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tournament organised by

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to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the

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and

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region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in

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, both cities in the state of Jalisco,

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, with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next thirty days due to the

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. On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifiers would now take place between 18 and 30 March 2021, as the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021. Host nation,

successfully defended their title after defeating

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on penalties in the final. It was their eight Pre-Olympic title and third in a row, after previous wins in

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. As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the

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as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous two Summer Olympics. On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the

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will qualify through the

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Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: *Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e.,

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, 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 in Central America and Caribbean 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.

Venues

The matches were played in two stadiums in the following cities:

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST ( UTC−6) at the

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, in

. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded into four pots for the draw. Pot 1 contained Mexico, seeded in Group A as the host nation, and Honduras, seeded in Group B as the best performing team in the last editions among the other teams. Pot 2 contained the two remaining teams from North America, Canada and United States, Pot 3 contained the two remaining teams from Central America, Costa Rica and El Salvador, while Pot 4 contained the two teams from the Caribbean, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Match officials

The match officials appointed for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship were announced by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021. Referees * Juan Gabriel Calderón * Iván Barton * Reon Radix * Mario Escobar * Said Martínez * Daneon Parchment * Fernando Guerrero * César Ramos * Jair Marrufo Assistants referees * Iroots Appleton * Juan Carlos Mora * David Morán * Gerson López * Humberto Panjoj * Walter López * Nicholas Anderson * Ojay Duhaney * Christian Kiabek Espinoza * Alberto Morin * Henri Pupiro * Ronald Bruna * Frank Anderson

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. All times are local, CST ( UTC−6).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,

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is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a

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to determine the winners.

Bracket

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a

were counted as draws.

Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic Men's football tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

Television

Radio

References

External links

Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2020

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