2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	11–23 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Freddy Adu
	← 2004 2012 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2009.

The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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	Mexico (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)
Caribbean	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

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Panama	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

11 March 2008

17:30

Panama	0–1	Honduras
	(Report)	Thomas 90'

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

11 March 2008

20:00

United States	1–1	Cuba
Adu 13'	(Report)	Linares 42', 42' 84'

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 4,359

Referee: Walter Adolfo López (Guatemala)

13 March 2008

17:30

Honduras	2–0	Cuba
Sánchez 68' Thomas 76'	(Report)

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

13 March 2008

20:00

United States	1–0	Panama
Adu 41' (pen.)	(Report)

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 3,855

Referee: Dave Peterkin (Jamaica)

15 March 2008

16:30

Cuba	1–4	Panama
Duarte 64'	(Report)	Aguilar 18', 65' Barahona 26' Urgelles 31' (o.g.)

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 10,974

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

15 March 2008

19:00

United States	1–0	Honduras
Gaven 90+5' (pen.)	(Report)

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 10,974

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	3	2	0	1	3	6	−3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Haiti	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: CONCACAF

12 March 2008