2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2015
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates1 – 13 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (7th title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place United States
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Alberth Elis
United States Jerome Kiesewetter
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Mexico Hirving Lozano
Best goalkeeperMexico Gibran Lajud
Fair play award Mexico
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The 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fourteenth edition of the 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 1 and 13 October 2015[1]

Mexico successfully defended their title after a 2–0 win over Honduras in the final. It was their seventh Pre-Olympic title and second in a row, after previous wins in 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004 and 2012.[2] As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous Olympics. Third-placed United States later lost to Colombia in the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the second consecutive time.[3]

Qualification

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Further information: 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[4]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the five teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America  United States (hosts) Automatic 10th 2012 Winners (1988, 1992) 14 (2008)
 Canada Automatic 8th 2012 Runners-up (1984, 1996) 3 (1984)
 Mexico
(title holders) 		Automatic 11th 2012 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012) 10 (2012)
Central America  Panama Group A winners 6th 2012 Fourth place (1964) 0
 Honduras Group B winners 6th 2012 Winners (2000, 2008) 3 (2012)
 Costa Rica Play-offs winners 6th 2004 Winners (1980, 1984) 3 (2004)
Caribbean  Haiti Final round winners 2nd 2008 Group stage (2008) 0
 Cuba Final round runners-up 5th 2012 Third place (1976, 1984) 2 (1980)

Venues

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Four cities served as the venues for tournament.

Kansas City, Kansas Carson, California
(Los Angeles Area) 		Commerce City, Colorado
(Denver Area) 		Sandy, Utah
(Salt Lake City Area)
Sporting Park StubHub Center Dick's Sporting Goods Park Rio Tinto Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 18,061 Capacity: 20,213
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Location of the host cities of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 18 August 2015 at 09:00 PDT (UTC−7) at the Torrance Marriot Redondo Beach hotel in Torrance, California, United States.[5] The draw was conducted by Eddie Lewis and Brad Friedel.[6]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host United States were seeded in Group A, while defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Mexico were seeded in Group B.[7][8]

The draw took place before the UNCAF final qualifier (Costa Rica) had been confirmed.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

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Squads

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Main article: 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[9]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The final round of fixtures in the group stage and the knockout stage fell within the FIFA International Match Calendar period of 5–13 October 2015. As a result, teams were able to call on their first choice under-23 players worldwide.

All times were local.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  Cuba 3 0 2 1 4 9 −5 2
4  Panama 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Panama 1–1 Cuba
  • Nuñez 76'
 Report
Attendance: 3,827
United States 3–1 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)
Canada 3–1 Panama
 Report
Attendance: 3,755
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Cuba 1–6 United States
 Report
Attendance: 3,755
Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)
Canada 2–2 Cuba
 Report
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)
United States 4–0 Panama
 Report
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Haiti 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
Honduras 1–0 Haiti
 Report
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Mexico 4–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Costa Rica 0–2 Honduras
Report
Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)
Haiti 0–1 Mexico
Report
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)
Costa Rica 1−1 Haiti
 Report
  • Pierre 51'
Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)
Mexico 2–1 Honduras
 Report
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 October – Sandy, UT
 
 
 United States0
 
13 October – Sandy, UT
 
 Honduras2
 
 Honduras0
 
10 October – Sandy, UT
 
 Mexico2
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Canada0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
13 October – Sandy, UT
 
 
 United States2
 
 
 Canada0

Semi-finals

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The semi-final winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

United States 0–2 Honduras
Report
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Mexico 2–0 Canada
 Report
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

Third place play-off

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The winners advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.

United States 2–0 Canada
 Report

Final

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Honduras 0–2 Mexico
Report
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10]

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove Fair Play Award
Mexico Hirving Lozano United States Jerome Kiesewetter
(4 goals, 2 assists) 		Mexico Gibrán Lajud  Mexico
Best XI
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Mexico Gibrán Lajud

Mexico Érick Aguirre
Mexico Jhonatan Paz
Mexico Jordan Silva
Mexico Rodolfo Pizarro

Honduras Alberth Elis
Mexico Víctor Guzmán
Honduras Óscar Salas
Mexico Hirving Lozano

Mexico Erick Torres
United States Jerome Kiesewetter

Final ranking

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 5 5 0 0 11 1 +10 15 Winners
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Honduras 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9 Runner-ups
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (H) 5 4 0 1 15 4 +11 12 Third place
4  Canada 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4 Fourth place
5  Cuba 3 0 2 1 4 9 −5 2 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Haiti 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
7  Panama 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
8  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for 2016 Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Honduras 10 October 2015 3 (2000, 2008, 2012)
 Mexico 10 October 2015 10 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Broadcasters

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Television

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Country Broadcaster Ref.
Free Pay
 United States (Host) Telemundo Universo [11]

Cuban defections

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See also: List of Cuban soccer players who have defected to the United States

Four Cuban players were confirmed to have defected to the United States during the tournament: they were Emmanuel Labrada (CF Granma), Frank López García (FC Cienfuegos), Dairon Pérez (FC La Habana), and Yendry Torres (FC Cienfuegos).[12]

References

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  1. ^ "United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015". CONCACAF. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Mexico repeats as CMOQ champion". CONCACAF. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Colombia edge USA to end drought". FIFA. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ "United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015". CONCACAF.com. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. ^ "CONCACAF to Hold Olympic Qualifying Championship Draw in Los Angeles on August 18". CONCACAF.com. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". CONCACAF.com. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Olympic Qualifying Championship host cities named". CONCACAF.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying United States 2015". CONCACAF.com. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. ^ "TSG announces CMOQ Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  11. ^ "TELEMUNDO, NBC UNIVERSO AND NBC DEPORTES ANNOUNCE THE TELECAST SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  12. ^ "United States beat Canada in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying". ESPN FC. Associated Press. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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