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The qualifying competition for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship determined five of the eight teams of the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Teams

A total of 25 CONCACAF teams (out of 41) entered Olympic qualifying, with 22 involved in regional qualifiers for the final tournament. The entrants were divided into three zones:

• North American Zone (NAFU): All three teams (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) qualified automatically for the final tournament.
• Central American Zone (UNCAF): Six out of seven teams entered, with three teams qualifying for the final tournament.
• Caribbean Zone (CFU): Sixteen out of 31 teams entered, with two teams qualifying for the final tournament.

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
• (Q): Qualified automatically for final tournament
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Draw

The draw for the Caribbean preliminary round took place on 17 April 2019, 11:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The sixteen teams which entered the Caribbean preliminary round were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the FIFA World Rankings (as of 4 April 2019), the sixteen teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:

The matchups of the Caribbean play-in round, played between the four Caribbean preliminary round group winners, were determined as follows:

• Winner Group A v Winner Group D
• Winner Group B v Winner Group C

Each tie was played as a single match, with the higher-ranked team according to the seeding used for the preliminary round draw hosting the match.

No draw was made for the Central American matchups, which were based on the FIFA World Rankings (as of 4 April 2019), as follows:

1.  Costa Rica (38)	v	6.  Guatemala (143)
2.  Honduras (61)		5.  Nicaragua (129)
3.  El Salvador (71)		4.  Panama (74)

Each tie was played as two-legged home-and-away matches, with the higher-ranked team according to the seeding hosting the second leg.

Central America

The first legs were played on 17 July, and the second legs were played on 21 July 2019. Winners qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guatemala	2–3	Costa Rica	0–3	2–0
Nicaragua	0–5	Honduras	0–2	0–3
Panama	1–3	El Salvador	1–1	0–2

Guatemala	0–3	Costa Rica
	Report	Leal 14' Córdoba 55' Araya 60'

Costa Rica	0–2	Guatemala
	Report	Ardón 60' Alvarado 83'

Costa Rica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Nicaragua	0–2	Honduras
	Report	Ingram 20' (o.g.) Pinto 81'

Honduras	3–0	Nicaragua
Arriaga 67' Reyes 74', 85'	Report

Honduras won 5–0 on aggregate.

Panama	1–1	El Salvador
Tejada 27'	Report	Ramos 47' (o.g.)

El Salvador	2–0	Panama
Hernández 26' (pen.) Morales 90'	Report

El Salvador won 3–1 on aggregate.

Caribbean

The Group A, B, and D matches were played between 17–21 July, and the Group C matches were played between 24–28 July 2019. Group winners qualified for the play-in round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Matches were played at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston in Jamaica. All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Play-in round
2	Jamaica (H)	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Dominica	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
4	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Jamaica	1–1	Dominica
Daley 52'	Report	Jnohope 37'

Dominica	0–4	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Report	Lake 7', 23' Mitchum 47' Terrell 69'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	Jamaica
Lake 56'	Report	Daley 45'

Group B

Matches were played at the Bethlehem Soccer Complex, Saint Croix in United States Virgin Islands. All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barbados	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Play-in round
2	Cuba	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	U.S. Virgin Islands (H)	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0
4	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

U.S. Virgin Islands	2–3	Cuba
Joseph 10' Kendall 20'	Report	26' 45' 70'

Barbados	1–0	Cuba
Trim 70'	Report

Barbados	5–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Lorde 12' Reid-Stephen 30' Gale 45', 45+2' Howell ?'	Report

Group C

Matches were played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town in Cayman Islands. All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Play-in round
2	Grenada	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Cayman Islands (H)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
4	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Cayman Islands	0–1	Grenada
	Report	Modoo 54'

Grenada	0–2	Haiti
	Report	Bissainthe 32' (pen.) ?'

Haiti	2–2	Cayman Islands
?' ?'	Report	?' ?'

Group D

Matches were played at the Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal in Dominican Republic. All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic (H)	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Play-in round
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Saint Lucia	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Antigua and Barbuda	1–2	Puerto Rico
42'	Report	K. Hernandez 20' Rivera 90+3'

Dominican Republic	3–1	Saint Lucia
Romero 4' Japa 50' González 77'	Report	66'

Saint Lucia	0–1	Puerto Rico
	Report	Díaz 29'

Dominican Republic	4–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Romero 17', 27' Pineda 23' Ángeles 86'	Report

Saint Lucia	4–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Doxilly 3' Augustin 44' Richard 45+1', 62'	Report

Puerto Rico	1–2	Dominican Republic
Rivera 17'	Report	Reyes 48' López 63'

Play-in round

The higher ranked teams according to the seeding, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Haiti, each hosted a one-legged elimination match. The winners qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Dominican Republic
	Report	Vásquez 97' Romero 102'

Haiti	4–0	Barbados
Joseph 5' Christophe ?' Clerveaux 59' Damus 76'	Report

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Canada	North America	Automatic	8 (1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015)
Mexico	North America	Automatic	11 (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015)
United States	North America	Automatic	10 (1964, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015)
Costa Rica	Central America	21 July 2019	6 (1968, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2004, 2015)
Honduras	Central America	21 July 2019	6 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015)
El Salvador	Central America	21 July 2019	4 (1968, 1988, 1996, 2012)
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	22 September 2019	0 (debut)
Haiti	Caribbean	22 September 2019	2 (2008, 2015)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "Concacaf Announces Details for the preliminary rounds of the Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 16 April 2019.
2. "Draw complete for Caribbean preliminary round of Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF.com. 17 April 2019.
3. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – 4 April 2019 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019.
4. "Official draw – 2019 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying". CONCACAF.com.
5. ^ "MOQ Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
6. ^ "FIFA define árbitros para la llave Nicaragua-Honduras" (in Spanish). Radio Nueva Ya. 10 July 2019.
7. "Guyana withdraws from Preliminary rounds of Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifiers". Kaieteur News. 12 July 2019.
8. "Sancho concerned about players after U-23 withdrawal". Newsday. 6 June 2019.
9. ^ "See you Sunday 22 September at the Warner Park Stadium. St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Dominican Republic in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification. Kickoff is 7 pm". St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) (Facebook). St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
10. "Eliminatoires JO2020: Haïti fait plier la Barbade pour valider son billet pour la dernière phase". Haiti-Tempo. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
11. ^ "Nap JWE boul pou nou ka nan pi gwo KONPETISYON ENTÈNASYONAL yo ak tout KATEGORI yo🙌🏾 vin nan MATCH la DIMANCH💥 #HAITI vs #BARBADE #U23G #22SEPTANM nan STADE SYLVIO CATOR🙌🏾". FHF - Fédération Haïtienne De Football (Facebook). Haitian Football Federation. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

External links

• Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying, CONCACAF.com

• 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
• 2019–20 in CONCACAF football
• 2019 in youth association football
• July 2019 sports events in North America
• September 2019 sports events in North America