2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] It was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from January 19–29, 2012.[2]

2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
CityVancouver
DatesJanuary 19–29, 2012
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored81 (5.4 per match)
Attendance120,898 (8,060 per match)
Top scorer(s) Christine Sinclair (9 goals)

Qualification

Thirteen teams, eight from the Caribbean and five from Central America, competed to join automatic qualifiers Canada, Mexico and the United States in the eight-team final tournament.

Caribbean qualification took place as two groups of four teams that competed from 29 June to 9 July. Cuba and Haiti qualified from group A with seven points each, and were joined by the Dominican Republic from group B who won their group with nine points.

UNCAF's two slots were determined by a five-team group that competed from 30 September to 8 October. Costa Rica won the group without dropping any points, and were joined by Guatemala who only lost to Costa Rica.[3]

Squads
Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament squads

Group stage

Draw for the group stage was held on 24 October,[4] with schedules announced two days later.[5]

The United States' 14–0 victory over the Dominican Republic on January 20 set a tournament record for the largest margin of victory.[6]

Times listed are Pacific Standard Time (PST) – UTC−8.

Key to colours in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3300131+129
 Costa Rica 32015506
 Haiti 310238−53
 Cuba 300307−70
Costa Rica 2–0 Cuba
Rosales  11'
Acosta  55'		 Report
Attendance: 7,627
Referee: Quetzali Alvarado (Mexico)
Canada 6–0 Haiti
Julien  7'
Sinclair  25', 44', 56', 86' (pen.)
Parker  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 7,627
Haiti 0–2 Costa Rica
Report Acosta  49', 57'
Attendance: 1,500
Canada 2–0 Cuba
Sinclair  17' (pen.)
Tancredi  24'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)
Cuba 0–3 Haiti
Report Boulos  72'
Pierre-Louis  76'
Valentin  83'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)
Canada 5–1 Costa Rica
Sinclair  6', 45'
Schmidt  10'
Kyle  19'
Ugalde  50' (o.g.)		 Report Barrantes  89'
Attendance: 8,105

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300310+319
 Mexico 3201124+86
 Guatemala 3102618−123
 Dominican Republic 3003027−270
Mexico 5–0 Guatemala
Díaz  12'
Domínguez  24', 44', 67' (pen.)
Garza  38'		 Report
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Dominican Republic 0–14 United States
Report Wambach  1', 19'
Lloyd  4'
Buehler  7'
O'Reilly  17', 32', 78'
Heath  30'
Rodriguez  46', 48', 58', 70', 75'
Cheney  64'
Attendance: 6,321[7]
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
Mexico 7–0 Dominican Republic
Saucedo  21'
Díaz  27'
Ruiz  38', 71'
Guajardo  49', 62', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Maria Flores (Costa Rica)
United States 13–0 Guatemala
Wambach  12', 15'
Cheney  25'
Rodriguez  29'
Lloyd  33'
Lindsey  34'
Leroux  48', 50', 57', 70', 87'
Rapinoe  75'
Morgan  83'		 Report
Attendance: 6,738
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)
Guatemala 6–0 Dominican Republic
Pineda  2', 5', 29'
Monterroso  9', 90+1'
Martínez  53'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
United States 4–0 Mexico
Lloyd  8', 57', 86'
O'Reilly  9'		 Report
Attendance: 7,599
Referee: Carol Ann Chenard (Canada)

Knockout stage
Semifinals Finals
      
1  Canada 3
4  Mexico 1
 Canada 0
 United States 4
3  United States 3
2  Costa Rica 0

Semi-finals
United States 3–0 Costa Rica
Heath  16'
Lloyd  72'
Morgan  89'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Irasema Aguilera (Cuba)
Canada 3–1 Mexico
Sinclair  15', 76'
Tancredi  23'		 Report Pérez  67'
Attendance: 22,954[8]
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Final

The Canada versus USA Final set a record for CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualification with 25,427 in attendance, the second time the record was broken this tournament. Previously, the Canada versus Mexico semifinal set the record with 22,954 spectators.[9]

Canada 0–4 United States
Report Morgan  4', 56'
Wambach  24', 28'
Attendance: 25,427
Referee: Quetzalli Godinez (Mexico)

Goalscorers
9 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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See also

References
  1. "Olympic qualifying, Pan Ams berths allocated". concacaf.com. 2010-11-03. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  2. The Canadian Press (2011-05-17). "Vancouver awarded women's CONCACAF Olympic qualifier". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  3. "Guatemala earns last place in Vancouver". CONCACAF. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  4. "Olympic women's qualifying groups set". CONCACAF. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-28. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  5. "2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying schedule announced". CanadaSoccer.com. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  6. "Americans set record with 14–0 win". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  7. "U.S. Women's National Team Opens 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying With Record Performance in 14–0 Rout of Dominican Republic". USSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  8. "Canada headed to London after emotional win". CanadaSoccer.com. The Canadian Soccer Association. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  9. MacMahon, Martin. "Canada no match for USA". Sportsnet. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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