2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification explained

See main article: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Qualifying rounds for the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament were held for the Central American and the Caribbean zones, narrowing the field from each zone to three nations and two nations, respectively.

In the following tables:

• P = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• Pts = total points accumulated

	Team qualified for the final round.
	Team did not qualify for the final round
	Team advances to playoff

North American zone

The 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:

Central American zone

Six teams were divided into two groups of three, or triangulars, and played a round of matches in round-robin format. The winner of each triangular advanced to the finals, and the runners-up played each other in a home-and-away playoff.

Triangular 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	4	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

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Triangular 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	3	2	1	0	1	10	3	+7
	0	2	0	0	2	1	12	-11

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Play-off

The runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off to qualify for a spot in the final round.

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Panama 1–1 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4–3 on penalties.

Caribbean zone

The Caribbean zone qualifiers were divided into two rounds. In the first round, 22 teams were divided into six groups, Groups A through F, and the six group winners advanced to the second round. The six second round teams were divided into two groups of three, Groups G and H, and the winners advanced to the finals.

First round

Group A - André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7
	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
	4	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3
	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

August 31, 2007

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	4–0
	1–0

September 2, 2007

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	0–3
	1–2

September 4, 2007

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	2–2
	0–0

Group B - Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
	6	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2
	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9

September 9, 2007

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	1–6
	0–2

September 11, 2007

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	1–0
	0–2

September 13, 2007

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	1–2
	0–5

Group C - Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20
	6	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3
	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8
	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

September 9, 2007

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	4–1
	6–0

September 11, 2007

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	0–0
	8–0

September 13, 2007

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	0–2
	6–0

Group D - Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

September 9, 2007

September 11, 2007

September 13, 2007

Group E - Victoria Park, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	5	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3
	5	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3
	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5
	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1

September 9, 2007

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	3–3
	4–1

September 11, 2007

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	3–0
	0–0

September 13, 2007

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	2–1
	3–3

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	3	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

September 2, 2007

• The British Virgin Islands withdrew at the last minute, leaving the Bahamas as the group champion.

Second round

Group G

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	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	0	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4

Group H

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width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
	6	2	2	0	0	8	1	+6
	3	2	1	0	1	1	6	-5
	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2