2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification
There will be a qualification held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
Per FIFA regulations[1] the group tiebreakers for all qualifying tournaments will be:
- goal difference in all group matches
- greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criteria, their rankings shall be determined as follows:
- greater number of points obtained in all group matches between the teams concerned
- goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
- play-off match on neutral ground (with extra time and penalty kicks, if necessary)
Caribbean
On 17 May 2011 CONCACAF announced the groups for the Caribbean qualifying. The group winners will advance to the second round, where two of them will qualify for the final qualifying tournament.[2]
First Round
Group A
Suriname was host for Group A.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Parkes Williams |
Jamaica | 1 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Adlam |
Report |
Suriname | 3 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Drenthe Waal |
Report | Cuffy |
Cayman Islands | 0 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Stapleton Ebanks |
- The Jamaica-Suriname match was abandoned in injury time with the score at 2–2 due to a pitch invasion and a brawl in which the Jamaican coach and players attacked officials and police; the result stands.[3]
Group B
Dominica was host for Group B.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Joseph |
Report |
Curaçao | 1 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Martina |
Report | Joseph |
Dominica | 0 – 4 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Roget Caesar Joseph |
Group C
Cuba was host for Group C.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
Group D
Saint Kitts and Nevis was host for Group D.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Haiti | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Charles Guerrier |
Report | Smith |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Somersall Warde |
Report | Pierre |
Saint Lucia | 0 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Norde Charles |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Elliott Somersall |
Report | Smith |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Gregory Thomas |
Report | Paul |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Joseph Elliott |
Report | Gerald |
Second Round
St Kitts and Nevis was host for the Second Round.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Gay |
Report | García |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Waal |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Blanchette Sawyers |
Report | Winchester de Silva |
Suriname | 1 – 9 | |
---|---|---|
Mando |
Report | Molino Lewis Gay de Silva |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Sawyers |
Report | Aira |
Central America
On 3 May 2011, the UNCAF announced the two groups that will fight for three spots for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.[4]
Group 1
Played from 13–17 September 2011 in El Salvador.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
El Salvador | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Blanco |
Report |
Guatemala | 1 – 3 | |
---|---|---|
Valenzuela |
Report | Blackburn Polo Davis |
El Salvador | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
García Rivas |
Report | Godoy |
Group 2
Played from 21–25 September 2011 in Honduras.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 4 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Martínez Madrigal Brenes |
Report |
Honduras | 2 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Rojas Hernández |
Report | Martínez Estrada |
Honduras | 5 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Leverón Altamirano Rojas Martinez |
Report |
Playoff
Panama | 2 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Godoy Blackburn |
Report | Guzmán |
Costa Rica | 1 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Duarte |
Report | Blackburn |
- Panama won 3–2 on aggregate.
References
- "Tournament Regulations concacaf.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- "Olympic qualifying to begin in June". concacaf.com. 2011-05-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- Match abandoned in Suriname Starbroeknews.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011
- LaPrensa.hn – La Uncaf anunció hoy los grupos de la eliminatoria al PreOlímpico de Concacaf para clasificar a los Juegos de Londres 2012 Archived 2011-05-05 at the Wayback Machine – 3 May 2011