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.

2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates18–30 March 2021
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (8th title)
Runners-up Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Sebastián Córdova (4 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Alexis Vega
Best goalkeeperHonduras Alex Güity
Fair play award Mexico

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 Olympics.[7]

On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8]

Qualification
Further information: 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[9]

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)
 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

The matches were played in Guadalajara and Zapopan.

 Guadalajara Zapopan
Estadio Jalisco Estadio Akron
Capacity: 55,110 Capacity: 49,850

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST (UTC−6), at the Estadio Akron, in Guadalajara, 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

Squads
Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 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.[13]

Referees

Assistants referees

  • Antigua and Barbuda Iroots Appleton
  • Costa Rica Juan Carlos Mora
  • El Salvador David Morán
  • Guatemala Gerson López
  • Guatemala Humberto Panjoj
  • Honduras Walter López
  • Jamaica Nicholas Anderson
  • Jamaica Ojay Duhaney
  • Mexico Christian Kiabek Espinoza
  • Mexico Alberto Morin
  • Nicaragua Henri Pupiro
  • Panama Ronald Bruna
  • United States Frank Anderson

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[14]

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
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
  • Ferreira 35'
 Report
Mexico 4–1 Dominican Republic
 Report
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Dominican Republic 0–4 United States
Report
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 0–3 Mexico
Report
Costa Rica 5–0 Dominican Republic
 Report
Mexico 1–0 United States
 Report
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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
3  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Haiti 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: CONCACAF
Honduras 3–0 Haiti
 Report
Canada 2–0 El Salvador
 Report
Haiti 0–0 Canada
Report
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–1 Honduras
 Report
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
El Salvador 2–1 Haiti
 Report
Honduras 1–1 Canada
 Report
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 March – Guadalajara
 
 
 Honduras2
 
30 April – Zapopan
 
 United States1
 
 Honduras1 (4)
 
28 March – Guadalajara
 
 Mexico (p)1 (5)
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Canada0
 

Semi-finals

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

Honduras 2–1 United States
 Report
Mexico 2–0 Canada
 Report
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Final
Honduras 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There 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

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

Best Player[15] Best Goalkeeper[16] Top Goal Scorer[17]
Mexico Alexis Vega Honduras Alex Güity Mexico Sebastián Córdova
(4 goals, 2 assists)
Fair Play Award[18]
 Mexico
Best XI[19]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Honduras Alex Güity

Canada Derek Cornelius
Mexico Johan Vásquez
Honduras Denil Maldonado
United States Justen Glad

Mexico Sebastián Córdova
United States Jackson Yueill
Honduras Edwin Rodríguez

Honduras Luis Palma
Mexico Alexis Vega
Mexico Uriel Antuna

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico (H) 5 4 1 0 11 2 +9 13 Winners
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  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
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for 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 Olympics1
 Honduras28 March 20214 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 Mexico28 March 202111 (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 Ref.
Free Pay
 Mexico (Host) Canal 5 ∙ Las Estrellas TUDN
 Canada OneSoccer [20]
 Costa Rica
 Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 Haiti
Honduras Honduras Televicentro [21]
 United States FS1 ∙ FS2 [22]
UniMás TUDN [23]

Radio
Country Broadcaster Ref.
 United States TUDN Radio [24]

References
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