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Host cities named for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today revealed the four US cities which will host the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, scheduled for October 1-13.

Denver, Kansas City, and Los Angeles will serve as hosts for group-stage matches, while Salt Lake City will be the site of the decisive semi-finals, as well as the final and third-place match on October 13.

Eight qualified nations will be divided into two groups of four for the Championship.

Tournament host United States will be seeded in Group A, which kicks off at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on October 1.

Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Mexico, will head Group B, set to begin play the next day at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Host USA, along with North American automatic qualifiers Canada and Mexico, will be joined by three nations from Central America and two from the Caribbean, with qualifiers in those regions scheduled to be played in August.

The top-two finishers in each group after round-robin play advance to the semi-finals. The two finalists qualify directly for the Olympic Football Tournament in Rio de Janeiro 2016, with the winner of the third-place match earning the right to face South American Olympic qualifying runner-up Colombia, in a playoff for an additional spot.

The draw for the tournament is scheduled for mid-August, and will set the complete tournament schedule and kick-off times.

CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015

October 1 - Group A, MD 1 - Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS

October 2 - Group B, MD 1 - StubHub Center, Carson, CA

October 3 - Group A, MD 2 - Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS

October 4 - Group B, MD 2- StubHub Center, Carson, CA

October 6 - Group A, MD 3- Dick's Sorting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

October 7 - Group B, MD 3 - Dick's Sorting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

October 10 - Semifinals - Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT

October 13 - 3rd place and Final - Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT

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