The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was a quadrennial, international, age-restricted
football tournament organized by
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...
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
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to the final edition in
2020
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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
The 2022 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship will be the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (28th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It will be hosted in Hondura ...
.
The two finalist at the Concacaf u20 tournament will qualify for the Olympics in 2024.
Past tournaments
Note: The 1960 tournament is a combined tournament of South and North American teams, and not counted by CONCACAF.
Top goalscorers by year
;1964
* Carl Gentile (4 goals)
* Aaron Padilla (4 goals)
;1968
* Juan Ramon Martinez (3 goals)
;1972
* Leonard Cuellar (4 goals)
* Mike Seeray (4 goals)
;1976
* Hugo Sanchez (4 goals)
;1980
*
Don Ebert (3 goals)
* Javier Jimenez (3 goals)
;1984
* Mike Sweeney (2 goals)
;1988
* Brent Goulet (6 goals)
;1992
* Steve Snow (8 goals)
;1996
* Ronald Gomez (6 goals)
;2000
* Chris Albright (2 goals)
* Josh Wolff (2 goals)
* Joaquin Beltran (2 goals)
* Carlos Ruiz (2 goals)
* David Suazo (2 goals)
;2004
* Alecko Eskandarian
* Bobby Convey
* Emil Martinez
;2008
* Freddy Adu (4 goals)
;2012
* Marco Fabian (5 goals)
* Alan Pulido (5 goals)
;2015
* Alberth Elis (4 goals)
* Jerome Kiesewetter (4 goals)
;2020
* Sebastián Córdova (4 goals)
Overall top goalscorers
Winners by country
Olympic qualification by nation
: ''As of 2024''
Curacao have been expelled by IOC, but participant record is recognized by FIFA.
References
External links
CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying
{{CONCACAF competitions
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Defunct international association football competitions in North America
Football qualification for the Summer Olympics
Recurring sporting events established in 1956
Recurring events disestablished in 2021
1956 establishments in North America
2021 disestablishments in North America