2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tickets on sale Friday

Tickets for the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament that will be held at BC Place in Vancouver from 19-29 January 2012 will be on sale starting tomorrow, Friday 9 September at 10.00 PT. Tournament packages are available for as low as $69 (plus applicable service fees) and feature an overall average ticket price of just under $6.50 per match across 15 matches in eight days of world class soccer. Additional discounts on family and group packages are also offered.



All tournament packages will be available in three price categories ($69/$95/$125) and include six doubleheaders (19-24 January), one all-important semi-final doubleheader (January 27) and the final (January 29). The series package offers a savings of 33% over individual ticket prices. In addition, family packages of four tickets will see an additional 15% off the already reduced series package price, and group packages of ten or more will benefit from an additional 20% off the series package reduced rate.



Individual tickets will go on sale in late October, following the official draw that will determine the event schedule.



Tournament packages and group and family offers will be available for purchase through Ticketmaster at 855-985-5000 or ticketmaster.ca.



The competition will see Canada, the reigning CONCACAF women’s champion, FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 finalist United States, Mexico, three teams from the Caribbean and two from Central America contest for the region’s two berths at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in London.



This marks the third edition of CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament, held every four years since 2004. In 2008, the Canadian team went undefeated before finishing in second place behind CONCACAF champion USA, falling in the championship final on kicks from the penalty mark. Canada still advanced to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time where it reached the quarter-final stage. Once again, Canada’s nemesis was USA: the Canadians came within an extra-time goal of knocking off the eventual Olympic champions, but had to settle for an eighth-place finish.



In the most recent CONCACAF championship in November 2010, Canada was crowned continental winners ahead of USA (and runner-up Mexico). The four-top teams at the 2010 CONCACAF championship were Canada, Mexico, USA and Costa Rica. Canada and Mexico have both qualified for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament once while USA has qualified all four times, winning three gold medals and one silver medal.