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2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2015
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	1 – 13 October
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	46 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alberth Elis Jerome Kiesewetter (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hirving Lozano
Best goalkeeper	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

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. 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.

Qualification

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

• Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the hosts United States, who all qualified automatically due to them being the only teams in the region
• Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
• Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Regional qualification tournaments were held 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.

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

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
CarsonCommerce CityKansas CitySandyclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Draw

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. The draw was conducted by Eddie Lewis and Brad Friedel.

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.

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

Match officials

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).

Group stage

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:

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

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

Panama	1–1	Cuba
Nuñez 76'	Report	Reyes 6'

United States	3–1	Canada
Morris 1', 73' Gil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Petrasso 81'

Canada	3–1	Panama
Petrasso 30' Thomas 34' Fisk 74'	Report	Bárcenas 61'

Cuba	1–6	United States
Sáez 90+3'	Report	Carter-Vickers 16' Miazga 35' Kiesewetter 37', 49' Hyndman 68' Hernández 75'

Canada	2–2	Cuba
Petrasso 25' Babouli 52'	Report	Hernández 32', 87'

United States	4–0	Panama
Escobar 50' (o.g.) Kiesewetter 52' Morris 56' Gil 71' (pen.)	Report

Group B

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

Honduras	1–0	Haiti
Lozano 6'	Report

Mexico	4–0	Costa Rica
Bueno 19', 77' Fernández 45+2' (o.g.) Torres 88'	Report

Costa Rica	0–2	Honduras
	Report	Lozano 41' Elis 82'

Haiti	0–1	Mexico
	Report	R. López 74' (pen.)

Costa Rica	1−1	Haiti
Flores 82'	Report	Pierre 51'

Mexico	2–1	Honduras
R. López 4' Torres 65'	Report	Elis 59'

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 October – Sandy, UT
	United States	0
					13 October – Sandy, UT
	Honduras	2
					Honduras	0
	10 October – Sandy, UT
					Mexico	2
	Mexico	2
	Canada	0
					Third place play-off
					13 October – Sandy, UT
					United States	2
					Canada	0

Semi-finals

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

United States	0–2	Honduras
	Report	Elis 23', 77'

Mexico	2–0	Canada
Torres 6' Lozano 57'	Report

Third place play-off

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

United States	2–0	Canada
Pelosi 69' Kiesewetter 84' (pen.)	Report

Final

Honduras	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Acosta 42' (o.g.) Guzmán 68'

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Alberth Elis
• Jerome Kiesewetter

3 goals

• Michael Petrasso
• Erick Torres
• Jordan Morris

2 goals

• Anthony Lozano
• Marco Bueno
• Raúl López
• Arichel Hernández
• Luis Gil

1 goal

• Molham Babouli
• Ben Fisk
• Skylar Thomas
• Dylan Flores
• Maikel Reyes
• Daniel Luis Sáez
• Paulson Pierre
• Víctor Guzmán
• Hirving Lozano
• Édgar Joel Bárcenas
• Josiel Núñez
• Cameron Carter-Vickers
• Alonso Hernández
• Emerson Hyndman
• Matt Miazga
• Marc Pelosi

1 own goal

• William Fernández (playing against Mexico)
• Bryan Acosta (playing against Mexico)
• Fidel Escobar (playing against USA)

Awards

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

Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Golden Glove	Fair Play Award
Hirving Lozano	Jerome Kiesewetter (4 goals, 2 assists)	Gibrán Lajud	Mexico

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Mexico	5	5	0	0	11	1	+10	15	Winners
	Honduras	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	9	Runner-ups
	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

Qualified teams for 2016 Summer Olympics

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

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Honduras	10 October 2015	3 (2000, 2008, 2012)
Mexico	10 October 2015	10 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Broadcasters

Television

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

Cuban defections

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).

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External links

• Olympic Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com

• 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
• CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2015–16 in CONCACAF football
• Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
• 2015 in American soccer
• International association football competitions hosted by the United States