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CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

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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
Details
 Mexico
Mexico

Suriname

United States

Panama
1968
Details
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
Details
No fixed host
Mexico

United States

Guatemala

Jamaica
1976
Details
No fixed host
Mexico

Guatemala

Cuba
1980
Details
No fixed host
Costa Rica

United States

Suriname
1984
Details
No fixed host
Costa Rica

Canada

Cuba
1988
Details
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
Details
No host
United States

Mexico

Canada

Honduras
1996
Details
 Canada
Mexico

Canada

Costa Rica

Jamaica
2000
Details
 United States
Honduras

United States

Mexico

Guatemala
2004
Details
 Mexico
Mexico

Costa Rica

Honduras

United States
2008
Details
 United States
Honduras

United States

Canada

Guatemala
2012
Details
 United States
Mexico

Honduras

El Salvador

Canada
2015
Details
 United States
Mexico

Honduras

United States

Canada
2020
Details
 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 United States USA 1992 8
2 Brent Goulet United States USA 1988 6
2 Ronald Gomez Costa Rica Costa Rica 1996 6
4 Freddy Adu United States USA 2008–2012 5
4 Marco Fabián Mexico Mexico 2012 5
4 Alan Pulido Mexico Mexico 2012 5
7 Carl Gentile United States USA 1964 4
7 Aaron Padilla Mexico Mexico 1964 4
7 Leonard Cuellar Mexico Mexico 1972 4
7 Mike Seeray United States USA 1972 4
7 Hugo Sanchez Mexico Mexico 1976 4
7 Alecko Eskandarian United States USA 2004 4
7 Bobby Convey United States USA 2004 4
7 Emil Martínez Honduras Honduras 2004 4
7 Joe Corona United States USA 2012 4
7 Anthony Lozano Honduras Honduras 2012–2015 4
7 Erick Torres Mexico Mexico 2012–2015 4
7 Alberth Elis Honduras Honduras 2015 4
7 Jerome Kiesewetter United States USA 2015 4
7 Sebastián Córdova Mexico 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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