| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Mexico |
| Dates | 18 – 30 March 2021 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Honduras |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sebastián Córdova (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Alexis Vega |
| Best goalkeeper | Alex Güity |
| Fair play award | Mexico |
← 2015 | |
The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifteenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised 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.
In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Guadalajara and Zapopan, both cities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico,[1] with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020.[2][3]
On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next thirty days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.[4] On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifiers would now take place between 18 and 30 March 2021, as the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021.[5]
Host nation, Mexico successfully defended their title after defeating Honduras on penalties in the final. It was their eight Pre-Olympic title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1964, 1972, 1976, 1996, 2004, 2012 and 2015.[6] As the top two teams, Mexico and Honduras both qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives, just as the same sides had in the previous two Summer Olympics.[7]
On 16 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that the representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France will qualify through the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8]
- ^ "Guadalajara Set to Host the 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament". CONCACAF. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Schedule Confirmed". CONCACAF. 10 February 2020.
- ^ "2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Concacaf suspends all its competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days". CONCACAF. 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Concacaf confirms Guadalajara to host Men's Olympic Qualifiers in March 2021". CONCACAF. 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Mexico edge Honduras in penalty shootout to win CMOQ". CONCACAF. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10.
- ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship to qualify teams to 2023 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympic Games". CONCACAF. 16 September 2021.