# 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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.
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.

## Qualification
### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| North America | Canada | Automatic | 2008 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) |
| North America | Mexico | Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004) |
| North America | United States (hosts) | Automatic | 2008 | Winners (1988, 1992) |
| Central America | El Salvador | Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) |
| Central America | Honduras (title holders) | Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners (2000, 2008) |
| Central America | Panama | Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place (1964) |
| Caribbean | Cuba | Second round winners | 2008 | Third place (1976, 1984) |
| Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up (1968) |
    $^1$ Only final tournament.

## Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
| Nashville, Tennessee | Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) | Kansas City, Kansas | CarsonKansas CityNashvilleclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
| LP Field | Home Depot Center | Livestrong Sporting Park | CarsonKansas CityNashvilleclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
| Capacity: 69,143 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 18,467 | CarsonKansas CityNashvilleclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |

## Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.
| Country | Referee |
| Jamaica | Raymond Bogle |
| El Salvador | Elmer Bonilla |
| Costa Rica | Hugo Cruz |
| Mexico | Roberto García |
| Guatemala | Walter López |
| United States | Jair Marrufo |
| Panama | Jafeth Perea |
| Honduras | Héctor Rodríguez |
| Puerto Rico | Javier Santos |
| Suriname | Enrico Wijngaarde |
| Country | Assistant Referee |
| United States | Eric Boria |
| Canada | Phillipe Briere |
| Nicaragua | Keytzel Corrales |
| Honduras | Melvyn Cruz |
| Guatemala | Juan Lemus |
| Puerto Rico | Antonio López |
| Suriname | Ricardo Louisville |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Dion Neil |
| Mexico | Juan Rangel Maya |
| El Salvador | Héctor Recinos |

## Group stage

All times in Eastern Daylight Time.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

### 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 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 March – Kansas City, KS | 31 March – Kansas City, KS |
| El Salvador | 2 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 2 April – Kansas City, KS | 2 April – Kansas City, KS |
| Honduras (a.e.t.) | 3 | 2 April – Kansas City, KS | 2 April – Kansas City, KS |
| Honduras (a.e.t.) | 3 | Honduras | 1 |
| 31 March – Kansas City, KS | 31 March – Kansas City, KS | | Honduras | 1 |
| 31 March – Kansas City, KS | 31 March – Kansas City, KS | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Mexico | 3 | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | | |

### 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

#### 3 goals

* Andrés Flores

#### 2 goals

* Léster Blanco
* Eddie Hernández
* Anthony Lozano
* Gerson Rodas
* Miguel Ponce
* Terrence Boyd

#### 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 |
| | Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | Winners |
| | 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 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 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 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Honduras | 31 March 2012 | 2 (2000, 2008) |
| Mexico | 31 March 2012 | 9 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004) |
    $^2$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.