Games of the XXXI. Olympiad

Football Qualifying Tournament

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016)

The 16 participants to consist of:

EUROPE

Qualified: Denmark, Germany, Portugal and Sweden

Qualifying Tournament: European U-21 Championship 2015 (Czech Republic)

SOUTH AMERICA

Qualified: Argentina; plus Colombia as the Concacaf-Conmebol play-off winner
 
Qualifying Tournament: XXVII Sudamericano Juvenil 2015 (Uruguay)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Qualified: Mexico and Honduras

Preliminary Competition 

Central American zone  (in 2015)

Group 1 (in Panama)
[Aug 11]
Nicaragua            1–1 El Salvador
Panama               0–0 Costa Rica
[Aug 13]
El Salvador          0–0 Costa Rica
Panama               3–0 Nicaragua
[Aug 15]
Costa Rica           2–2 Nicaragua
Panama               3–2 El Salvador
 
1.Panama              3  2 1 0  6- 2  7  Qualified
2.Costa Rica	      3  0 3 0  2- 2  3  playoff
3.El Salvador	      3  0 2 1  3- 4  2	
4.Nicaragua	      3  0 2 1  3- 6  2
 
Group 2 (in Guatemala) 
[Aug 11]
Belize               0–5 Honduras
[Aug 13]
Guatemala            1–2 Honduras
[Aug 15]
Guatemala            3–0 Belize
 
1.Honduras            2  2 0 0  7- 1  6  Qualified
2.Guatemala           2  1 0 1  4- 2  3  playoff
3.Belize              2  0 0 2  0- 8  0
 
Playoff
[Aug 19]
Guatemala            0–0 Costa Rica
[Aug 23]
Costa Rica           1–0 Guatemala
 
Panama, Honduras and Costa Rica qualified for Final Tournament 
 
Caribbean zone (in 2015)
 
Preliminary Round (in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
[May 22]
Dominica             0–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[May 24]
Saint Vincent Gren.  3–0 Dominica
 
First Round
 
Group 1 (in Haiti)
[Jun 24]
Cayman Islands       0–6 Saint Kitts & Nevis
Haiti                2–0 Barbados
[Jun 26]
Saint Kitts & Nevis  2–1 Barbados
Haiti                4–0 Cayman Islands
[Jun 28]
Barbados             1–0 Cayman Islands
Haiti                3–1 Saint Kitts & Nevis
 
1.Haiti               3  3 0 0  9- 1  9	 Qualified
2.Saint Kitts & Nevis 3  2 0 1  9- 4  6	
3.Barbados            3  1 0 2  2- 4  3
4.Cayman Islands      3  0 0 3  0-11  0
 
Group 2 (in Antigua & Barbuda)
[Jun 24]
Cuba                 2–0 Guyana
Antigua & Barbuda    7–0 Aruba
[Jun 26]
Cuba                11-1 Aruba
Antigua & Barbuda    2–0 Guyana
[Jun 28]
Guyana               5–0 Aruba
Antigua & Barbuda    2–3 Cuba

1.Cuba                3  3 0 0 16- 3  9	 Qualified
2.Antigua & Barbuda   3  2 0 1 11- 3  6	
3.Guyana              3  1 0 2  5- 4  3
4.Aruba               3  0 0 3  1-23  0
 
Group 3 (in Dominican Republic)
[Jun 24]
Saint Lucia          1–6 Jamaica
[Jun 26]
Dominican Republic   3–0 Saint Lucia
[Jun 28]
Dominican Republic   0–4 Jamaica

1.Jamaica             2  2 0 0 10- 1  6	 Qualified
2.Dominican Republic  2  1 0 1  3- 4  3	
3.Saint Lucia         2  0 0 2  1- 9  0
  Curacao withdrew
 
Group 4 (in Puerto Rico)
[Jun 25]
Puerto Rico          2–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[Jun 27]
Trinidad and Tobago  3–5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[Jun 29]
Puerto Rico          0–5 Trinidad and Tobago
 
1.Saint Vincent Gren. 2  1 1 0  7- 5  4  Qualified
2.Trinidad and Tobago 2  1 0 1  8- 5  3	
3.Puerto Rico         2  0 1 1  2- 7  1
  Surinam withdrew
 
Final Round (in Haiti)

Semifinals [Aug 14]
Cuba 	             2–1 Jamaica
Haiti                1–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Third Place Match [Aug 16]
Jamaica              3–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     [aet]

Final [Aug 16]
Cuba                 0–1 Haiti
 
Haiti and Cuba qualified for Final Tournament
 
 
FINAL TOURNAMENT
 
United States, 1-13 October 2015
 
United States, Canada and Mexico: automatic qualification for the Final Tournament
 
Group A
[Oct 1]
Panama               1–1 Cuba
United States        3–1 Canada
[Oct 3]
Canada               3–1 Panama
Cuba                 1–6 United States
[Oct 6]
Canada               2–2 Cuba
United States        4–0 Panama
 
1.United States       3	 3 0 0 13- 2  9 
2.Canada              3  1 1 1  6- 6  4
3.Cuba                3  0 2 1  4- 9  2	
4.Panama              3  0 1 2  2- 8  1
 
Group B
[Oct 2]
Honduras             1–0 Haiti
Mexico               4–0 Costa Rica
[Oct 4]
Costa Rica           0–2 Honduras
Haiti                0–1 Mexico
[Oct 7]
Costa Rica           1−1 Haiti
Mexico               2–1 Honduras 

1.Mexico              3  3 0 0  7- 1  9
2.Honduras            3  2 0 1  4- 2  6
3.Haiti               3  0 1 2  1- 3  1	
4.Costa Rica          3  0 1 2  1- 7  1
 
Semifinals [Oct 10]
United States        0–2 Honduras
Mexico               2–0 Canada
 
Third Place Match [Oct 13]
United States        2–0 Canada

Final [Oct 13]
Honduras             0–2 Mexico
 
Mexico and Honduras qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
 
United States qualified for the Concacaf-Conmebol playoff

CONCACAF-CONMEBOL PLAYOFF
 
[Barranquilla, Mar 25, 2016]
Colombia             1-1 United States
 
[Frisco, Mar 29, 2016]
United States        1-2 Colombia
 
Colombia qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

AFRICA

Qualified: Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa 

Qualifying Tournament: African U-23 Championship 2015 (Senegal)

ASIA

Qualified: Iraq, Japan and South Korea

Qualifying Tournament: Asian U-23 Championship 2016 (Qatar)


OCEANIA

Qualified: Fiji

Qualifying Tournament: Pacific Games 2015 (Papua New Guinea)


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