CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was a 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. The competition format had varied since its inception, from 1996 to the final edition in 2020 it had been hosted in a single country.

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 Concacaf U20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.

Past tournaments

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Note: The Olympic football teams are represented by under-23 teams, since 1992.

Year Host Champions 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
Olympic teams (represented by amateur teams)
1964
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  Mexico  
Mexico
 
Suriname
 
United States
 
Panama
1968
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No fixed host No outright winner
(  El Salvador and   Guatemala were final round winners)
No outright third-placed team
(  Costa Rica and   Trinidad and Tobago were final round losers)
1972
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No fixed host  
Mexico
 
United States
 
Guatemala
 
Jamaica
1976
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No fixed host  
Mexico
 
Guatemala
 
Cuba
1980
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No fixed host  
Costa Rica
 
United States
 
Suriname
1984
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No fixed host  
Costa Rica
 
Canada
 
Cuba
1988
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No fixed host No outright winner
(  Mexico and   United States were final round winners)
No outright runners-up
(  Guatemala and   Trinidad and Tobago were final round runners-up)
No outright third-placed team
(  El Salvador and   Guyana were final round third-placed)
Olympic teams (represented by under-23 teams)
1992
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No host  
United States
 
Mexico
 
Canada
 
Honduras
1996
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  Canada  
Mexico
 
Canada
 
Costa Rica
 
Jamaica
2000
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  United States  
Honduras
 
United States
 
Mexico
 
Guatemala
2004
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  Mexico  
Mexico
 
Costa Rica
 
Honduras
 
United States
2008
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  United States  
Honduras
 
United States
 
Canada
 
Guatemala
2012
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  United States  
Mexico
 
Honduras
 
El Salvador
 
Canada
2015
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  United States  
Mexico
 
Honduras
 
United States
 
Canada
2020
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  Mexico  
Mexico
 
Honduras
 
United States
 
Canada

Top goalscorers by year

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Overall top goalscorers

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Rank Player Country Year(s) U-23 Goals
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

Winners by country

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Country Titles Runners-up
  Mexico 8 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2020) 1 (1992)
  United States 2 (1988*, 1992) 4 (1972, 1980, 2000, 2008)
  Honduras 2 (2000, 2008) 3 (2012, 2015, 2020)
  Costa Rica 2 (1980, 1984) 1 (2004)
  Guatemala 1 (1968*) 3 (1972, 1976, 1988)
  El Salvador 1 (1968*)
  Argentina 1 (1960)
  Canada 2 (1984, 1996)
  Suriname 1 (1964)
  Peru 1 (1960)

* Final round winners (no outright winner)

Olympic qualification by nation

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As of 2024
Rank Nation OQ Years qualified
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.

References

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  1. ^ "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.
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