XXIII Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)

(From 27-03-2009 to 23-04-2012)


 

EUROPE

(From 27-03-2009 to 25-06-2011)

The UEFA U-21 Championship doubles as European Pre-Olympic Tournament. The top three teams qualify for the Olympic Games

 

 

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Spain, Switzerland, Belarus.

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

(From 16-01-2011 to 12-02-2011)

The Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 (CONMEBOL) doubles as South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. The first two teams qualify for the Olympic Games

 

 

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Brazil, Uruguay.

 

 

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

(From 23-06-2011 to 2-04-2012)

Also known as CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

 

CARIBBEAN ZONE

 

FIRST STAGE

 

GROUP A (Paramaribo, SURINAM)

 

GROUP B (Roseau, DOMINICA)

3-08-11

St. Vincent & Grenadines - Jamaica

0-2 (0-0)

19-07-11

Trinidad and Tobago - Grenada

1-0 (1-0)

3-08-11

Surinam - Cayman Islands

5-0 (3-0)

19-07-11

Dominica - Curaçao

0-2 (0-0)

5-08-11

Jamaica - Cayman Islands

1-0 (1-0)

21-07-11

Curaçao - Trinidad and Tobago

1-1 (0-0)

5-08-11

Surinam - St. Vincent & Grenadines

3-1 (3-1)

21-07-11

Dominica - Grenada

0-2 (0-0)

7-08-11

Cayman Isl. - St. Vincent & Gren.

0-2 (0-2)

23-07-11

Grenada - Curaçao

0-2 (0-0)

7-08-11

Surinam - Jamaica

2-2 (0-0)

23-07-11

Dominica - Trinidad and Tobago

0-4 (0-1)

QUALIFIED: Surinam.

QUALIFIED: Trinidad and Tobago.

 

GROUP C (La Habana, CUBA)

 

GROUP D (Basseterre, ST. KITTS & NEVIS)

23-06-11

Guyana - Aruba

0-1 (0-0)

21-07-11

Haiti - Antigua and Barbuda

2-1 (1-1)

25-06-11

Cuba - Aruba

7-0 (4-0)

21-07-11

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia

2-1 (1-0)

27-06-11

Cuba - Guyana

1-0 (0-0)

23-07-11

Saint Lucia - Haiti

0-2 (0-2)

QUALIFIED: Cuba.

23-07-11

St. Kitts & Nevis - Antigua & Bar.

2-1 (0-1)

 

25-07-11

Antigua and Barbuda - Saint Lucia

2-1 (1-0)

25-07-11

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Haiti

2-1 (0-1)

QUALIFIED: Saint Kitts and Nevis.

 

SECOND STAGE

 

Basseterre, ST. KITTS & NEVIS

24-11-11

Trinidad and Tobago - Cuba

1-1 (1-1)

24-11-11

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Surinam

0-1 (0-0)

26-11-11

Cuba - Surinam

4-2 (0-2)

26-11-11

St. Kitts & Nevis - Trinidad & Tob.

5-2 (1-1)

28-11-11

Surinam - Trinidad and Tobago

1-9 (0-4)

28-11-11

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Cuba

1-1 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago.

 

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE

 

Triangular 1 (San Salvador, EL SALVADOR)

 

Triangular 2 (San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS)

13-09-11

El Salvador - Guatemala

2-1 (1-0)

21-09-11

Costa Rica - Nicaragua

4-0 (2-0)

15-09-11

Guatemala - Panama

1-3 (0-2)

23-09-11

Honduras - Costa Rica

2-2 (1-0)

17-09-11

El Salvador - Panama

2-1 (1-0)

25-09-11

Honduras - Nicaragua

5-0 (2-0)

QUALIFIED: El Salvador.

QUALIFIED: Honduras.

 

RUNNERS-UP PLAYOFF

26-10-11

Panama - Costa Rica

2-1 (0-0)

3-11-11

Costa Rica - Panama

1-1 (0-0)

QUALIFIED: Panama.

 

BYES: USA (host), Mexico, Canada.

 

 

FINAL ROUND (USA)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A (Nashville)

 

GROUP B (Carson)

22-03-12

El Salvador - Canada

0-0 (0-0)

23-03-12

Honduras - Panama

3-1 (1-0)

22-03-12

USA - Cuba

6-0 (4-0)

23-03-12

Trinidad and Tobago - Mexico

1-7 (0-2)

24-03-12

Cuba - El Salvador

0-4 (0-1)

25-03-12

Panama - Trinidad and Tobago

1-1 (0-0)

24-03-12

USA - Canada

0-2 (0-0)

25-03-12

Mexico - Honduras

3-0 (2-0)

26-03-12

Canada - Cuba

1-1 (1-0)

27-03-12

Honduras - Trinidad and Tobago

2-0 (1-0)

26-03-12

USA - El Salvador

3-3 (1-2)

27-03-12

Mexico - Panama

1-0 (0-0)

 

FINAL STAGE (Kansas City)

Semifinals (31-03-2012)

A1-B2: El Salvador - Honduras

2-3 (0-1)

B1-A2: Mexico - Canada

3-1 (2-1)

Final (2-04-2012)

Honduras - Mexico

1-2 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Mexico, Honduras.

 

 

 

AFRICA

(From 9-10-2010 to 10-12-2011)

Also known as CAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

9-10-10

18-12-10

Botswana - Namibia

1-0 (1-0)

0-0 (0-0)

9-10-10

19-12-10

Sierra Leone - Liberia

1-1 (1-0)

1-1 (0-0)*

10-10-10

18-12-10

Somalia - Sudan

0-0 (0-0)

1-0 (1-0)

—

—

D.R. Congo - Chad

(w.o.)

—

—

Ethiopia - Equatorial Guinea

(w.o.)

—

—

Swaziland - Mauritius

(w.o.)

—

—

Djibouti - Madagascar

(w.o.)

* Liberia qualified on penalty kicks (3-1).

 

 

FIRST ROUND

25-03-11

8-04-11

Egypt - Botswana

2-0 (1-0)

2-1 (1-0)

26-03-11

9-04-11

Ghana - Sudan

0-1 (0-0)

1-1 (1-0)

26-03-11

9-04-11

Tunisia - Malawi

2-0 (1-0)

0-1 (0-0)

26-03-11

10-04-11

Morocco - Mozambique

2-0 (0-0)

2-1 (1-0)

26-03-11

10-04-11

Algeria - Madagascar

3-0 (1-0)

0-1 (0-1)

26-03-11

10-04-11

Gabon - Swaziland

3-1 (1-0)

0-1 (0-1)

26-03-11

10-04-11

Uganda - Congo

1-0 (0-0)

1-0 (0-0)*

26-03-11

10-04-11

Nigeria - Equatorial Guinea

5-0 (3-0)

1-4 (0-2)

27-03-11

2-04-11

Zambia - Rwanda

2-0 (2-0)

0-1 (0-0)

27-03-11

9-04-11

Cameroon - Tanzania

2-1 (1-1)

2-1 (1-1)**

27-03-11

9-04-11

Senegal - Angola

0-0 (0-0)

1-1 (0-0)

27-03-11

9-04-11

Burkina Faso - D.R. Congo

1-2 (0-0)

3-1 (1-0)

27-03-11

10-04-11

South Africa - Libya

4-2 (2-0)

0-0 (0-0)

27-03-11

10-04-11

Mali - Guinea

0-0 (0-0)

2-2 (1-1)

27-03-11

20-04-11

Ivory Coast - Liberia

4-0 (2-0)

0-0 (0-0)

—

—

Benin - Gambia

(w.o.)

* Congo qualified on penalty kicks (4-2).

** Tanzania qualified on penalty kicks (4-3).

 

 

SECOND ROUND

3-06-11

18-06-11

Algeria - Zambia

3-0 (2-0)

2-0 (1-0)

3-06-11

18-06-11

Morocco - D.R. Congo

2-1 (1-0)

1-1 (0-0)

4-06-11

18-06-11

Sudan - Egypt

0-0 (0-0)

2-0 (0-0)

4-06-11

18-06-11

Tunisia - Senegal

0-0 (0-0)

1-0 (0-0)

4-06-11

19-06-11

Gabon - Mali

0-0 (0-0)

0-1 (0-0)

4-06-11

19-06-11

Benin - South Africa

3-1 (2-1)

5-1 (4-0)

5-06-11

18-06-11

Congo - Ivory Coast

1-2 (1-1)

1-0 (1-0)

5-06-11

19-06-11

Tanzania - Nigeria

1-0 (0-0)

3-0 (1-0)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (MOROCCO)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A (Tangier)

 

GROUP B (Marrakech)

26-11-11

Nigeria - Morocco

0-1 (0-1)

27-11-11

Egypt - Gabon

1-0 (0-0)

26-11-11

Algeria - Senegal

1-0 (0-0)

27-11-11

South Africa - Ivory Coast

1-1 (1-0)

29-11-11

Morocco - Algeria

1-0 (0-0)

30-11-11

Gabon - South Africa

1-1 (0-1)

29-11-11

Senegal - Nigeria

2-1 (2-0)

30-11-11

Ivory Coast - Egypt

1-0 (0-0)

2-12-11

Nigeria - Algeria

4-1 (0-1)*

3-12-11

Egypt - South Africa

2-0 (0-0)

2-12-11

Morocco - Senegal

0-1 (0-1)

3-12-11

Gabon - Ivory Coast

3-1 (0-1)*

* Game played in Marrakech.

* Game played in Tangier.

 

FINAL STAGE (Marrakech)

Semifinals (7-12-2011)

A1-B2: Senegal - Gabon

0-1 (0-0)*

B1-A2: Egypt - Morocco

2-3 (1-2)

* Game played in Tangier on 6-12-2011.

Finals (10-12-2011)

PLACES 3/4: Senegal - Egypt

0-2 (0-1)

PLACES 1/2: Gabon - Morocco

2-1 (2-1)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC T.: Gabon, Morocco, Egypt.

 

 

CAF / AFC PLAY-OFF (Coventry, ENGLAND)

23-04-12

CAF/4-AFC/4: Senegal - Oman

2-0 (1-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Senegal.

 

 

ASIA

(From 23-02-2011 to 29-03-2012)

Also known as AFC Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

23-02-11

9-03-11

Thailand - Palestine

0-3 (*)

1-0 (1-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Jordan - Taiwan

1-0 (0-0)

0-2 (0-1)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Kuwait - Bangladesh

2-0 (1-0)

0-3 (0-2)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Malaysia - Pakistan

2-0 (2-0)

0-0 (0-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

India - Myanmar

2-1 (2-1)

1-1 (0-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Oman - Tajikistan

4-1 (2-1)

1-3 (1-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Indonesia - Turkmenistan

1-3 (1-1)

1-0 (1-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Iran - Kyrgyzstan

1-0 (1-0)

0-0 (0-0)

23-02-11

9-03-11

Hong Kong - Maldives

4-0 (1-0)

0-3 (0-3)

8-03-11

11-03-11

United Arab Emirates - Sri Lanka

7-1 (4-0)

0-3 (0-3)

19-03-11

21-03-11

Yemen - Singapore

2-0 (1-0)

0-1 (0-1)

* The original first leg ended 1-0 for Thailand, who qualified on penalty kicks (5-6) after losing also 1-0 in the second leg. However, FIFA later cancelled the first game and awarded a w.o. victory to Palestine (0-3) because Thailand fielded an ineligible player.

 

 

FIRST ROUND

19-06-11

23-06-11

Qatar - India

3-1 (1-1)

1-1 (0-0)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Iraq - Iran

3-0 (*)

0-2 (0-1)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Bahrain - Palestine

0-1 (0-0)

1-2 (1-0)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Australia - Yemen

3-0 (1-0)

0-4 (0-2)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Japan - Kuwait

3-1 (2-0)

2-1 (0-1)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Syria - Turkmenistan

2-2 (1-0)

0-4 (0-2)

19-06-11

23-06-11

North Korea - Utd. Arab Emirates

0-1 (0-0)

1-1 (1-1)

19-06-11

23-06-11

South Korea - Jordan

3-1 (0-1)

1-1 (1-0)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Uzbekistan - Hong Kong

1-0 (0-0)

0-2 (0-2)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Saudi Arabia - Vietnam

2-0 (1-0)

1-4 (1-2)

19-06-11

23-06-11

China - Oman

0-1 (0-1)

3-1 (0-0)

19-06-11

23-06-11

Lebanon - Malaysia

0-0 (0-0)

2-1 (2-0)

* The original first leg ended 0-1 for Iran, but later FIFA cancelled this match and awarded a w.o. victory to Iraq (3-0) because Iran fielded an ineligible suspended player.

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

21-09-11

Saudi Arabia - Qatar

1-1 (1-0)

21-09-11

Uzbekistan - Iraq

2-0 (0-0)

21-09-11

South Korea - Oman

2-0 (1-0)

21-09-11

Australia - United Arab Emirates

0-0 (0-0)

23-11-11

Qatar - South Korea

1-1 (1-0)

22-11-11

Iraq - Australia

0-0 (0-0)

23-11-11

Oman - Saudi Arabia

2-0 (1-0)

23-11-11

United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan

0-0 (0-0)

27-11-11

South Korea - Saudi Arabia

1-0 (1-0)

27-11-11

Australia - Uzbekistan

0-0 (0-0)

27-11-11

Oman - Qatar

3-0 (*)

27-11-11

United Arab Emirates - Iraq

3-0 (**)

5-02-12

Saudi Arabia - South Korea

1-1 (0-0)

5-02-12

Uzbekistan - Australia

2-0 (1-0)

5-02-12

Qatar - Oman

2-2 (1-1)

5-02-12

Iraq - United Arab Emirates

0-1 (0-1)

22-02-12

Qatar - Saudi Arabia

2-1 (1-1)

21-02-12

Iraq - Uzbekistan

2-1 (1-1)

22-02-12

Oman - South Korea

0-3 (0-1)

22-02-12

United Arab Emirates - Australia

1-0 (1-0)

14-03-12

Saudi Arabia - Oman

1-1 (0-1)

14-03-12

Uzbekistan - United Arab Emirates

2-3 (1-0)

14-03-12

South Korea - Qatar

0-0 (0-0)

14-03-12

Australia - Iraq

0-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: South Korea.

 

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: UAE.

* The original game ended 1-1, but later FIFA cancelled this match and awarded a w.o. victory to Oman (3-0) because Qatar fielded an ineligible suspended player.

** The original game ended 0-2 for Iraq, but later FIFA cancelled this match and awarded a w.o. victory to UAE (3-0) because the Iraqi team fielded an ineligible suspended player.

 

GROUP C

21-09-11

Syria - Bahrain

3-1 (2-0)

21-09-11

Japan - Malaysia

2-0 (1-0)

22-11-11

Bahrain - Japan

0-2 (0-1)

23-11-11

Malaysia - Syria

0-2 (0-0)

27-11-11

Japan - Syria

2-1 (1-0)

27-11-11

Malaysia - Bahrain

2-3 (1-0)

5-02-12

Syria - Japan

2-1 (1-1)

5-02-12

Bahrain - Malaysia

2-1 (1-0)

22-02-12

Bahrain - Syria

2-1 (1-0)

22-02-12

Malaysia - Japan

0-4 (0-2)

14-03-12

Syria - Malaysia

3-0 (0-0)

14-03-12

Japan - Bahrain

2-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Japan.

 

RUNNERS-UP PLAYOFF (Hanoi, VIETNAM)

25-03-12

Oman - Syria

1-1 (1-0)

27-03-12

Uzbekistan - Syria

2-1 (0-1)

29-03-12

Oman - Uzbekistan

2-0 (2-0)

* The winner of this playoff (fourth-ranked AFC team) will play with its African counterpart (CAF) for a berth in the Olympic Tournament (SEE ABOVE).

 

 

OCEANIA

(From 16-03-2012 to 25-03-2012)

Also known as OFC Olympic Qualifying (U-23)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (Taupo, NEW ZEALAND)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

16-03-12

Solomon Islands - Fiji

0-2 (0-1)

16-03-12

New Zealand - Papua New Guinea

1-0 (0-0)

16-03-12

Vanuatu - American Samoa

8-0 (4-0)

BYE: Tonga.

18-03-12

Solomon Islands - Vanuatu

0-1 (0-0)

18-03-12

Papua New Guinea - Tonga

3-0 (1-0)

18-03-12

American Samoa - Fiji

1-7 (0-1)

BYE: New Zealand.

21-03-12

Fiji - Vanuatu

2-1 (2-0)

21-03-12

Tonga - New Zealand

0-10 (0-3)

21-03-12

American Samoa - Solomon Isl.

1-16 (1-3)

BYE: Papua New Guinea.

 

FINAL STAGE

Semifinals (23-03-2012)

A1-B2: Fiji - Papua New Guinea

3-0 (1-0)

B1-A2: New Zealand - Vanuatu

3-2 (3-0)

Finals (25-03-2012)

PLACES 3/4: Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu

0-1 (0-1)

PLACES 1/2: Fiji - New Zealand

0-1 (0-1)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: New Zealand.

 

 

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