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tournament organized by

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

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, Central America and

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region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 22 March and 2 April 2012.

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

won the tournament for the sixth time, following a 2–1 victory after extra time over

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

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in United Kingdom as the CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.

Match officials

The match officials were announced on 10 February 2012.

Squads

Group stage

All times in

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Marco Fabián Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He is an Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tou ...

* Alan Pulido ;4 goals * Joe Corona ;3 goals *

Andrés Flores Andrés Alexander Flores Mejía (born 31 August 1990) is a Salvadoran professional football manager and former player. He is the current assistant coach of Portland Timbers 2 in the MLS Next Pro. Club career Nicknamed ''Ruso'', Flores was sign ...

;2 goals *

Léster Blanco Mark Léster Blanco Pineda (born January 17, 1989, in Soyapango, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Blanco came through the youth ranks at the ''Fútbol Blanco Sport'', and made his debut at ...

Eddie Hernández Eddie Gabriel Hernández Padilla (; born 27 February 1991) is a Honduran professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, Liga Nacional clu ...

Anthony Lozano Anthony Rubén Lozano Colón (born 25 April 1993), nicknamed Choco, is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Santos Laguna and captains the Honduras national team. Club career Early career Born in Yoro, L ...

* Gerson Rodas * Miguel Ponce * Terrence Boyd ;1 goal *

Lucas Cavallini Lucas Daniel Cavallini (born December 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Puebla and the Canada national team. Early life Cavallini was born in Canada to an Argentine father and an Itali ...

* Marcus Haber * Doneil Henry * Evan James * Maykel Reyes * Jaime Alas * Richard Menjivar *

Milton Molina Milton Alexander Molina Miguel (born 2 February 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains Primera División club Isidro Metapán. Club career Molina has been part of the A.D. Isidro Metapán sq ...

* Edwin Sánchez * Alexander López * Mario Martínez * Romell Quioto * Javier Cortés * Israel Jiménez * Diego Reyes * Erick Torres * Yairo Glaize * Cecilio Waterman * Kevin Molino * Shahdon Winchester *

Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at the age of 14, Adu was spoken of as "the next Pel� ...

Juan Agudelo Juan Sebastián Agudelo (born November 23, 1992) is a professional soccer player who plays as a striker for San Antonio FC. Born in Colombia, he represented the United States national team. After moving from Colombia to New Jersey at an ear ...

;1 own goal * Adrián Diz (playing against United States)

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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

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were counted as draws.

Qualified teams for 2012 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament. :

² Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

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