# 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament – United States and Canada – qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.

## Qualification

The six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
* Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, the hosts Mexico, and the United States, who all qualified automatically
* One team from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
* Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

### Qualified teams

The following six teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performances | Previous women's Olympic appearances |
| North American Zone (NAFU) |||||
| Canada | Automatic | 2nd | Third Place (2004) | 0 |
| Mexico | Automatic | 2nd | Runner-up (2004) | 1 |
| United States | Automatic | 2nd | Winner (2004) | 3 |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) |||||
| Costa Rica | Group winner | 2nd | Fourth Place (2004) | 0 |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Final round winner | 2nd | Group stage (2004) | 0 |
| Jamaica | Final round 3rd place | 1st | N/A | 0 |

## Venues

The sole venue was the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

## Draw

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it is played just before the final, extra time is skipped and a penalty shoot-out takes place.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 9 April – Ciudad Juárez | 9 April – Ciudad Juárez |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez |
| Mexico | 0 | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez |
| Mexico | 0 | Canada | 1 (5) |
| 9 April – Ciudad Juárez | 9 April – Ciudad Juárez | | Canada | 1 (5) |
| 9 April – Ciudad Juárez | 9 April – Ciudad Juárez | United States (p) | 1 (6) |
| United States | 3 | United States (p) | 1 (6) |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez | 12 April – Ciudad Juárez |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

* Natasha Kai
* Juana López
* Melissa Tancredi

### 3 goals

* Abby Wambach

### 2 goals

* Carli Lloyd
* Tania Morales
* Heather O'Reilly
* Teresa Worbis

### 1 goal

* Jonelle Filigno
* Randee Hermus
* Kara Lang
* Jodi Ann Robinson
* Christine Sinclair
* Cristín Granados
* Amara Wilson
* Omolyn Davis
* María Gordillo
* Mónica Ocampo
* Kennya Cordner
* Maylee Attin-Johnson
* Lauren Cheney
* Tobin Heath