<br>(1964)
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(1980)
|–
|2
|-
|align=left|{{fb|CUB}}
|–
|–
|style="background:#c96"|2<br>(1976, 1984)
|–
|2
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|SLV}}
|–
|–
|style="background:#c96"|1<br>(2012)
|–
|1
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|JAM}}
|–
|–
|–
|style="background:#9acddf"|2<br>(1972, 1996)
|2
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|PAN}}
|–
|–
|–
|style="background:#9acddf"|1<br>(1964)
|1
|}


==Top goalscorers==
===Top goalscorers by edition===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-4}}
;1964
*{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Gentile (4 goals)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} Aaron Padilla (4 goals)

;1968
*{{flagicon|SLV}} Juan Ramon Martinez (3 goals)

;1972

*{{flagicon|MEX}} Leonard Cuellar (4 goals)
*{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Seeray (4 goals)
;1976

*{{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Sanchez (4 goals)
{{col-4}}
;1980

*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Don Ebert]] (3 goals)
*{{flagicon|CRC}} Javier Jimenez (3 goals)

;1984

*{{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Sweeney (2 goals)
;1988 
*{{flagicon|USA}} Brent Goulet (6 goals)

;1992
*{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Snow (8 goals)
{{col-4}}
;1996

*{{flagicon|CRC}} Ronald Gomez (6 goals)

;2000

*{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Albright (2 goals)
*{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Wolff (2 goals)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} Joaquin Beltran (2 goals)
*{{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Ruiz (2 goals)
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} David Suazo (2 goals)

;2004

*{{flagicon|USA}} Alecko Eskandarian
*{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Convey
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Emil Martinez

;2008

*{{flagicon|USA}} Freddy Adu (4 goals)

{{col-4}}
;2012

*{{flagicon|MEX}} Marco Fabian (5 goals)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} Alan Pulido (5 goals)

;2015

*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Alberth Elis (4 goals)
*{{flagicon|USA}} Jerome Kiesewetter (4 goals)

;2020

*{{flagicon|MEX}} Sebastián Córdova (4 goals)
{{col-end}}

===Overall top goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable" width=60%
|-
! width = 10% | Rank
! width = 25% | Player
! width = 15% | Country 
! width = 15% | Year(s)
! width = 15% | U-23 Goals
|-
|align=center|'''1'''||[[Steve Snow]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||1992||align=center|8
|-
|align=center|'''2'''||[[Brent Goulet]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||1988||align=center|6
|-
|align=center|'''2'''||[[Ronald Gomez]]||{{flagicon|CRC}} Costa Rica||1996||align=center|6
|-
|align=center|'''4'''||[[Freddy Adu]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||2008–2012||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|'''4'''||[[Marco Fabián]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||2012||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|'''4'''||[[Alan Pulido]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||2012||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Carl Gentile]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||1964||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Aarón Padilla (footballer, born 1977)|Aaron Padilla]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||1964||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Leonard Cuellar]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||1972||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Mike Seeray]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||1972||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Hugo Sanchez]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||1976||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Alecko Eskandarian]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||2004||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Bobby Convey]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||2004||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Emil Martínez]]||{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Honduras||2004||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Joe Corona]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||2012||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Anthony Lozano]]||{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Honduras||2012–2015||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Erick Torres Padilla|Erick Torres]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||2012–2015||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Alberth Elis]]||{{flagicon|HON|1949}} Honduras||2015||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Jerome Kiesewetter]]||{{flagicon|USA}} USA||2015||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|'''7'''||[[Sebastián Córdova]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico||2020||align=center|4
|}

==Olympic qualification by nation==
: ''As of 2024''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50" | Rank !! width="200" | Nation !! width="50" | {{abbr|OQ|Olympic qualifications}} !! width="300" | Years qualified
|-
| align="center" | 1 || {{fbu|23|USA}} || align="center" | 15 || 1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024
|-
| align="center" | 2 || {{fbu|23|MEX}} || align="center" | 12 || 1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020
|-
| align="center" | 3 || {{fbu|23|HON|1949}} || align="center" | 5 || 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
|- 
| align="center" | 4 || {{fbu|23|CAN}} || align="center" | 3 || 1904, 1976, 1984
|-
| align="center" | 4 || {{fbu|23|CRC}} || align="center" | 3 || 1980, 1984, 2004
|-
| align="center" | 4 || {{fb|GUA}} || align="center" | 3 || 1968, 1976, 1988
|-
| align="center" | 7 || {{fb|CUB}} || align="center" | 2 || 1976, 1980
|-
| align="center" | 8 || {{fbu|23|SLV}} || align="center" | 1 || 1968
|-
| align="center" | 8 || {{fbu|23|DOM}} || align="center" | 1 || 2024
|-
| align="center" | 8 || {{fb|CUR}} || align="center" | 1 || 1952
|}

Curaçao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.

==See also==
*[[CONCACAF]]
*[[CONCACAF Under-20 Championship]]
*[[CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup Qualification]]
*[[CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150215084507/http://www.concacaf.com/category/olympics-qualifying-men CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying] (archived 15 February 2015)

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