The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an

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competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the

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. It was held at

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, Canada, from January 19–29, 2012.

Qualification

Thirteen teams, eight from the Caribbean and five from Central America, competed to join automatic qualifiers

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and the

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in the eight-team final tournament. Caribbean qualification took place as two groups of four teams that competed from June 29 to July 9. Cuba and Haiti qualified from group A with seven points each, and were joined by the Dominican Republic from group B who won their group with nine points.

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's two slots were determined by a five-team group that competed from September 30 to October 8. Costa Rica won the group without dropping any points, and were joined by Guatemala who only lost to Costa Rica.

Squads

Group stage

Draw for the group stage was held on October 24, with schedules announced two days later. The United States' 14–0 victory over the

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on January 20 set a tournament record for the largest margin of victory. Times listed are

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

The Canada versus USA Final set a record for CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualification with 25,427 in attendance, the second time the record was broken this tournament. Previously, the Canada versus Mexico semifinal set the record with 22,954 spectators.

Goalscorers

;9 goals *

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;6 goals *

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Amy Rodriguez Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling (; born February 17, 1987) is an American soccer coach and retired professional player who most recently served as head coach of Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). During a career that spanned 1 ...

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 ...

;5 goals * Sydney Leroux ;4 goals * Heather O'Reilly *

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;3 goals * Wendy Acosta * Wendy Pineda *

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* Anisa Guajardo ;2 goals *

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 ...

* Maria Monterroso * Marylin Diaz * Jennifer Ruiz *

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 ...

;1 goal * Christina Julien *

Kaylyn Kyle Kaylyn McKenzie Kyle (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former soccer player and member of the Canada national team, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a Right To Play ambassador and currently serves as a soccer broadc ...

Kelly Parker Kelly Parker (born 8 March 1981) is a Canadian former soccer midfielder who last played for Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer. She was also a member of the Canadian national team from 2003 to 2012. Career Prior to joining SC Freibur ...

Sophie Schmidt Sophie Diana Schmidt (born 28 June 1988) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash. From 2005 until retiring from international football in 2023, she was a member o ...

* Fernanda Barrantes * Saudy Rosales *

Ana Lucía Martínez Ana Lucía Martínez Maldonado (born 8 January 1990) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and captains the Guatemala women's national team. Career Martínez spent seven years with ...

* Kimberly Boulos * Manoucheka Pierre-Louis * Nadia Valentin * Dinora Garza *

Verónica Pérez Verónica Raquel Pérez Murillo (born 18 May 1988) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in the United States, she represented the Mexico women's national team. Between 2009 and 2016 she also played in professional leagues ...

* Luz del Rosario Saucedo *

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* Lori Lindsey *

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;Own goal * Marianne Ugalde (playing against Canada)

References

External links

2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic QualificationTournament at soccerway.com
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