2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates 1–13 October 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Mexico (7th title)
Runners-up  Honduras
Third place  United States
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 46 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Honduras Alberth Elis
United States Jerome Kiesewetter
(4 goals each)
Best player Mexico Hirving Lozano
Best goalkeeper Mexico Gibran Lajud
Fair play award  Mexico
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The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship[1] was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 12 February 2015 that the United States would host the tournament between 1–13 October 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives. The third-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off where they played against the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship runner-up for the final berth in the Olympics.[2]

Mexico won the tournament with a 2–0 final win over Honduras. This sealed Olympic qualification both finalists, with Mexico aiming to defend their gold medal in 2012, and Honduras qualifying for their third straight Olympics.[3] Third-placed United States later lost to Colombia in the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the second consecutive time.[4]

Qualification

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Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous men's Olympic appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 8th Runner-up (1984, 1996) 3
 Mexico Automatic 11th Winner (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012) 10
 United States Automatic 10th Winner (1988, 1992) 14
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[5]
 Panama Group A winner 6th Fourth place (1964) 0
 Honduras Group B winner 6th Winner (2000, 2008) 3
 Costa Rica Repechage playoff winner 6th Winner (1980, 1984) 3
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[6]
 Haiti Final round winner 2nd Group stage (2008) 0
 Cuba Final round runner-up 5th Third place (1976, 1984) 2

Venues

The four venues were announced by CONCACAF on 15 May 2015.[7]

Kansas City, Kansas Carson, California
2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship is located in USA
Sporting Park
Sporting Park
StubHub Center
StubHub Center
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Rio Tinto Stadium
Rio Tinto Stadium
 Commerce City, Colorado Sandy, Utah
Sporting Park StubHub Center Dick's Sporting Goods Park Rio Tinto Stadium
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Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 18,061 Capacity: 20,213

Draw

The prize trophy

The draw for the tournament took place on 18 August 2015 at 09:00 PDT (UTC−7) at the Torrance Marriot Redondo Beach hotel in Torrance, California.[8] The draw was conducted by Eddie Lewis and Brad Friedel.[9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host United States were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Mexico were seeded in Group B.[7][10]

The draw took place before the final UNCAF qualifier (Costa Rica) had been confirmed.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

Squads

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Main article: 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[11]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[11]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The final round of fixtures in the group stage and the knockout stage fell within the FIFA International Match Calendar period of 5–13 October 2015. As a result, teams were able to call on their first choice under-23 players worldwide.

All times were local.

Group A

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1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)
17:30 CDT (UTC−5)
Panama  1–1  Cuba
Nuñez Goal 76' Report Reyes Goal 6'
Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Luis Santander (Mexico)

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)
20:00 CDT (UTC−5)
United States  3–1  Canada
Morris Goal 1', 73'
Gil Goal 90+2' (pen.)		 Report Petrasso Goal 81'
Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
13:30 CDT (UTC−5)
Canada  3–1  Panama
Petrasso Goal 30'
Thomas Goal 34'
Fisk Goal 74'		 Report Bárcenas Goal 61'
Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 3,755
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
16:00 CDT (UTC−5)
Cuba  1–6  United States
Sáez Goal 90+3' Report Carter-Vickers Goal 16'
Miazga Goal 35'
Kiesewetter Goal 37', 49'
Hyndman Goal 68'
Hernández Goal 75'
Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 3,755
Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
17:00 MDT (UTC−6)
Canada  2–2  Cuba
Petrasso Goal 25'
Babouli Goal 52'		 Report Hernández Goal 32', 87'
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
19:30 MDT (UTC−6)
United States  4–0  Panama
Escobar Goal 50' (o.g.)
Kiesewetter Goal 52'
Morris Goal 56'
Gil Goal 71' (pen.)		 Report
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Group B

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2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
18:00 PDT (UTC−7)
Honduras  1–0  Haiti
Lozano Goal 6' Report

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
20:30 PDT (UTC−7)
Mexico  4–0  Costa Rica
Bueno Goal 19', 77'
Fernández Goal 45+2' (o.g.)
Torres Goal 88'		 Report
StubHub Center, Carson
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)
13:30 PDT (UTC−7)
Costa Rica  0–2  Honduras
Report Lozano Goal 41'
Elis Goal 82'
StubHub Center, Carson
Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)
16:00 PDT (UTC−7)
Haiti  0–1  Mexico
Report R. López Goal 74' (pen.)
StubHub Center, Carson
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)
17:00 MDT (UTC−6)
Costa Rica  1−1  Haiti
Flores Goal 82' Report Pierre Goal 51'

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)
19:30 MDT (UTC−6)
Mexico  2–1  Honduras
R. López Goal 4'
Torres Goal 65'		 Report Elis Goal 59'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[11]

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
 10 October – Sandy
 
 
  United States 0
 
 13 October – Sandy
 
  Honduras 2
 
  Honduras 0
 
 10 October – Sandy
 
  Mexico 2
 
  Mexico 2
 
 
  Canada 0
 
 Third Place
 
 
 13 October – Sandy
 
 
  United States 2
 
 
  Canada 0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
13:00 MDT (UTC−6)
United States  0–2  Honduras
Report Elis Goal 23', 77'
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
16:00 MDT (UTC−6)
Mexico  2–0  Canada
Torres Goal 6'
Lozano Goal 57'		 Report
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Third place playoff

Winner advanced to CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
17:00 MDT (UTC−6)
United States  2–0  Canada
Pelosi Goal 69'
Kiesewetter Goal 84' (pen.)		 Report
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
Referee: Luis Santander (Mexico)

Final

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
20:00 MDT (UTC−6)
Honduras  0–2  Mexico
Report Acosta Goal 42' (o.g.)
Guzmán Goal 68'

Winners

 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 

Mexico
Seventh title

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

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Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Mexico 10 October 2015 10 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)
 Honduras 10 October 2015 3 (2000, 2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Goalscorers

4 goals

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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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1 own goal

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]

Best XI
Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
Fair Play Award

Broadcasters

Cuban defections

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See also: List of Cuban soccer players who have defected to the United States

Four Cuban players are confirmed to have defected to the United States during the tournament, they are; Emmanuel Labrada (CF Granma), Frank López García (FC Cienfuegos), Dairon Pérez (FC La Habana), and Yendry Torres (FC Cienfuegos).[14]

References

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External links

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