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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

North American zone

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

Team
Canada
Mexico
United States

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
Honduras	4	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Panama	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
El Salvador	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

Panama	2–1	El Salvador
Torres 53' Barahona 80'	(Report)	Flores 90'

El Salvador	0–3	Honduras
	(Report)	Núñez 21' Thomas 74' Norales 90'

Panama	1–1	Honduras
Aguilar 67'	(Report)	Bernárdez 28'

Triangular 2

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

Guatemala	3–0	Nicaragua
Noriega 39', 45' Arreola 52'	(Report)

Nicaragua	1–9	Costa Rica
Vanegas 44'	(Report)	Guerrero 8', 36', 40' Ruiz 14', 16', 20' Borges 25', 78' Pérez 61'

Costa Rica	1–2	Guatemala
Solorzano 14'	(Report)	Lalín 3' Contreras 63'

Play-off

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

Panama	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Santana 56'

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	(Report)	Quintero 63'
Penalties
Angulo Santana Sanchez Chan Borges	3 – 4	Torres Vazquez Quintero Bonilla Cooper

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	7	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7
Suriname	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Guyana	4	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3
Netherlands Antilles	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

August 31, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Guyana
Suriname	1–0	Netherlands Antilles

September 2, 2007

Netherlands Antilles	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname	1–2	Guyana

September 4, 2007

Guyana	2–2	Netherlands Antilles
Suriname	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago

Group B - Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jamaica	9	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
Antigua and Barbuda	6	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2
Barbados	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Aruba	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9

September 9, 2007

Antigua and Barbuda	1–6	Jamaica
Aruba	0–2	Barbados

September 11, 2007

Jamaica	1–0	Barbados
Aruba	0–2	Antigua and Barbuda

September 13, 2007

Barbados	1–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba	0–5	Jamaica

Group C - Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	9	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20
Puerto Rico	6	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3
Bermuda	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8
Cayman Islands	1	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9

September 9, 2007

Puerto Rico	4–1	Cayman Islands
Cuba	6–0	Bermuda

September 11, 2007

Cayman Islands	0–0	Bermuda
Cuba	8–0	Puerto Rico

September 13, 2007

Bermuda	0–2	Puerto Rico
Cuba	6–0	Cayman Islands

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Dominican Republic	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

September 9, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	Dominican Republic

September 11, 2007

Haiti	0–0	Dominican Republic

September 13, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–1	Haiti

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Grenada	5	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3
Dominica	3	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5
Saint Lucia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1

September 9, 2007

Saint Lucia	3–3	Grenada
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4–1	Dominica

September 11, 2007

Grenada	3–0	Dominica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–0	Saint Lucia

September 13, 2007

Dominica	2–1	Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–3	Grenada

Group F - Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahamas	3	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

September 2, 2007

Bahamas	6–1	U.S. Virgin Islands

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

Second round

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cuba	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Grenada	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Cuba
	(Report)	16' OG 42' Duarte 44' Yalmacida

Cuba	2 – 1	Grenada
Yalmacida 15' 67'	(Report)	24' Antoine

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 3	Grenada
Mitchell 77' 79'	report	7' 34' Antoine 46' pen Rennie

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Haiti	6	2	2	0	0	8	1	+6
Bahamas	3	2	1	0	1	1	6	-5
Jamaica	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2

Haiti	6 – 0	Bahamas
Vubert 34' 45' Slcenat 44' Saint Preux 53' 90+' Norde 81'	(Report)

Bahamas	1 – 0	Jamaica
St. Fleur 84'	(Report)

Haiti	2 – 1	Jamaica
Azor 48' Noel 76'	report	20' Austin

References

• 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament