2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying

The 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying was the twelfth edition of the [CONCACAF Men's Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Qualifying Championship|CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying], the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 11 and 23 March 2008.
Honduras won the title after with a 1–0 win over the United States in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the [Football at the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics] in China as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance^[\|1]	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances
North America		Automatic	9th	2004	Winners	9
North America		Automatic	6th	2004	Runners-up	3
North America		Automatic	8th	2004	Winners	13
Central America		Triangular 1 winners	4th	2004	Winners	1
Central America		Triangular 2 winners	6th	2000	Final round winner without outright champions	3
Central America		Play-off winners	4th	2004	Fourth place	0
Caribbean		Second round winners	3rd	1984	Third place	2
Caribbean		Second round winners	1st	0	Debutant	0

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the [Football at the 2008 Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics].
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Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals

Freddy Adu

;3 goals

Will Johnson

;2 goals

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kevin Hernández	Carlos Castrillo Oscar Morales Michael Orozco	Nelson Barahona José Manuel Contreras Maurice Edu Dax McCarty	Freddy Adu Leonel Duarte Will Johnson

Qualified teams for 2008 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics¹

Cuban defections

Following the Cuban draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against Honduras. Cuba played its final game against Panama with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match.