| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 18–30 March 2021 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Honduras |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
| Top scorer | Sebastián Córdova (4 goals) |
| Best player | Alexis Vega |
| Bestgoalkeeper | Alex Güity |
| Fair play award | Mexico |
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The2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifteenth and final edition of theCONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restrictedfootball tournament organised byCONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from theNorth,Central America andCaribbean region qualify for theOlympic football tournament.
In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted inGuadalajara andZapopan, both cities in thestate 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 theCOVID-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 defeatingHonduras onpenalties in the final. It was their eight Pre-Olympic title and third in a row, after previous wins in1964,1972,1976,1996,2004,2012 and2015.[6] As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics inJapan as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous two Summer Olympics.[7]
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the2024 Summer Olympic Games inFrance will qualify through the2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8]
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.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | PreviousOlympic 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 |
The matches were played in two stadiums in the following cities:
| Guadalajara | Zapopan (Guadalajara Area) | Location of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Akron | |
| Capacity:55,110 | Capacity:49,850 | |
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The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00CST (UTC−6) at theEstadio Akron, inZapopan,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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
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
Iroots Appleton Juan Carlos Mora David Morán
Gerson López Humberto Panjoj Walter López
Nicholas Anderson Ojay Duhaney Christian Kiabek Espinoza Alberto Morin
Henri Pupiro
Ronald Bruna Frank AndersonThe top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local,CST (UTC−6).[14]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico(H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| United States | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
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| Mexico | 4–1 | Dominican Republic |
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| Dominican Republic | 0–4 | United States |
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| Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
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| Mexico | 1–0 | United States |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Canada | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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| Report |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
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| El Salvador | 2–1 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
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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 apenalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 March –Guadalajara | ||||||
| Honduras | 2 | |||||
| 30 April –Zapopan | ||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| Honduras | 1 (4) | |||||
| 28 March –Guadalajara | ||||||
| Mexico(p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
The semi-final winners qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics.
| Honduras | 2–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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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
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Best Player[15] | Best Goalkeeper[16] | Top Goal Scorer[17] |
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Vega | Alex Güity | Sebastián Córdova (4 goals, 2 assists) |
| Fair Play Award[18] | ||
| Mexico | ||
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by apenalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mexico(H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 13 | Winners |
 | 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 |
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the2020 Summer Olympic Men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances inSummer Olympics1 |
|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 28 March 2021 | 4 (2000,2008,2012,2016) |
| Mexico | 28 March 2021 | 11 (1928,1948,1964,1968,1972,1976,1992,1996,2004,2012,2016) |
| Country | Broadcaster | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Pay | ||
| Mexico(Host) | Canal 5 ∙Las Estrellas | TUDN | |
| Canada | OneSoccer | [20] | |
| Costa Rica | |||
| Dominican Republic | |||
| El Salvador | |||
| Haiti | |||
| Honduras | Televicentro | [21] | |
 United States | FS1 ∙FS2 | [22] | |
| UniMás | TUDN | [23] | |
| Country | Broadcaster | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| United States | TUDN Radio | [24] |
