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There will be a qualification held to determine the two qualifiers from the Caribbean and three from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

Per FIFA regulations the group tiebreakers for all qualifying tournaments will be:

• goal difference in all group matches
• greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
• If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criteria, their rankings shall be determined as follows:
  • greater number of points obtained in all group matches between the teams concerned
  • goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  • greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
  • play-off match on neutral ground (with extra time and penalty kicks, if necessary)

Caribbean

On 17 May 2011 CONCACAF announced the groups for the Caribbean qualifying. The group winners will advance to the second round, where two of them will qualify for the final qualifying tournament.

First round

Group A

Suriname was host for Group A.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suriname	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Cayman Islands	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 – 2	Jamaica
	Report	Parkes 52' Williams 69'

Suriname	5 – 0	Cayman Islands
Perk 15' Rijssel 20', 46' Hernandez 34' (o.g.) Drenthe 89'	Report

Jamaica	1 – 0	Cayman Islands
Adlam 14'	Report

Suriname	3 – 1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Drenthe 3', 24' Waal 36'	Report	Cuffy 19'

Cayman Islands	0 – 2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Report	Stapleton 25' Ebanks 29' (o.g.)

Suriname	2 – 2	Jamaica
Simpson 57' (o.g.) Mando 90' (pen.)	Report	Malcolm 63' Bernal 65'

• The Jamaica-Suriname match was abandoned in injury time with the score at 2–2 due to a pitch invasion and a brawl in which the Jamaican coach and players attacked officials and police; the result stands.

Group B

Dominica was host for Group B.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Curaçao	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Grenada	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Dominica	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 0	Grenada
Joseph 23'	Report

Dominica	0 – 2	Curaçao
	Report	Colina 86', 90'

Curaçao	1 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Martina 70'	Report	Joseph 58'

Dominica	0 – 2	Grenada
	Report	Charles 48' Phillip 87'

Grenada	0 – 2	Curaçao
	Report	Carmelia 53', 55'

Dominica	0 – 4	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Roget 34' Caesar 76', 83' Joseph 80'

Group C

Cuba was host for Group C.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Aruba	2	1	0	1	1	7	−6	3
Guyana	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Guyana	0 – 1	Aruba
	Report	Kock 78'

Cuba	7 – 0	Aruba
Cordoves 1', 24' Hernández 9', 55' García 45' Lahera 78' Aira 83'	Report

Cuba	1 – 0	Guyana
Cordoves 62'	Report

Group D

Saint Kitts and Nevis was host for Group D.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
Haiti	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Saint Lucia	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Haiti	2 – 1	Antigua and Barbuda
Charles 2' Guerrier 49'	Report	Smith 26'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 – 1	Saint Lucia
Somersall 39' Warde 73'	Report	Pierre 90'

Saint Lucia	0 – 2	Haiti
	Report	Norde 7' Charles 36'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 – 1	Antigua and Barbuda
Elliott 51' Somersall 58'	Report	Smith 2'

Antigua and Barbuda	2 – 1	Saint Lucia
Gregory 25' Thomas 81'	Report	Paul 67'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 – 1	Haiti
Joseph 59' (o.g.) Elliott 88'	Report	Gerald 37'

Second round

St Kitts and Nevis was host for the Second Round.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	12	7	+5	4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Suriname	3	1	0	2	4	13	–9	3

Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 1	Cuba
Gay 24'	Report	García 22'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 – 1	Suriname
	Report	Waal 59'

Cuba	4 – 2	Suriname
Cordovés 58', 90' Aira 62' Chang 79'	Report	Loswijk 17' Esperance 45'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	5 – 2	Trinidad and Tobago
Blanchette 17', 68' Sawyers 48', 65', 88'	Report	Winchester 26' de Silva 83'

Suriname	1 – 9	Trinidad and Tobago
Mando 86'	Report	Molino 15', 18', 32', 63' Lewis 28', 77' Gay 50', 71' de Silva 69'

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 – 1	Cuba
Sawyers 38'	Report	Aira 72'

Central America

On 3 May 2011, the UNCAF announced the two groups that will fight for three spots for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Group 1

Played from 13–17 September 2011 in El Salvador.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Panama	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0

El Salvador	2 – 1	Guatemala
Blanco 17', 57'	Report	72' Arriola

Guatemala	1 – 3	Panama
Valenzuela 66'	Report	Blackburn 26' Polo 28' Davis 77'

El Salvador	2 – 1	Panama
García 8' Rivas 46'	Report	Godoy 90+3'

Group 2

Played from 21–25 September 2011 in Honduras.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Honduras	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	4
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	0	9	-9	0

Costa Rica	4 – 0	Nicaragua
Martínez 25', 61' Madrigal 35' Brenes 50'	Report

Honduras	2 – 2	Costa Rica
Rojas 28' Hernández 85'	Report	Martínez 51' Estrada 83'

Honduras	5 – 0	Nicaragua
Leverón 12' Altamirano 36' Rojas 51', 75' Martinez 71'	Report

Playoff

Panama	2 – 1	Costa Rica
Godoy 62' Blackburn 72'	Report	Guzmán 67'

Costa Rica	1 – 1	Panama
Duarte 86' (pen.)	Report	Blackburn 72'

• Panama won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

1. "Tournament Regulations concacaf.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
2. "Olympic qualifying to begin in June". concacaf.com. 2011-05-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
3. Match abandoned in Suriname Starbroeknews.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011
4. LaPrensa.hn – La Uncaf anunció hoy los grupos de la eliminatoria al PreOlímpico de Concacaf para clasificar a los Juegos de Londres 2012 Archived 2011-05-05 at the Wayback Machine – 3 May 2011

External links

• 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification
• Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012

• 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament