CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its continental qualifying tournament for the men's olympic teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, to determine the qualified teams for the Olympic football tournament. The olympic teams were represented by amateur players (1964–1988) and later by under-23 players since 1992. The tournament was held from 1964 to 2020.

On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1] The two finalists at the U-20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.

Results

Ed. Year Hosts Champions Results Runners-up Third place Results Fourth place
Olympic teams (amateur)
1 1964 Mexico  Mexico Round-Robin  Suriname  United States Round-Robin  Panama
2 1968 North America No champions were awarded, only qualified teams
3 1972 North America  Mexico Round-Robin  United States  Guatemala Round-Robin  Jamaica
4 1976 North America  Mexico  Guatemala  Cuba –
5 1980 North America  Costa Rica  United States  Suriname –
6 1984 North America  Costa Rica  Canada  Cuba –
7 1988 North America No champions were awarded, only qualified teams
Olympic teams (U-23)
8 1992 North America  United States Round-Robin  Mexico  Canada Round-Robin  Honduras
9 1996 Canada  Mexico  Canada  Costa Rica  Jamaica
10 2000 United States  Honduras 2–1  United States  Mexico 5–0  Guatemala
11 2004 Mexico  Mexico 1–0
(a.e.t.)		  Costa Rica  Honduras 1–1
(4–3 p)		  United States
12 2008 United States  Honduras 1–0
(a.e.t.)		  United States  Canada 0–0
(5–3 p)		  Guatemala
13 2012 United States  Mexico 2–1
(a.e.t.)		  Honduras  El Salvador –  Canada
14 2015 United States  Mexico 2–0  Honduras  United States 2–0  Canada
15 2020 Mexico  Mexico 1–1
(5–4 p)		  Honduras  United States –  Canada

Performances

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 Mexico 8
(1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020) 		1
(1992) 		1
(2000) 		– 10
 Honduras 2
(2000, 2008) 		3
(2012, 2015, 2020) 		1
(2004) 		1
(1992) 		7
 Costa Rica 2
(1980, 1984) 		1
(2004) 		1
(1996) 		– 4
 United States 1
(1992) 		4
(1972, 1980, 2000, 2008) 		2
(2015, 2020) 		– 7
 Canada – 2
(1984, 1996) 		2
(1992, 2008) 		3
(2012, 2015, 2021) 		7
 Guatemala – 1
(1976) 		1
(1972) 		2
(2000, 2008) 		4
 Suriname – 1
(1964) 		1
(1980) 		– 2
 Cuba – – 2
(1976, 1984) 		– 2
 El Salvador – – 1
(2012) 		– 1
 Jamaica – – – 2
(1972, 1996) 		2
 Panama – – – 1
(1964) 		1


Top goalscorers

Top goalscorers by edition

Overall top goalscorers

Rank Player Country Year(s) U-23 Goals
1 Steve Snow USA 1992 8
2 Brent Goulet USA 1988 6
2 Ronald Gomez Costa Rica 1996 6
4 Freddy Adu USA 2008–2012 5
4 Marco Fabián Mexico 2012 5
4 Alan Pulido Mexico 2012 5
7 Carl Gentile USA 1964 4
7 Aaron Padilla Mexico 1964 4
7 Leonard Cuellar Mexico 1972 4
7 Mike Seeray USA 1972 4
7 Hugo Sanchez Mexico 1976 4
7 Alecko Eskandarian USA 2004 4
7 Bobby Convey USA 2004 4
7 Emil Martínez Honduras 2004 4
7 Joe Corona USA 2012 4
7 Anthony Lozano Honduras 2012–2015 4
7 Erick Torres Mexico 2012–2015 4
7 Alberth Elis Honduras 2015 4
7 Jerome Kiesewetter USA 2015 4
7 Sebastián Córdova Mexico 2020 4

Olympic qualification by nation

As of 2024
Rank Nation OQ Years qualified
1  United States 15 1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024
2  Mexico 12 1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020
3  Honduras 5 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
4  Canada 3 1904, 1976, 1984
4  Costa Rica 3 1980, 1984, 2004
4  Guatemala 3 1968, 1976, 1988
7  Cuba 2 1976, 1980
8  El Salvador 1 1968
8  Dominican Republic 1 2024
8  Curaçao 1 1952

Curaçao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games". CONCACAF. 16 September 2021.
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