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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Mexico |
Dates | 18 – 30 March 2021 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Guadalajara and Zapopan, both cities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico,[1] with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
Qualification
editThe eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[9]
- 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
editThe following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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North America | Mexico (hosts & title holders) |
Automatic | 12th | 2015 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015) | 11 (2016) |
Canada | Automatic | 9th | 2015 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) | |
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) |
El Salvador | Central America play-off winners | 5th | 2012 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 1 (1968) | |
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 |
Haiti | Caribbean play-in round winners | 3rd | 2015 | Group stage (2008, 2015) | 0 |
Venues
editThe matches were played in two stadiums in the following cities:
Guadalajara | Zapopan (Guadalajara Area) |
Location of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
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Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Akron | |
Capacity: 55,110 | Capacity: 49,850 | |
Draw
editThe draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST (UTC−6) at the Estadio Akron, in Zapopan, Mexico.[10][11]
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.[12]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads
editPlayers born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Match officials
editThe match officials appointed for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship were announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.[13]
Referees
Assistants referees
Group stage
editThe top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[14]
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
United States | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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Mexico | 4–1 | Dominican Republic |
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Dominican Republic | 0–4 | United States |
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Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico |
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Costa Rica | 5–0 | Dominican Republic |
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Mexico | 1–0 | United States |
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Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Honduras | 3–0 | Haiti |
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Canada | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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Haiti | 0–0 | Canada |
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El Salvador | 1–1 | Honduras |
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El Salvador | 2–1 | Haiti |
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Knockout stage
editIn 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
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
28 March – Guadalajara | ||||||
Honduras | 2 | |||||
30 April – Zapopan | ||||||
United States | 1 | |||||
Honduras | 1 (4) | |||||
28 March – Guadalajara | ||||||
Mexico (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
Mexico | 2 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
editThe semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Honduras | 2–1 | United States |
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Final
editStatistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 38 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.53 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Best Player[15] | Best Goalkeeper[16] | Top Goal Scorer[17] |
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Alexis Vega | Alex Güity | Sebastián Córdova (4 goals, 2 assists) |
Fair Play Award[18] | ||
Mexico |
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Final ranking
editAs 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 |
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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 | |
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 | |
7 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
8 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics
editThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic Men's football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
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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
editTelevision
editCountry | Broadcaster | Ref. | |
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Free | Pay | ||
Mexico (Host) | Canal 5 ∙ Las Estrellas | TUDN | |
Canada | OneSoccer | [20] | |
Costa Rica | |||
Dominican Republic | |||
El Salvador | |||
Haiti | |||
Honduras | Televicentro | [21] | |
United States | FS1 ∙ FS2 | [22] | |
UniMás | TUDN | [23] |
Radio
editCountry | Broadcaster | Ref. |
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United States | TUDN Radio | [24] |
References
edit- ^ "Guadalajara Set to Host the 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament". CONCACAF. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Schedule Confirmed". CONCACAF. 10 February 2020.
- ^ "2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Concacaf suspends all its competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days". CONCACAF. 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021". CONCACAF. 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Mexico edge Honduras in penalty shootout to win CMOQ". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10.
- ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games". CONCACAF. 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Concacaf Announces Details for the preliminary rounds of the Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifiers". CONCACAF. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Concacaf to Host 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Draw on January 9 in Guadalajara". CONCACAF.com. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Draw Reveals Groups for 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF.com. 9 January 2020.
- ^ "2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Official Draw". CONCACAF.com.
- ^ "Officials Appointed for 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF. 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms schedule for 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF. 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Vega earns 2020 CMOQ Best Player Award, presented by Scotiabank". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Güity named 2020 CMOQ Best Goalkeeper, presented by Allstate". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Cordova finishes as 2020 CMOQ Top Goal Scorer". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Mexico take home 2020 CMOQ Fair Play Award, presented by Scotiabank". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ CONCACAF [@Concacaf] (31 March 2021). "Your #CMOQ Best XI!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 March 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Mediapro Canada nets exclusive rights to Concacaf Gold Cup". SportsPro Media. 14 January 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ "¡Vamos con la H! Deportes TVC se prepara para transmitir el Preolímpico de Guadalajara". Deportes TVC. 6 December 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "FOX Sports Showcases Full Slate of Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Matches for First Time in English-Language Television History". FOX Sports PressPass. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Univision's TUDN to Broadcast Live All 15 Matches of the 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Starting March 18". Univision Communications Inc. 15 March 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Univision's TUDN to Broadcast Live All 15 Matches of the 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Starting March 18". Univision Communications Inc. 15 March 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
External links
edit- Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying, CONCACAF.com