Host country Canada Dates January 19–29, 2012 | City Vancouver Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) | |
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Champions United States (3rd title) | ||
The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from January 19–29, 2012.
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Qualification
Thirteen teams, eight from the Caribbean and five from Central America, competed to join automatic qualifiers Canada, Mexico and the United States in the eight-team final tournament.
Caribbean qualification took place as two groups of four teams that competed from 29 June to 9 July. Cuba and Haiti qualified from group A with seven points each, and were joined by the Dominican Republic from group B who won their group with nine points.
UNCAF's two slots were determined by a five-team group that competed from 30 September to 8 October. Costa Rica won the group without dropping any points, and were joined by Guatemala who only lost to Costa Rica.
Group stage
Draw for the group stage was held on 24 October, with schedules announced two days later.
The United States' 14–0 victory over the Dominican Republic on January 20 set a tournament record for the largest margin of victory.
Times listed are Pacific Standard Time (PST) – UTC−8.
Final
The Canada versus USA Final set a record for CONCACAF Women's Olympic qualification with 25,427 in attendance, the second time the record was broken this tournament. Previously, the Canada versus Mexico semifinal set the record with 22,954 spectators.