2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

Template:Short description The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying was the twelfth 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 11 and 23 March 2008.

Honduras won the title after with a 1–0 win over the United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

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)
North America	Template:Fbo (title holders)	Automatic	9th	2004	Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004)	9 (2004)
	Canada	Automatic	6th	2004	Runners-up (1984, 1996)	3 (1984)
	United States (hosts)	Automatic	8th	2004	Winners (1988, 1992)	13 (2000)
Central America	Honduras	Triangular 1 winners	4th	2004	Winners (2000)	1 (2000)
	Guatemala	Triangular 2 winners	6th	2000	Final round winner without outright champions (1968)	3 (1988)
	Panama	Play-off winners	4th	2004	Fourth place (1964)	0
Caribbean	Cuba	Second round winners	3rd	1984	Third place (1976, 1984)	2 (1980)
	Haiti	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant	0

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Tampa, Florida (Tampa Bay Area)	Carson, California (Los Angeles Area)	Nashville, Tennessee
Raymond James Stadium	Home Depot Center	LP Field
Capacity: 65,856	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 69,143
File:USF football game vs UCF.jpg	File:Home Depot Center, Carson, CA.jpg	File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Template:Flagicon Freddy Adu

3 goals

• Template:Flagicon Will Johnson

2 goals

• Template:Flagicon Edwin Aguilar
• Template:Flagicon Tosaint Ricketts
• Template:Flagicon Leonel Saint-Preux
• Template:Flagicon Hendry Thomas
• Template:Flagicon Luis Ángel Landín

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Fbuicon Kevin Hernández	Template:Fbuicon Carlos Castrillo Template:Fbuicon Oscar Morales Template:Fbuicon Michael Orozco	Template:Fbuicon Nelson Barahona Template:Fbuicon José Manuel Contreras Template:Fbuicon Maurice Edu Template:Fbuicon Dax McCarty	Template:Fbuicon Freddy Adu Template:Fbuicon Leonel Duarte Template:Fbuicon Will Johnson

Qualified teams for 2008 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
Honduras	Template:Dts	(2000)
United States	Template:Dts	(1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Cuban defections

Following the Cuban draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against Honduras. Cuba played its final game against Panama with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match.

External links

• CONCACAF.com - 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification