# 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

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 | Appearance | 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) |
| North America | Canada | Automatic | 6th | 2004 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) |
| North America | United States (hosts) | Automatic | 8th | 2004 | Winners (1988, 1992) | 13 (2000) |
| Central America | Honduras | Triangular 1 winners | 4th | 2004 | Winners (2000) | 1 (2000) |
| Central America | Guatemala | Triangular 2 winners | 6th | 2000 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 3 (1988) |
| Central America | 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 | CarsonNashvilleTampaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying. |
| Raymond James Stadium | Home Depot Center | LP Field | CarsonNashvilleTampaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying. |
| Capacity: 65,856 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 69,143 | CarsonNashvilleTampaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying. |

## 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 March – Nashville, TN | 20 March – Nashville, TN |
| Guatemala | 0 (5) |
| Guatemala | 0 (5) | 23 March – Nashville, TN | 23 March – Nashville, TN |
| Honduras (p) | 0 (6) | 23 March – Nashville, TN | 23 March – Nashville, TN |
| Honduras (p) | 0 (6) | Honduras (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 20 March – Nashville, TN | 20 March – Nashville, TN | | Honduras (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 20 March – Nashville, TN | 20 March – Nashville, TN | United States | 0 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 23 March – Nashville, TN | 23 March – Nashville, TN |
| | | Guatemala | 0 (3) |
| | | Canada (p) | 0 (5) |

### Semi-finals

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

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 4 goals

* Freddy Adu

#### 3 goals

* Will Johnson

#### 2 goals

* Edwin Aguilar
* Tosaint Ricketts
* Leonel Saint-Preux
* Hendry Thomas
* Luis Ángel Landín

### Awards

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

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Honduras | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Winners |
| | United States (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Runner-ups |
| | Canada | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Third place |
| 4 | Guatemala | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## 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 Olympics |
| Honduras | 20 March 2008 | 1 (2000) |
| United States | 20 March 2008 | 13 (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.