2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
# 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, 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. It was held in Mexico, from 2 and 12 February 2004.

Host nation, Mexico, won the title after a 1–0 win over Costa Rica in the final. As the top two teams, Mexico and Costa Rica both qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives.

## Qualification

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

| Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North America | Mexico (hosts) | Automatic | 8th | 2000 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996) | 8 (1996) |
| North America | Canada | Second round winners | 5th | 2000 | Runners-up (1984, 1996) | 3 (1984) |
| North America | United States | Second round winners | 7th | 2000 | Winners (1988, 1992) | 13 (2000) |
| Central America | Panama | Second round winners | 3rd | 2000 | Fourth place (1964) | 0 |
| Central America | Honduras (title holders) | Second round winners | 3rd | 2000 | Winners (2000, 2008) | 1 (2000) |
| Central America | Costa Rica | Second round winners | 5th | 1996 | Winners (1980, 1984) | 2 (1984) |
| Caribbean | Jamaica | Second round winners | 3rd | 1996 | Fourth place (1972, 1996) | 0 |
| Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Second round winners | 4th | 1996 | Runners-up (1968) | 0 |

    $^1$ Only final tournament.

## Venues

Two cities served as the venues for tournament.

| Guadalajara | GuadalajaraZapopan | Zapopan |
| - | - | - |
| Estadio Jalisco | GuadalajaraZapopan | Estadio Tres de Marzo |
| Capacity: 55,110 | GuadalajaraZapopan | Capacity: 18,779 |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

All match times listed are CDT (UTC−5), as listed by CONCACAF.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 February – Guadalajara | 10 February – Guadalajara |
| Costa Rica | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 12 February – Guadalajara | 12 February – Guadalajara |
| Honduras | 0 | 12 February – Guadalajara | 12 February – Guadalajara |
| Honduras | 0 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 10 February – Guadalajara | 10 February – Guadalajara | | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 10 February – Guadalajara | 10 February – Guadalajara | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| United States | 0 | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Mexico | 4 | | |
| Mexico | 4 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 12 February – Guadalajara | 12 February – Guadalajara |
| | | United States | 1 (3) |
| | | Honduras (p) | 1 (4) |

### Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

## Statistics

### Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mexico (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 | Winners |
| | Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Runner-ups |
| | Honduras | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 10 February 2004 | 2 (1904, 1984) |
| Mexico | 10 February 2004 | 8 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996) |

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