1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates19 May – 2 June
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Top scorer(s) Flag of El Salvador.svg Juan Martínez (2 goals)
← 1964
1972 →

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]

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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

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance 1 Last appearancePrevious best performancePrevious Olympic appearances
(last)
Central America Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
Caribbean Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg4–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2–02–1
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg3–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–02–3
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg2–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González, San Salvador
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg1–2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain

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

Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg1–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924), San José

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.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 2
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 18 October 19633 (1928, 1948, 1964)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 26 May 19680 (debut)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2 June 19680 (debut)
2Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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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.
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