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2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament[1] was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1] A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament – United States and Canada – qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Preolímpico Femenino de Concacaf de 2008
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates2–12 April 2008
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Natasha Kai
Mexico Juana Lopez
Canada Melissa Tancredi
(4 goals each)
← 2004
2012 →

Qualification edit

Further information: 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification

The six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament.[2]

Qualified teams edit

The following six teams qualified for the final tournament.[1]

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous women's Olympic appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
  Canada Automatic 2nd Third Place (2004) 0
  Mexico Automatic 2nd Runner-up (2004) 1
  United States Automatic 2nd Winner (2004) 3
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
  Costa Rica Group winner 2nd Fourth Place (2004) 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
  Trinidad and Tobago Final round winner 2nd Group stage (2004) 0
  Jamaica Final round 3rd place 1st N/A 0

Venues edit

The sole venue was the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.[1]

Draw edit

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.[1]

Squads edit

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament squads

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.[2]

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Mexico (H) 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3
3   Jamaica 2 0 0 2 1 14 −13 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Mexico  8–1  Jamaica
López   18', 28', 36', 53'
Worbis   23'
Morales   25', 66'
Ocampo   80'		 Report Davis   58'
Attendance: 20185
Referee: Jennifer Bennett (United States)
Jamaica  0–6  United States
Report Lloyd   16'
Cheney   21'
Wambach   53' (pen.), 68'
O'Reilly   88'
Heath   90+5'
Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana)
United States  3–0  Mexico
Kai   14', 45'
Wambach   33'		 Report
Attendance: 22,280
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3   Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
Trinidad and Tobago  0–6  Canada
Report Tancredi   10'
Filigno   21'
Lang   39'
Hermus   61'
Robinson   68'
Sinclair   86'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Monique Ras (Aruba)
Costa Rica  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Wilson   21'
Granados   90+'		 Report Cordner   8'
Attin-Johnson   35'
Attendance: 5,853
Referee: Carol Chennard (Canada)
Canada  1–0  Costa Rica
Tancredi   15' Report
Attendance: 22,080
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out 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 edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 April – Ciudad Juárez
 
 
  Canada1
 
12 April – Ciudad Juárez
 
  Mexico0
 
  Canada1 (5)
 
9 April – Ciudad Juárez
 
  United States (p)1 (6)
 
  United States3
 
 
  Costa Rica0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
12 April – Ciudad Juárez
 
 
  Mexico1
 
 
  Costa Rica0

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics.

Canada  1–0  Mexico
Tancredi   25' Report
Attendance: 19,850
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
United States  3–0  Costa Rica
Kai   57', 89'
O'Reilly   72'		 Report
Attendance: 19,850
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Third place play-off edit

Mexico  1–0  Costa Rica
Gordillo   69' Report
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Carol Chennard (Canada)

Final edit

Canada  1–1 (a.e.t.)  United States
Tancredi   116' Report Lloyd   108'
Penalties
Sinclair  
Franko  
Tancredi  
Rustad  
Lang  
Wilkinson  
Timko  		 5–6   Lloyd
  Hucles
  Chalupny
  Rampone
  Osborne
  Wambach
  O'Reilly
Attendance: 4,115
Referee: Erika Vargas (Mexico)

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification set for Mexico". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Women's Olympic Qualifying 2008 Recap". Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

External links edit

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