2008 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament[1] 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. [1] 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.[2]

2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Preolimpico Femenino CONCACAF
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates2–12 April 2008
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Natasha Kai
Juana Lopez
Melissa Tancredi
(4 goals each)

Qualification

The six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.[2]

Qualified teams

The following six teams qualified for the final tournament.[1]

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

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.[1]

Squads

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.[2]

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 Knockout stage
2  Mexico (H) 2 1 0 1 9 4 +5 3
3  Jamaica 2 0 0 2 1 14 −13 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Mexico 8–1 Jamaica
López  18', 28', 36', 53'
Worbis  23'
Morales  25', 66'
Ocampo  80'		 Report Davis  58'
Attendance: 20185
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
Jamaica 0–6 United States
Report Lloyd  16'
Cheney  21'
Wambach  53' (pen.), 68'
O'Reilly  88'
Heath  90+5'
Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana)
United States 3–1 Mexico
Kai  14', 45'
Wambach  33'		 Report
Attendance: 22,280
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago 0–6 Canada
Report Tancredi  10'
Filigno  21'
Lang  39'
Hermus  61'
Robinson  68'
Sinclair  86'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Monique Ras (Aruba)
Costa Rica 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Wilson  21'
Granados  90+'		 Report Cordner  8'
Attin-Johnson  35'
Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Carol Chennard (Canada)
Canada 1–0 Costa Rica
Tancredi  15' Report
Attendance: 22,080
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 April – Ciudad Juarez
 
 
 Canada1
 
12 April – Ciudad Juarez
 
 Mexico0
 
 Canada1 (5)
 
9 April – Ciudad Juarez
 
 United States(pen.)1 (6)
 
 United States3
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
Third place
 
 
12 April — Ciudad Juarez
 
 
 Mexico1
 
 
 Costa Rica0

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics.

Canada 1–0 Mexico
Tancredi  25' Report
Attendance: 19,850
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
United States 3–0 Costa Rica
Kai  57', 89'
O'Reilly  72'		 Report
Attendance: 19,850
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Third Place Game
Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico
Report Gordillo  69'
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Carol Chennard (Canada)

Final
Canada 1–1 (a.e.t.) United States
Tancredi  116' Report Lloyd  108'
Penalties
Sinclair
Franko
Tancredi
Rustad
Lang
Wilkinson
Timko 		5–6 Lloyd
Hucles
Chalupny
Rampone
Osborne
Wambach
O'Reilly
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Erika Vargas (Mexico)

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification set for Mexico". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  2. "Women's Olympic Qualifying 2008 Recap". Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.