The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the

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, the quadrennial international

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tournament organised by

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to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the

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. A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament -

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and

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- qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

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

, the hosts

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, and the

, who all qualified automatically *One team from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) *Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following six teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The sole venue was the

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, Mexico.

Draw

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A.

Squads

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance 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 regular time (two periods of 45 minutes),

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

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to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it is played just before the final, extra time is skipped and a penalty shoot-out takes place.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;4 goals *

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Melissa Tancredi Melissa Palma Julie Tancredi (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian retired soccer forward who played for the Canada women's national soccer team. 3 time Olympian, 2 time Bronze Medalist. She won an Olympic bronze medal as a participating mem ...

;3 goals *

Abby Wambach Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's natio ...

;2 goals *

Carli Lloyd Carli Anne Hollins (; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year ...

Tania Morales Tania Paola Morales Bazarte (born 22 December 1986), known as Tania Morales, is a former Mexican Association football, footballer who last played as a midfielder in the Liga MX Femenil and the Mexico women's national football team, Mexico nation ...

Heather O'Reilly Heather Ann O'Reilly (born January 2, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Irish club Shelbourne of the Women's National League. She played for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT), w ...

Teresa Worbis Teresa Guadalupe "Lupita" Worbis Aguilar (born 12 December 1983) is a Mexican architect and a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Puebla. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team. Early life Worbis co ...

;1 goal *

Jonelle Filigno Jonelle Filigno (born September 24, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She played for the Canadian national team, with whom she won an Olympic bronze medal at London 2012. ...

Randee Hermus Randee Joanne Hermus (born November 14, 1979) is a Canadian former professional soccer defender, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2007 Pan American Games. Born in Surrey, British Columbia, she play ...

Kara Lang Kara Elise Lang Romero (born 22 October 1986) is a former Canadian soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She is th ...

* Jodi Ann Robinson *

Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...

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* Amara Wilson *

Omolyn Davis Omolyn Ophilia Davis (born 9 August 1987) is a Jamaican international football defender who last played professionally for CSHVSM of the Kazakhstani championship. She previously played for magicJack in the WPS. She played the 2013 seaso ...

* María Gordillo *

Mónica Ocampo Mónica Ocampo Medina (born 4 January 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. Club career From 2006 to 2009, Ocampo played with W-League club FC Indiana. In 201 ...

Kennya Cordner Kennya Kinda Esther Cordner (born 11 November 1988) is a Tobagonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkey Kadinlar Super Lig club Fenerbahce and the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team. Previously Seattle So ...

Maylee Attin-Johnson Maylee Atthin-Johnson (born 5 September 1986) is a Trinidadian footballer who played as a forward for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team and has served as its captain. International goals ''Scores and results list Trinidad and Tob ...

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Tobin Heath Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for OL Reign of the NWSL, as well as the United States national team. Heath has been described as "perhaps the USA's most skillful player" ...

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20160713230217/http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap

External links

Olympic Qualifying – Women
CONCACAF.com

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