2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates2–12 February
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (5th title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Honduras
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored53 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras Emil Martínez
United States Bobby Convey
United States Alecko Eskandarian
(4 goals each)
2000
2008

The 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised 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 Mexico, from 2 and 12 February 2004.[1]

Host nation, Mexico, won the title after a 1–0 win over Costa Rica in the final. As the top two teams, Mexico and Costa Rica both qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification

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Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America  Mexico (hosts) Automatic 8th 2000 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996) 8 (1996)
 Canada Second round winners 5th 2000 Runners-up (1984, 1996) 3 (1984)
 United States Second round winners 7th 2000 Winners (1988, 1992) 13 (2000)
Central America  Panama Second round winners 3rd 2000 Fourth place (1964) 0
 Honduras (title holders) Second round winners 3rd 2000 Winners (2000, 2008) 1 (2000)
 Costa Rica Second round winners 5th 1996 Winners (1980, 1984) 2 (1984)
Caribbean  Jamaica Second round winners 3rd 1996 Fourth place (1972, 1996) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago Second round winners 4th 1996 Runners-up (1968) 0
1 Only final tournament.

Venues

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Two cities served as the venues for tournament.

Guadalajara Zapopan
Estadio Jalisco Estadio Tres de Marzo
Capacity: 55,110 Capacity: 18,779

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 10 6 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: CONCACAF
Canada 0–1 Honduras
Martínez 57'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Greivin Porras (CRC)
Panama 3–4 United States
Garcés 52' 70'
Henríquez 56'
Convey 7' 80'
Davis 27'
Donovan 28'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)

Honduras 3–1 Panama
Martínez 12' 27'
Palacios 77'
Bernárdez 24' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Grevivin Porras (CRC)
Canada 0–2 United States
Convey 30' 72'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Neal Brizan (TRI)

Canada 1–2 Panama
Friend 19' Report Garcés 12'
Miranda 74'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Victor Stewart (JAM)
Honduras 3–4 United States
Maradiaga 31' (pen.) 72' (pen.)
Azrú 77'
Report Eskandarian 27' 57' 69'
Beckerman 47'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Myrie 68' 73'
Araya 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (TRI)
Mexico 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Rodríguez 44'
Pérez 60'
Cacho 90+4'
Mitchell 19'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Victor Stewart (JAM)

Costa Rica 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Saborío 29'
Scott 63' 69'
Parks 78'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alex Prus (USA)
Mexico 4–0 Jamaica
Martínez 5' (pen.)
Pérez 17'
García 24'
Márquez 90+2'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (SLV)

Jamaica 1–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Kelly 72' Report Sealy 5'
Spann 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alex Prus (USA)
Mexico 1–1 Costa Rica
Pérez 12' Report Díaz 8'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (SLV)

Knockout stage

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All match times listed are CDT (UTC−5), as listed by CONCACAF.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 February – Guadalajara
 
 
 Costa Rica2
 
12 February – Guadalajara
 
 Honduras0
 
 Costa Rica0
 
10 February – Guadalajara
 
 Mexico (a.e.t.)1
 
 United States0
 
 
 Mexico4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
12 February – Guadalajara
 
 
 United States1 (3)
 
 
 Honduras (p)1 (4)

Semi-finals

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The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Costa Rica 2–0 Honduras
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

United States 0–4 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Third place play-off

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Final

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Costa Rica 0–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Report
Attendance: 40,000

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best XI[3]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Costa Rica Adrián De Lemos

Mexico Aarón Galindo
Mexico Francisco Rodríguez
Costa Rica Michael Umaña

United States Bobby Convey
Costa Rica Jose López López
Mexico Diego Martínez
Mexico Luis Ernesto Pérez

United States Landon Donovan
Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo
Honduras Emil Martínez

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico (H) 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 13 Winners
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Costa Rica 5 3 1 1 10 2 +8 10 Runner-ups
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Honduras 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 7 Third place
4  United States 5 3 1 1 11 11 0 10 Fourth place
5  Panama 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
7  Canada 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
8  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Costa Rica 10 February 2004 2 (1904, 1984)
 Mexico 10 February 2004 8 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Dates set for qualifying for 2004 Olympic Football Tournaments". CONCACAF. 13 March 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-12-11.
  2. ^ "Mexico wins 2004 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament; Honduras takes third". CONCACAF. 13 February 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-03-01.
  3. ^ "CONCACAF unveils 2004 Under-23 Pre-Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team". CONCACAF. 12 February 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-08-26.