The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 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 Olympic football tournament. 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 *

Natasha Kai Natasha Kanani Janine Kai (born May 22, 1983) is an American professional soccer forward and Olympic gold medalist who played professionally most recently in 2019. She previously played for Sky Blue FC and the Philadelphia Independence of Women ...

* Juana López *

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. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze meda ...

;3 goals *

Abby Wambach Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired Association football, 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 ...

;2 goals *

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

* Tania Morales * Heather O'Reilly *

Teresa Worbis Teresa Guadalupe "Lupita" Worbis Aguilar (born 12 December 1983) is a Mexican architect and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team. Early life Worbis completed her undergradua ...

;1 goal * Jonelle Filigno * Randee Hermus *

Kara Lang Kara Elise Lang Romero (born 22 October 1986) is a former Canadian football (soccer), soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA World Cups and the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympi ...

* Jodi Ann Robinson *

Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a retired Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who most recently played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns of the ...

* Cristín Granados * Amara Wilson * Omolyn Davis * María Gordillo * Mónica Ocampo * Kennya Cordner * Maylee Attin-Johnson *

Lauren Cheney Lauren Cheney Holiday (born Lauren Nicole Cheney; September 30, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder and Forward (association football), forward for the United States women's national soccer team fr ...

Tobin Heath Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988) is an American professional soccer player and entrepreneur. Playing primarily as a forward and midfielder for the United States national team, she won gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, 2012 Lon ...

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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