2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the thirteenth 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 [Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic association football|football tournament]. It was held in the United States, from 22 March and 2 April 2012.
Mexico won the tournament for the sixth time, following a 2–1 victory after extra time over Honduras. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the [Football at the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics] in United Kingdom 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 | 2008 | Runners-up | |||
| North America | Automatic | 2008 | Winners | |||
| North America | Automatic | 2008 | Winners | |||
| Central America | Group 1 winners | 1996 | Final round winner without outright champions | |||
| Central America | | Group 1 winners | 2008 | Winners | ||
| Central America | Play-off winners | 2008 | Fourth place | |||
| Caribbean | Second round winners | 2008 | Third place | |||
| Caribbean | Second round runners-up | 2004 | Runners-up |
Venues
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.Match officials
The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.| Country | Referee | ||||||||
 Group stageAll times in Eastern Daylight Time.Group A-------- Group B-------- Knockout stageBracketSemi-finalsThe semi-final winners qualified for the [Football at the 2012 Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics].StatisticsGoalscorers;5 goals;4 goals ;3 goals ;2 goals ;1 goal
Final rankingAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.Qualified teams for 2012 Summer OlympicsThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.
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