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2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	21–30 April
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	24 (1.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Ruiz; David Suazo; Joaquín Beltrán; Chris Albright; Josh Wolff; (2 goals each)
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The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 21 and 30 April 2000.

Honduras won the tournament with a 2–1 final win over the United States.^[1] As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia as CONCACAF representatives.^[2]

Qualification

All 41 CONCACAF nations entered the competition, and with the hosts United States qualifying automatically, the other 40 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining five spots in the final tournament.^{[citation needed]}

First round: A total of 12 teams played home-and-away over two legs in six ties. The six winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 14 teams played home-and-away over two legs in seven ties. The seven winners advanced to the third round.
Third round: A total of 11 teams were divided into two groups of four (Group A and B) and one group of three (Group C). In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of three matches per team in Group A and B; two for Group C. The top two teams in Group A and B; and winner of Group C of each of the six groups advance to the final round.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance¹	Last appearance	Previous best performance
North America	United States (hosts)	Automatic	6th	1992
	Canada	Third round – Group A winners	4th	1996	Runners-up (1984, 1996)
	Mexico (title holders)	Third round – Group B winners	7th	1996	Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1996)
Central America	Guatemala	Third round – Group A runners-up	5th	1988	Winners (1968)
	Honduras	Third round – Group B runners-up	2nd	1992
	Panama	Third round – Group C winners	2nd	1964	Fourth place (1964)

¹ Only final tournament.

Venue

The matches were played in Hershey.^[3]

Hershey
Hersheypark Stadium
Capacity: 16,000
Hershey

Squads

Each team has to submit a list of 18-man (two players have to be goalkeepers).^[4]

Final round

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

21 April 2000

United States	3–0	Honduras
Albright 37', 77' Thorrington 85'	Report

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 11,229

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

23 April 2000

Canada	0–2	Honduras
	Report	Phillips 33' Ramírez 90'

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 8,580

Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

25 April 2000

United States	0–0	Canada
	Report

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 5,798

Referee: Neftali Recinos (El Salvador)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Guatemala	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Panama	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: CONCACAF

21 April 2000

Panama	1–2	Guatemala
Ortega 68'	Report	Ruiz 27', 81'

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 11,241

Referee: Neftalí Recinos (El Salvador)

23 April 2000

Mexico	1–1	Guatemala
Beltrán 43'	Report	García 80'

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 8,580

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

25 April 2000

Mexico	3–0	Panama

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

28 April – Hershey

United States	4
		30 April – Hershey
Guatemala	0
		United States	1
28 April – Hershey
		Honduras	2
Honduras (p)	0 (5)

Mexico	0 (4)
		Third place play-off

		30 April – Hershey

		Guatemala	0

		Mexico	5

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

28 April 2000

20:25 EDT

United States	4–0	Guatemala
O'Brien 1' Wolff 8' Donovan 22', 90+1'	Report

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 12,299

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

28 April 2000

Honduras	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
	Report
Penalties
D. Suazo Pavón M. Suazo Izaguirre Gutiérrez	5–4	Rodríguez Márquez Pérez Collazo Altamirano

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Third place play-off

30 April 2000

Mexico	5–0	Guatemala

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Final

30 April 2000

United States	1–2	Honduras
Wolff 12'	Report	Suazo 29', 56'

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

Attendance: 12,126

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Honduras	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7	Winners
	United States (H)	4	2	1	1	8	1	+7	7	Runner-ups

	Mexico	4	2	2	0	9	1	+8	8	Third place
4	Guatemala	4	1	1	2	3	11	−8	4	Fourth place

5	Canada	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Eliminated in group stage
6	Panama	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Eliminated in group stage