The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted

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tournament organized by

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to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the

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, from 21 and 30 April 2000.

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won the tournament with a 2–1 final win over the

. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States qualified for the

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as CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

All 41 CONCACAF nations entered the competition, and with the hosts

qualifying automatically, the other 40 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining five spots in the final tournament. *First round: A total of 12 teams played home-and-away over two legs in six ties. The six winners advanced to the second round. *Second round: A total of 14 teams played home-and-away over two legs in seven ties. The seven winners advanced to the third round. *Third round: A total of 11 teams were divided into two groups of four (Group A and B) and one group of three (Group C). In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of three matches per team in Group A and B; two for Group C. The top two teams in Group A and B; and winner of Group C of each of the six groups advance to the final round.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Venue

The matches were played in

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Squads

Each team has to submit a list of 18-man (two players have to be goalkeepers).

Final round

Group D

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Group E

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the

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Third place play-off

Final

Final ranking

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

. :

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

References

External links

RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVII. Olympiad , Football Qualifying Tournament
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