2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification

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[edit]

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

Team
Canada
Mexico
United States

Central American zone[edit]

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[edit]

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

November 7, 2007

Panama	2–1	El Salvador
Torres 53' Barahona 80'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Flores 90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Referee: Jimenez (Costa Rica)

November 9, 2007

El Salvador	0–3	Honduras
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Núñez 21' Thomas 74' Norales 90'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua)

November 11, 2007

Panama	1–1	Honduras
Aguilar 67'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Bernárdez 28'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Attendance: 2,867

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Triangular 2[edit]

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

November 14, 2007

Guatemala	3–0	Nicaragua
Noriega 39', 45' Arreola 52'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Zelaya (Honduras)

November 16, 2007

Nicaragua	1–9	Costa Rica
Vanegas 44'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Guerrero 8', 36', 40' Ruiz 14', 16', 20' Borges 25', 78' Pérez 61'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rodriguez (Panama)

November 18, 2007

Costa Rica	1–2	Guatemala
Solorzano 14'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Lalín 3' Contreras 63'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)

Play-off[edit]

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

November 30, 2007

Panama	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Santana 56'

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)

December 6, 2007

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	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[edit]

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[edit]

Group A - André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname[edit]

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 - Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba[edit]

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 - Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba[edit]

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 - Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis[edit]

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 - Victoria Park, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines[edit]

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 - Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas[edit]

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[edit]

Group G[edit]

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

October 9, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Cuba
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	16' OG 42' Duarte 44' Yalmacida

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 500

Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

October 11, 2007

Cuba	2 – 1	Grenada
Yalmacida 15' 67'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	24' Antoine

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 100

Referee: Garcia (MEX)

October 13, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 3	Grenada
Mitchell 77' 79'	report^{[permanent dead link]}	7' 34' Antoine 46' pen Rennie

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 200

Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)

Group H[edit]

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

October 9, 2007

Haiti	6 – 0	Bahamas
Vubert 34' 45' Slcenat 44' Saint Preux 53' 90+' Norde 81'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Referee: Moreno (PAN)

October 11, 2007

Bahamas	1 – 0	Jamaica
St. Fleur 84'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Referee: Quesada (CRC)

October 13, 2007

Haiti	2 – 1	Jamaica
Azor 48' Noel 76'	report^{[permanent dead link]}	20' Austin

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Moreno (PAN)

References[edit]

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