2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Qualifying rounds for the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament were held for the Central American and the Caribbean zones, narrowing the field from each zone to three nations and two nations, respectively.

In the following tables:

P = total games played
W = total games won
D = total games drawn (tied)
L = total games lost
GF = total goals scored (goals for)
GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
Pts = total points accumulated

	Team qualified for the final round.
	Team did not qualify for the final round
	Team advances to playoff

North American zone

The 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:

Team
Canada
Mexico
United States

Central American zone

Six teams were divided into two groups of three, or triangulars, and played a round of matches in round-robin format. The winner of each triangular advanced to the finals, and the runners-up played each other in a home-and-away playoff.

Triangular 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Honduras	4	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Panama	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
El Salvador	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

Panama v El Salvador

November 7, 2007

Panama	2–1	El Salvador
Torres 53' Barahona 80'	(Report)	Flores 90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Jimenez (Costa Rica)

El Salvador v Honduras

November 9, 2007

El Salvador	0–3	Honduras
	(Report)	Núñez 21' Thomas 74' Norales 90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Panama v Honduras

November 11, 2007

Panama	1–1	Honduras
Aguilar 67'	(Report)	Bernárdez 28'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Triangular 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Guatemala	6	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Costa Rica	3	2	1	1	10	3	+7
Nicaragua	0	2	0	2	1	12	-11

Guatemala v Nicaragua

November 14, 2007

Guatemala	3–0	Nicaragua
Noriega 39' 45' Arreola 52'	(Report)

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Zelaya (Honduras)

Nicaragua v Costa Rica

November 16, 2007

Nicaragua	1–9	Costa Rica
Vanegas 44'	(Report)	Guerrero 8' 36' 40' Ruiz 14' 16' 20' Borges 25' 78' Perez 61'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rodriguez (Panama)

Costa Rica v Guatemala

November 18, 2007

Costa Rica	1–2	Guatemala
Solorzano 14'	(Report)	Lalín 3' Contreras 63'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)

Play-off

The runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off qualified for a spot in the final round.

Panama v Costa Rica

November 30, 2007

Panama	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Santana 56'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Costa Rica v Panama

December 6, 2007

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	(Report)	Quintero 63'
	Penalties
Angulo Santana Sanchez Chan Borges	3 – 4	Torres Vazquez Quintero Bonilla Cooper

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

Panama 1–1 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4–3 on penalties.

Caribbean zone

The Caribbean zone qualifiers were divided into two rounds. In the first round, 22 teams were divided into six groups, Groups A through F, and the six group winners advanced to the second round. The six second round teams were divided into two groups of three, Groups G and H, and the winners advanced to the finals.

First round

Group A - Paramaribo, Suriname

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	7	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7
Suriname	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Guyana	4	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3
Netherlands Antilles	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

August 31, 2007


Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Guyana
Suriname	1–0	Netherlands Antilles

September 2, 2007


Netherlands Antilles	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname	1–2	Guyana

September 4, 2007


Guyana	2–2	Netherlands Antilles
Suriname	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago

Group B - Oranjestad, Aruba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Jamaica	9	3	3	0	12	1	+11
Antigua and Barbuda	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2
Barbados	3	3	1	2	3	3	0
Aruba	0	3	0	3	0	9	−9

September 9, 2007


Antigua and Barbuda	1–6	Jamaica
Aruba	0–2	Barbados

September 11, 2007


Jamaica	1–0	Barbados
Aruba	0–2	Antigua and Barbuda

September 13, 2007


Barbados	1–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba	0–5	Jamaica

Group C - Havana, Cuba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	9	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20
Puerto Rico	6	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3
Bermuda	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8
Cayman Islands	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

September 9, 2007


Puerto Rico	4–1	Cayman Islands
Cuba	6–0	Bermuda

September 11, 2007


Cayman Islands	0–0	Bermuda
Cuba	8–0	Puerto Rico

September 13, 2007


Bermuda	0–2	Puerto Rico
Cuba	6–0	Cayman Islands

Group D - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Dominican Republic	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

September 9, 2007


Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	Dominican Republic

September 11, 2007


Haiti	0–0	Dominican Republic

September 13, 2007


Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–1	Haiti

Group E - Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grenada	5	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3
Dominica	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5
Saint Lucia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1

September 9, 2007


Saint Lucia	3–3	Grenada
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4–1	Dominica

September 11, 2007


Grenada	3–0	Dominica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–0	Saint Lucia

September 13, 2007


Dominica	2–1	Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–3	Grenada

Group F - Nassau, Bahamas

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahamas	3	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

September 2, 2007


Bahamas	6–1	U.S. Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands withdrew at the last minute, leaving the Bahamas as the group champion.

Second round

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	6	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Grenada	3	2	1	1	4	4	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	0	2	2	6	-4

Trinidad and Tobago v Cuba

October 9, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Cuba
	(Report)	16' OG 42' Duarte 44' Yalmacida

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

Cuba v Grenada

October 11, 2007

Cuba	2 – 1	Grenada
Yalmacida 15' 67'	(Report)	24' Antoine

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 100
Referee: Garcia (MEX)

Trinidad and Tobago v Grenada

October 13, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 3	Grenada
Mitchell 77' 79'	report	7' 34' Antoine 46' pen Rennie

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	6	2	2	0	8	1	+6
Bahamas	3	2	1	1	1	6	-5
Jamaica	0	2	0	2	1	3	-2

Haiti v Bahamas

October 9, 2007

Haiti	6 – 0	Bahamas
Vubert 34' 45' Slcenat 44' Saint Preux 53' 90+' Norde 81'	(Report)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Moreno (PAN)

Bahamas v Jamaica

October 11, 2007

Bahamas	1 – 0	Jamaica
St. Fleur 84'	(Report)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Quesada (CRC)

Haiti v Jamaica

October 13, 2007

Haiti	2 – 1	Jamaica
Azor 48' Noel 76'	report	20' Austin

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Moreno (PAN)

References

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Seasons	1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 qualifying 2012 qualifying 2015 qualifying

Squads	1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2015

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