1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates19 May – 2 June
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Juan Martínez (2 goals)
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The 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the second edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1]

Mexico, as host nation, qualified directly for the 1968 Summer Olympics together with final round winners, El Salvador and Guatemala as CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification

Further information: 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
Central America  Guatemala Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
 El Salvador Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
 Costa Rica Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
Caribbean  Trinidad and Tobago Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
El Salvador  4–1  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 2–1
Guatemala  3–3 (l)  Costa Rica 1–0 2–3
Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 El Salvador

El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Guatemala advance via a drawing of lots after a 3–3 aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics, including Mexico which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Mexico 18 October 1963 3 (1928, 1948, 1964)
 El Salvador 26 May 1968 0 (debut)
 Guatemala 2 June 1968 0 (debut)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Preolímpico Concacaf: ¿El Salvador ha ido alguna vez a Juegos Olímpicos?". US.AS.com. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-23.