[1] A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[2] The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil, while the third-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off against the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship runner-up for the final berth in the Olympics.

None None In the Central American Zone, all seven UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

The draw to allocate teams to each group was made on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.

Source: CONCACAF.com[7] In the Caribbean Zone, 17 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

[8][9] Among them, two teams (Dominica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) played in the preliminary round (two-legged tie) between 22 and 24 May 2015.

Matches played in Dominican Republic (changed from original host Saint Lucia).