1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates16 January – 14 May
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Cuéllar
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Seerey
(4 goals each)
← 1968
1976 →

The 1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the third 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]

Contents

Mexico, won their second title, and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics together with runners-up United States 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)
North America Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico First round winners2nd 1964 Winners (1964)4 (1968)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States First round winners2nd 1964 Third place (1964)7 (1956)
Central America Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala First round winners2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968)1 (1968)
Caribbean Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica First round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (C)6321126+68Qualification to 1972 Summer Olympics
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6231109+17
3Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 621337−45
4Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 612338−54
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg1–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg1–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Independence Park, Kingston
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg1–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg3–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Hialeah Stadium, Hialeah
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg0–0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Independence Park, Kingston
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg1–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Independence Park, Kingston
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Kezar Stadium, San Francisco
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
West Community Stadium, Fenton

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 2
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14 May 19724 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14 May 19727 ( 1904 , 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956)
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. ↑ "MÉXICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS, UNA RIVALIDAD ETERNA EN PREOLÍMPICOS". Record. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25.


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