2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

North American football tournament October 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015 CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING 2015 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.png United States 1–13 October 8 1 4 4 MEX 7 23 HON 1949 23 USA 23 CAN 16 46 HON 1949 Alberth ElisUSA Jerome Kiesewetter(4 goals each) MEX Hirving Lozano MEX Gibran Lajud 23 MEX 2012 2020 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 2015http://www.concacaf.com/article/united-states-named-host-for-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship-2015 United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015 CONCACAF 12 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214231550/http://www.concacaf.com/article/united-states-named-host-for-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship-2015 14 February 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.http://www.concacaf.com/article/mexico-repeats-as-cmoq-champion Mexico repeats as CMOQ champion CONCACAF 14 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151018021019/http://www.concacaf.com/article/mexico-repeats-as-cmoq-champion 18 October 2015 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.http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=3/news=colombia-edge-usa-to-end-drought-2773333.html Colombia edge USA to end drought FIFA 30 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160330154907/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=3/news=colombia-edge-usa-to-end-drought-2773333.html 30 March 2016 Qualification 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:United States Named Host for CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015 http://www.concacaf.com/article/united-states-named-host-for-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship-2015 CONCACAF.com 13 February 2015 12 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214231550/http://www.concacaf.com/article/united-states-named-host-for-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship-2015 14 February 2015 dead dmy-all 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 performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last) North America 23 USA (hosts) Automatic 10th 2012 Winners (1988, 1992) 14 (2008) 23 CAN Automatic 8th 2012 Runners-up (1984, 1996) 3 (1984) MEX(title holders) Automatic 11th 2012 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012) 10 (2012) Central America 23 PAN Group A winners 6th 2012 Fourth place (1964) 0 23 HON 1949 Group B winners 6th 2012 Winners (2000, 2008) 3 (2012) 23 CRC Play-offs winners 6th 2004 Winners (1980, 1984) 3 (2004) Caribbean 23 HAI Final round winners 2nd 2008 Group stage (2008) 0 23 CUB Final round runners-up 5th 2012 Third place (1976, 1984) 2 (1980) Venues Four cities served as the venues for tournament. Kansas City, KansasCarson, California(Los Angeles Area)Commerce City, Colorado(Denver Area)Sandy, Utah(Salt Lake City Area)Sporting ParkStubHub CenterDick's Sporting Goods ParkRio Tinto Stadium Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 21,000Capacity: 18,061 Capacity: 20,213180x180px180x180px180x180px180x180pxUSA 512 center Location of the host cities of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. USA 33.864429 -118.261154 left Carson USA 39.805672 -104.891807 bottom Commerce City USA 39.121627 -94.823175 top Kansas City USA 40.582939 -111.893363 top Sandy 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.http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-to-hold-olympic-qualifying-championship-draw-in-los-angeles-on-august-18 CONCACAF to Hold Olympic Qualifying Championship Draw in Los Angeles on August 18 CONCACAF.com 10 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906182310/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-to-hold-olympic-qualifying-championship-draw-in-los-angeles-on-august-18 6 September 2015 dead dmy-all The draw was conducted by Eddie Lewis and Brad Friedel.http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-2015-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship CONCACAF.com 18 August 2015 19 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150824090202/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-2015-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-championship 24 August 2015 dead dmy-all 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.http://www.concacaf.com/article/olympic-qualifying-championship-host-cities-named Olympic Qualifying Championship host cities named CONCACAF.com 15 May 2015 15 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150519124157/http://www.concacaf.com/article/olympic-qualifying-championship-host-cities-named 19 May 2015 dead dmy-allhttp://www.concacaf.com/video/official-draw-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-united-states-2015 Official Draw: CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying United States 2015 CONCACAF.com 18 August 2015 24 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151125015818/http://www.concacaf.com/video/official-draw-concacaf-mens-olympic-qualifying-united-states-2015 25 November 2015 dead dmy-all The draw took place before the UNCAF final qualifier (Costa Rica) had been confirmed. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 423 USA (Group A) 23 MEX (Group B)23 HON 1949 23 PAN23 CUB 23 HAI23 CAN 23 CRC Match officials Referees BRB Adrian Skeete BLZ Christopher Reid CAN Mathieu Bourdeau CAN Drew Fischer CRC Hugo Cruz GUA Juan Guerra HON 1949 Armando Castro JAM Karl Tyrell MEX Luis Enrique Santander PAN Jafeth Perea PUR Javier Santos USA Armando Villarreal Assistant referees BLZ Ricardo Ake CAN Joe Fletcher CRC Carlos Fernandez GUA Ronaldo De La Cruz HON 1949 Oscar Velazquez MEX Israel Valenciano PAN Ronald Bruna PUR Jairo Morales SKN Graeme Brown TRI Ainsley Rochard USA Frank Anderson USA Corey Rockwell Squads 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).http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FIFA-Regulations-for-the-Olympic-Football-Tournament-Games-of-the-XXXI-Olympiad-Rio-de-Janeiro-2016.pdf Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments CONCACAF.com 20 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906113402/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FIFA-Regulations-for-the-Olympic-Football-Tournament-Games-of-the-XXXI-Olympiad-Rio-de-Janeiro-2016.pdf 6 September 2015 dead dmy-all 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: Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; 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 main WDL CONCACAF 23 USA 23 PAN 23 CUB 23 CAN complete 3 0 0 13 2 H 0 1 2 2 8 0 2 1 4 9 1 1 1 6 6 USA CAN CUB PAN Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 10 1 y 17:30 CDT (UTC−5) 23 PAN 23 CUB 1–1 *Nuñez 76 *Reyes 6 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 3,827 Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240046 2015 10 1 y 20:00 CDT (UTC−5) 23 USA 23 CAN 3–1 *Morris 1 73 Gil 90+2 pen. *Petrasso 81 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 3,827 Armando Castro (Honduras) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240047 2015 10 3 y 13:30 CDT (UTC−5) 23 CAN 23 PAN 3–1 *Petrasso 30 Thomas 34 Fisk 74 *Bárcenas 61 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 3,755 Javier Santos (Puerto Rico) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240050 2015 10 3 y 16:00 CDT (UTC−5) 23 CUB 23 USA 1–6 *Sáez 90+3 *Carter-Vickers 16 Miazga 35 Kiesewetter 37 49 Hyndman 68 Hernández 75 Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas 3,755 Juan Guerra (Guatemala) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240051 2015 10 6 y 17:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 CAN 23 CUB 2–2 *Petrasso 25 Babouli 52 *Hernández 32 87 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado 3,313 Adrián Skeete (Barbados) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240054 2015 10 6 y 19:30 MDT (UTC−6) 23 USA 23 PAN 4–0 *Escobar 50 o.g. Kiesewetter 52 Morris 56 Gil 71 pen. Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado 3,313 Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240055 Group B main WDL CONCACAF 23 MEX 23 HON 1949 23 HAI 23 CRC complete 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 MEX HON HAI CRC Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 10 2 y 18:00 PDT (UTC−7) 23 HON 1949 23 HAI 1–0 *Lozano 6 StubHub Center, Carson, California Drew Fischer (Canada) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240048 2015 10 2 y 20:30 PDT (UTC−7) 23 MEX 23 CRC 4–0 *Bueno 19 77 Fernández 45+2 o.g. Torres 88 StubHub Center, Carson, California Jafeth Perea (Panama) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240049 2015 10 4 y 13:30 PDT (UTC−7) 23 CRC 23 HON 1949 0–2 *Lozano 41 Elis 82 StubHub Center, Carson, California Christopher Reid (Belize) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240052 2015 10 4 y 16:00 PDT (UTC−7) 23 HAI 23 MEX 0–1 *R. López 74 pen. StubHub Center, Carson, California Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240053 2015 10 7 y 17:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 CRC 23 HAI 1−1 *Flores 82 *Pierre 51 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado Karl Tyrell (Jamaica) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240056 2015 10 7 y 19:30 MDT (UTC−6) 23 MEX 23 HON 1949 2–1 *R. López 4 Torres 65 *Elis 59 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado Armando Villarreal (United States) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240057 Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket N4 yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 10 October – Sandy, UT 23 USA 0 23 HON 1949 2 10 October – Sandy, UT 23 MEX 2 23 CAN 0 13 October – Sandy, UT 23 HON 1949 0 23 MEX 2 13 October – Sandy, UT 23 USA 2 23 CAN 0 Semi-finals The semi-final winners qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. 2015 10 10 y 13:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 USA 23 HON 1949 0–2 *Elis 23 77 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Jafeth Perea (Panama) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240058 2015 10 10 y 16:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 MEX 23 CAN 2–0 *Torres 6 Lozano 57 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240059 Third place play-off The winners advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. 2015 10 13 y 17:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 USA 23 CAN 2–0 *Pelosi 69 Kiesewetter 84 pen. Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240060 Final 2015 10 13 y 20:00 MDT (UTC−6) 23 HON 1949 23 MEX 0–2 *Acosta 42 o.g. Guzmán 68 Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Drew Fischer (Canada) https://www.concacaf.com/en/men-s-olympic-qualifying/game-details?matchid=240061 Statistics Goalscorers 4 goals 22em HON 1949 Alberth Elis USA Jerome Kiesewetter 3 goals 22em CAN Michael Petrasso MEX Erick Torres USA Jordan Morris 2 goals 22em HON 1949 Anthony Lozano MEX Marco Bueno MEX Raúl López CUB Arichel Hernández USA Luis Gil 1 goal 22em CAN Molham Babouli CAN Ben Fisk CAN Skylar Thomas CRC Dylan Flores CUB Maikel Reyes CUB Daniel Luis Sáez HAI Paulson Pierre MEX Víctor Guzmán MEX Hirving Lozano PAN Édgar Joel Bárcenas PAN Josiel Núñez USA Cameron Carter-Vickers USA Alonso Hernández USA Emerson Hyndman USA Matt Miazga USA Marc Pelosi 1 own goal 22em CRC William Fernández (playing against Mexico) HON 1949 Bryan Acosta (playing against Mexico) PAN Fidel Escobar (playing against USA) Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.https://www.concacaf.com/olympics-qualifying-men/article/tsg-announces-cmoq-best-xi-awards/ TSG announces CMOQ Best XI, Awards CONCACAF 9 February 2018 6 April 2021 Golden BallGolden BootGolden GloveFair Play Award23 MEX Hirving Lozano23 USA Jerome Kiesewetter (4 goals, 2 assists)23 MEX Gibrán Lajud 23 MEX + Best XIGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards23 MEX Gibrán Lajud23 MEX Érick Aguirre 23 MEX Jhonatan Paz 23 MEX Jordan Silva 23 MEX Rodolfo Pizarro23 HON 1949 Alberth Elis 23 MEX Víctor Guzmán 23 HON 1949 Óscar Salas 23 MEX Hirving Lozano23 MEX Erick Torres 23 USA Jerome Kiesewetter 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. main WDL CONCACAF complete 23 CAN 1 1 3 6 10 23 CRC 0 1 2 1 7 23 CUB 0 2 1 4 9 23 HAI 0 1 2 1 3 23 HON 1949 3 0 2 6 4 23 MEX 5 0 0 11 1 23 PAN 0 1 2 2 8 23 USA 4 0 1 15 4 H MEX HON USA CAN CUB HAI PAN CRC yes Final result 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS #F7F6A8 Winners #EDEDED Runner-ups #E5C585 Third place Fourth place Eliminated ingroup stage 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 tournament1 HON 1949 01 10 October 2015 03 3 (2000, 2008, 2012) MEX 02 10 October 2015 10 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 Television CountryBroadcasterRef.FreePay (Host) Telemundo Universo TELEMUNDO, NBC UNIVERSO AND NBC DEPORTES ANNOUNCE THE TELECAST SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT NBCUniversal Media Village http://www.nbcumv.com/news/telemundo-nbc-universo-and-nbc-deportes-announce-telecast-schedule-upcoming-concacaf-men%E2%80%99s?network=33144 www.nbcumv.com 28 September 2015 Cuban defections 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).http://www.espnfc.co.uk/mens-olympic-qualifying-tournament/story/2643605/united-states-beat-canada-in-concacaf-olympic-qualifying United States beat Canada in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying Associated Press ESPN FC 1 October 2015 11 October 2015 References 2 External links Olympic Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com 2015 Olympic Qualifying Championship, Men's Category:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Olympic Qualifying Championship, Men's 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship