2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Preolímpico Femenino de Concacaf de 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	2–12 April 2008
Teams	6
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 played	10
Goals scored	37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Natasha Kai Juana Lopez Melissa Tancredi (4 goals each)
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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]

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

• Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, the hosts Mexico, and the United States, 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.^[2]

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

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

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]

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

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

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

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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

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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.

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 April – Ciudad Juárez
	Canada	1
					12 April – Ciudad Juárez
	Mexico	0
					Canada	1 (5)
	9 April – Ciudad Juárez
					United States (p)	1 (6)
	United States	3
	Costa Rica	0
					Third place play-off
					12 April – Ciudad Juárez
					Mexico	1
					Costa Rica	0

Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160713230217/http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap

• Olympic Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com
• [1], CONCACAF.com