2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

{{short description|Tenth CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, held in the United States}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

| year = 2000

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image = 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.png

| size =

| alt =

| caption =

| country = United States

| dates = {{Nowrap|21–30 April}}

| num_teams = 6

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|23|USA}}

| third_other = {{fbo|MEX}}

| fourth_other = {{fbu|23|GUA}}

| matches = 15

| goals = 24

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbuicon|23|GUA}} Carlos Ruiz
{{fbuicon|23|HON|1949}} David Suazo
{{flagicon|MEX}} Joaquín Beltrán
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} Chris Albright
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} Josh Wolff
{{nowrap|(2 goals each)}}

| player =

| goalkeeper =

| fair_play =

| prevseason = 1996

| nextseason = 2004

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://concacaf.reol.net/press/article.phtml?id=press390cb5580cad9|title=HONDURAS DEFEATS USA IN FINAL MATCH OF OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT|publisher=CONCACAF|date=30 April 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619092031/http://concacaf.reol.net/press/article.phtml?id=press390cb5580cad9|archive-date=19 June 2000}} As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia as CONCACAF representatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/games/apr30.htm|title=Honduras overtakes U.S. 2-1 in meaningless final|publisher=SoccerTimes.com|date=30 April 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510200731/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/games/apr30.htm|archive-date=10 May 2013}}

Qualification

{{main|2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 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.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
Zone ! Country ! Method of qualification ! Appearance¹ ! Last appearance ! Previous best performance ! width=10%\|Previous Olympic appearances (last)
rowspan=3\|North America \| {{fbu\|23\|USA}} (hosts) \| Automatic \| 6th \| 1992 \| \|
{{fbu\|23\|CAN}} \| Third round – Group A winners \| 4th \| 1996 \| Runners-up (1984, 1996)
{{fbo\|MEX}} (title holders) \| Third round – Group B winners \| 7th \| 1996 \| Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1996) \|
rowspan=3\|Central America \| {{fbu\|23\|GUA}} \| Third round – Group A runners-up \| 5th \| 1988 \| Winners (1968)
{{fbu\|23\|HON\|1949}} \| Third round – Group B runners-up \| 2nd \| 1992 \| \|
{{fbu\|23\|PAN}} \| Third round – Group C winners \| 2nd \| 1964 \| Fourth place (1964) \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Zone

! Country

! Method of qualification

! Appearance¹

! Last appearance

! Previous best performance

! width=10%|Previous Olympic appearances
(last)

rowspan=3|North America

| {{fbu|23|USA}} (hosts)

| Automatic

| 6th

| 1992

| Third round – Group A winners

| 4th

| 1996

| Runners-up (1984, 1996)

{{fbo|MEX}}
(title holders)

| Third round – Group B winners

| 7th

| 1996

| Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1996)

rowspan=3|Central America

| {{fbu|23|GUA}}

| Third round – Group A runners-up

| 5th

| 1988

| Winners (1968)

| Third round – Group B runners-up

| 2nd

| 1992

| Third round – Group C winners

| 2nd

| 1964

| Fourth place (1964)

¹ Only final tournament.

Venue

The matches were played in Hershey.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-22-sp-11402-story.html|title=Galaxy Trio Among 25 in U.S. Pool|work=Los Angeles Times|date=22 March 2000}}

class="wikitable" !Hershey
style="text-align:center;"\|Hersheypark Stadium
style="text-align:center;"\|Capacity: 16,000
{{Location map many \| USA \| caption = \| width = 350 \| float = center \| label = Hershey \| pos = right \| marksize = 8 \| lat_deg = 40.29 \| lon_deg = -76.65 }}

class="wikitable"

!Hershey

style="text-align:center;"|Hersheypark Stadium

style="text-align:center;"|Capacity: 16,000

{{Location map many | USA

| caption =

| width = 350

| float = center

| label = Hershey

| pos = right

| marksize = 8

| lat_deg = 40.29

| lon_deg = -76.65

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Squads

Each team has to submit a list of 18-man (two players have to be goalkeepers).{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509211603/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/apr07.htm | archivedate=9 May 2013 | url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/apr07.htm | title=Charles picks final 18 for qualifying tourney. | publisher=soccertimes.com | date=7 April 2000 | accessdate=9 August 2021 }}

Final round

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-olympic-qualifying-men-201 CONCACAF]

|team_order=USA, HON, CAN

|name_USA={{fbu|23|USA}}

|name_HON={{fbu|23|HON|1949}}

|name_CAN={{fbu|23|CAN}}

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF|result2=SF

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|id = United States v Honduras

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|21|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|USA}}

|score = 3–0

|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510204834/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/games/apr21.htm

|team2 = {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}

|goals1 =

Albright {{goal|37||77}}
Thorrington {{goal|85|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance = 11,229

|referee = Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Canada v Honduras

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|23|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|CAN}}

|score = 0–2

|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20120501175008/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CONCACAFRetroDetail/0,,12813~2752240,00.html

|team2 = {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Phillips {{goal|33|}}
Ramírez {{goal|90|}}

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance = 8,580

|referee = William Mattus (Costa Rica)

}}

----

{{Football box

|id = United States v Canada

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|25|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|USA}}

|score = 0–0

|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510144606/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/games/apr25.htm

|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance = 5,798

|referee = Neftali Recinos (El Salvador)

}}

=Group E=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-olympic-qualifying-men-201 CONCACAF]

|team_order=MEX, GUA, PAN

|name_MEX={{fbu|23|MEX}}

|name_GUA={{fbu|23|GUA}}

|name_PAN={{fbu|23|PAN}}

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF|result2=SF

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|id = Panama v Guatemala

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|21|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|PAN}}

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/14271/olympic-qualifying-scores-and-summaries-april-21.html

|team2 = {{fbu|23|GUA}}

|goals1 =

Ortega {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

Ruiz {{goal|27||81}}

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance = 11,241

|referee = Neftalí Recinos (El Salvador)

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Mexico v Guatemala

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|23|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|MEX}}

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/14271/olympic-qualifying-scores-and-summaries-april-21.html

|team2 = {{fbu|23|GUA}}

|goals1 =

Beltrán {{goal|43}}

|goals2 =

García {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance = 8,580

|referee = Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

}}

----

{{Football box

|id = Mexico v Panama

|date = {{Start date|2000|4|25|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|MEX}}

|score = 3–0

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Final

|RD3=Third place play-off

|28 April – Hershey |{{fbu|23|USA}}|4|{{fbu|23|GUA}}|0

|28 April – Hershey |{{fbu|23|HON|1949}} {{pen}}|0 (5)|{{fbu|23|MEX}}|0 (4)

|30 April – Hershey |{{fbu|23|USA}}|1|{{fbu|23|HON|1949}}|2

|30 April – Hershey |{{fbu|23|GUA}}|0|{{fbu|23|MEX}}|5

}}

=Semi-finals=

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

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2000|4|28|df=y}}

| time = 20:25 EDT

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|USA}}

| team2 = {{fbu|23|GUA}}

| score = 4–0

| aet =

| goals1 =

O'Brien {{goal|1}}
Wolff {{goal|8}}
Donovan {{goal|22||90+1}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

| attendance = 12,299

| referee = Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510161437/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/usguatemala.htm

| penalties1 =

| penaltyscore =

| penalties2 =

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2000|4|28|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|HON|1949}}

| team2 = {{fbu|23|MEX}}

| score = 0–0

| aet = yes

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

| attendance =

| referee =

| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20120501175008/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CONCACAFRetroDetail/0,,12813~2752240,00.html

| penalties1 =

D. Suazo {{pengoal}}
Pavón {{pengoal}}
M. Suazo {{pengoal}}
Izaguirre {{pengoal}}
Gutiérrez {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 5–4

| penalties2 =

Rodríguez {{penmiss}}
Márquez {{pengoal}}
Pérez {{pengoal}}
Collazo {{pengoal}}
Altamirano {{pengoal}}

}}

=Third place play-off=

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2000|4|30|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|MEX}}

| team2 = {{fbu|23|GUA}}

| score = 5–0

| aet =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

| attendance =

| referee =

| report =

| penalties1 =

| penaltyscore =

| penalties2 =

}}

=Final=

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2000|4|30|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|USA}}

| team2 = {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}

| score = 1–2

| aet =

| goals1 =

Wolff {{goal|12}}

| goals2 =

Suazo {{goal|29||56}}

| stadium = Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey

| attendance = 12,126

| referee = Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510200731/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2000/games/apr30.htm

| penalties1 =

| penaltyscore =

| penalties2 =

}}

Final ranking

{{small|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.}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=

|update=complete

|name_HON={{fbu|23|HON|1949}} |win_HON=2 |draw_HON=1 |loss_HON=1 |gf_HON=4 |ga_HON=4

|name_USA={{fbu|23|USA}} |win_USA=2 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=8 |ga_USA=1|status_USA=H

|name_MEX={{fbu|23|MEX}} |win_MEX=2 |draw_MEX=2 |loss_MEX=0 |gf_MEX=9 |ga_MEX=1

|name_GUA={{fbu|23|GUA}} |win_GUA=1 |draw_GUA=1 |loss_GUA=2 |gf_GUA=3 |ga_GUA=11

|name_CAN={{fbu|23|CAN}} |win_CAN=0 |draw_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=1 |gf_CAN=0 |ga_CAN=2

|name_PAN={{fbu|23|PAN}} |win_PAN=0 |draw_PAN=0 |loss_PAN=2 |gf_PAN=1 |ga_PAN=5

|pos_HON={{gold1}} |pos_USA={{silver2}} |pos_MEX={{bronze3}} |split2=yes |split4=yes |split8=yes

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#F7F6A8 |text_1st=Winners

|col_2nd=#EDEDED |text_2nd=Runner-ups

|col_3rd=#E5C585 |text_3rd=Third place

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

}}

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team ! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"\|Previous appearances in Summer Olympics¹
{{fbu\|23\|USA}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2000\|4\|28\|addkey=1}}	{{sort\|12\|12}} (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
{{fbu\|23\|HON\|1949}}	{{dts\|format=dmy\|2000\|4\|28\|addkey=1}}	{{sort\|0\|0}} (debut)

class="wikitable sortable"

Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in Summer Olympics¹

{{sort|12|12}} (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)

{{sort|0|0}} (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol2000q.html RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVII. Olympiad | Football Qualifying Tournament]

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