# 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifteenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised 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.
In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Guadalajara and Zapopan, both cities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020.
On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next thirty days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifiers would now take place between 18 and 30 March 2021, as the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021.
Host nation, Mexico successfully defended their title after defeating Honduras on penalties in the final. It was their eight Pre-Olympic title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012 and 2015. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous two Summer Olympics.
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

## Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
* Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and United States, who all qualified automatically due to them being the only teams in the region
* Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
* Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Regional qualification tournaments were held in Central America and Caribbean to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

### 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 (hosts & title holders) | Automatic | 12th | 2015 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015) | 11 (2016) |
| North America | Canada | Automatic | 9th | 2015 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) |
| North America | United States | Automatic | 11th | 2015 | Winners (1988, 1992) | 14 (2008) |
| Central America | Costa Rica | Central America play-off winners | 7th | 2004 | Winners (1980, 1984) | 3 (2004) |
| Central America | El Salvador | Central America play-off winners | 5th | 2012 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 1 (1968) |
| Central America | Honduras | Central America play-off winners | 7th | 2015 | Winners (2000, 2008) | 4 (2016) |
| Caribbean | Dominican Republic | Caribbean play-in round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
| Caribbean | Haiti | Caribbean play-in round winners | 3rd | 2015 | Group stage (2008, 2015) | 0 |

## Venues

The matches were played in two stadiums in the following cities:
| Guadalajara | Zapopan (Guadalajara Area) | GuadalajaraZapopanclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
| Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Akron | GuadalajaraZapopanclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
| Capacity: 55,110 | Capacity: 49,850 | GuadalajaraZapopanclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Estadio Akron, in Zapopan, Mexico.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots for the draw. Pot 1 contained Mexico, seeded in Group A as the host nation, and Honduras, seeded in Group B as the best performing team in the last editions among the other teams. Pot 2 contained the two remaining teams from North America, Canada and United States, Pot 3 contained the two remaining teams from Central America, Costa Rica and El Salvador, while Pot 4 contained the two teams from the Caribbean, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Mexico (position A1)  Honduras (position B1) | Canada  United States | Costa Rica  El Salvador | Dominican Republic  Haiti |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Match officials

The match officials appointed for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship were announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.
Referees
* Juan Gabriel Calderón
* Iván Barton
* Reon Radix
* Mario Escobar
* Said Martínez
* Daneon Parchment
* Fernando Guerrero
* César Ramos
* Jair Marrufo
Assistants referees
* Iroots Appleton
* Juan Carlos Mora
* David Morán
* Gerson López
* Humberto Panjoj
* Walter López
* Nicholas Anderson
* Ojay Duhaney
* Christian Kiabek Espinoza
* Alberto Morin
* Henri Pupiro
* Ronald Bruna
* Frank Anderson

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced 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 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 March – Guadalajara | 28 March – Guadalajara |
| Honduras | 2 |
| Honduras | 2 | 30 April – Zapopan | 30 April – Zapopan |
| United States | 1 | 30 April – Zapopan | 30 April – Zapopan |
| United States | 1 | Honduras | 1 (4) |
| 28 March – Guadalajara | 28 March – Guadalajara | | Honduras | 1 (4) |
| 28 March – Guadalajara | 28 March – Guadalajara | Mexico (p) | 1 (5) |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico (p) | 1 (5) |
| Canada | 0 | | |

### Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.
4 goals
* Sebastián Córdova
3 goals
* Uriel Antuna
2 goals
* Randall Leal
* Tajon Buchanan
* Joshua Pérez
* Edwin Rodríguez
* Darixon Vuelto
* Hassani Dotson
* Jackson Yueill
1 goal
* Derek Cornelius
* Manfred Ugalde
* Bernald Alfaro
* Aarón Salazar
* Edison Azcona
* Marvin Márquez
* Roberto Louima
* Denil Maldonado
* Douglas Martínez
* Juan Carlos Obregón
* Luis Palma
* José Juan Macías
* Carlos Rodríguez
* Johan Vásquez
* Alexis Vega
* Jesús Ferreira
* Djordje Mihailovic

### Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Top Goal Scorer |
| Alexis Vega | Alex Güity | Sebastián Córdova (4 goals, 2 assists) |
| Fair Play Award |||
| Mexico |||

### 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 (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 13 | Winners |
| | Honduras | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Runner-ups |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 5 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic Men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Honduras | 28 March 2021 | 4 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Mexico | 28 March 2021 | 11 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Broadcasting
### Television

| Country | Broadcaster | Broadcaster | Ref. |
| Country | Free | Pay | Ref. |
| Mexico (Host) | Canal 5 ∙ Las Estrellas | TUDN | |
| Canada | | OneSoccer | |
| Costa Rica | | | |
| Dominican Republic | | | |
| El Salvador | | | |
| Haiti | | | |
| Honduras | Televicentro | | |
| United States | | FS1 ∙ FS2 | |
| United States | UniMás | TUDN | |

### Radio

| Country | Broadcaster | Ref. |
| United States | TUDN Radio | |