The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its continental qualifying tournament for the men's olympic teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, to determine the qualified teams for the Olympic football tournament. The olympic teams were represented by amateur players (1964–1988) and later by under-23 players since 1992. The tournament was held from 1964 to 2020.
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1] The two finalists at the U-20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.
Results
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Performances
edit| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
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 Mexico |
8 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020) |
1 (1992) |
1 (2000) |
– | 10 |
 Honduras |
2 (2000, 2008) |
3 (2012, 2015, 2020) |
1 (2004) |
1 (1992) |
7 |
 Costa Rica |
2 (1980, 1984) |
1 (2004) |
1 (1996) |
– | 4 |
 United States |
1 (1992) |
4 (1972, 1980, 2000, 2008) |
2 (2015, 2020) |
– | 7 |
 Canada |
– | 2 (1984, 1996) |
2 (1992, 2008) |
3 (2012, 2015, 2021) |
7 |
 Guatemala |
– | 1 (1976) |
1 (1972) |
2 (2000, 2008) |
4 |
 Suriname |
– | 1 (1964) |
1 (1980) |
– | 2 |
 Cuba |
– | – | 2 (1976, 1984) |
– | 2 |
 El Salvador |
– | – | 1 (2012) |
– | 1 |
 Jamaica |
– | – | – | 2 (1972, 1996) |
2 |
 Panama |
– | – | – | 1 (1964) |
1 |
Top goalscorers
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Overall top goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player | Country | Year(s) | U-23 Goals |
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| 1 | Steve Snow | USA | 1992 | 8 |
| 2 | Brent Goulet | USA | 1988 | 6 |
| 2 | Ronald Gomez | Costa Rica | 1996 | 6 |
| 4 | Freddy Adu | USA | 2008–2012 | 5 |
| 4 | Marco Fabián | Mexico | 2012 | 5 |
| 4 | Alan Pulido | Mexico | 2012 | 5 |
| 7 | Carl Gentile | USA | 1964 | 4 |
| 7 | Aaron Padilla | Mexico | 1964 | 4 |
| 7 | Leonard Cuellar | Mexico | 1972 | 4 |
| 7 | Mike Seeray | USA | 1972 | 4 |
| 7 | Hugo Sanchez | Mexico | 1976 | 4 |
| 7 | Alecko Eskandarian | USA | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Bobby Convey | USA | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Emil Martínez | Honduras | 2004 | 4 |
| 7 | Joe Corona | USA | 2012 | 4 |
| 7 | Anthony Lozano | Honduras | 2012–2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Erick Torres | Mexico | 2012–2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Alberth Elis | Honduras | 2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Jerome Kiesewetter | USA | 2015 | 4 |
| 7 | Sebastián Córdova | Mexico | 2020 | 4 |
Olympic qualification by nation
edit- As of 2024
| Rank | Nation | OQ | Years qualified |
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| 1 | United States | 15 | 1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024 |
| 2 | Mexico | 12 | 1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020 |
| 3 | Honduras | 5 | 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1904, 1976, 1984 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1980, 1984, 2004 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 1968, 1976, 1988 |
| 7 | Cuba | 2 | 1976, 1980 |
| 8 | El Salvador | 1 | 1968 |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 2024 |
| 8 |  Curaçao | 1 | 1952 |
Curaçao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games". CONCACAF. 16 September 2021.
External links
edit- CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying (archived 15 February 2015)