2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship


The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifteenth and final 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 organised 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].
In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Guadalajara and Zapopan, both cities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020.
On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next thirty days due to the North America. 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.
Host nation, Mexico successfully defended their title after defeating Honduras on penalties in the final. It was their eight Pre-Olympic title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, [2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|2012] and 2015. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the [Football at the Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics] in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous two Summer Olympics.
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
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.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performancePrevious Olympic appearances
North America
Automatic12th2015Winners 11
North AmericaAutomatic9th2015Runners-up 3
North AmericaAutomatic11th2015Winners 14
Central AmericaCentral America play-off winners7th2004Winners 3
Central AmericaCentral America play-off winners5th2012Final round winner without outright champions [|1]
Central AmericaCentral America play-off winners7th2015Winners 4
CaribbeanCaribbean play-in round winners1st0 Debutant0
CaribbeanCaribbean play-in round winners3rd2015Group stage 0

Venues

The matches were played in two stadiums in the following cities:
GuadalajaraZapopan
Estadio JaliscoEstadio Akron
Capacity: 55,110Capacity: 49,850

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST at the Estadio Akron, in Zapopan, Mexico.
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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Squads

    Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

    Match officials

    The match officials appointed for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship were announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021.
    Referees
    Assistants referees

    Group stage

    The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
    All times are local, CST.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Knockout stage

    In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

    Bracket


    Semi-finals

    The semi-final winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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    Statistics

    Awards

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

    Alex Güity
    Derek Cornelius

    Johan Vásquez

    Denil Maldonado

    Justen Glad

    Sebastián Córdova

    Jackson Yueill

    Edwin Rodríguez
    Luis Palma

    Alexis Vega

    Uriel Antuna

    Final ranking

    As 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 2020 Summer Olympics

    The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic Men's football tournament.
    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1