1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1–11 March
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Third placeFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mexico.svg Hugo Sánchez (4 goals)
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The 1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fourth 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 successfully defended their title, and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics together with runners-up Guatemala and the host nation, Canada, as representatives of CONCACAF. Cuba was invited after the withdrawal of Uruguay, the refusal of Argentina and Colombia to replace them. [2] [3]

Qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows:

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
(title holders)		 Second round winners3rd 1972 Winners (1964, 1972)5 (1972)
Central America Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Second round winners3rd 1972 Final round winner without outright champions (1968)1 (1968)
Caribbean Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (C)4211117+45Qualification to 1976 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 412168−24
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 403157−23
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Toluca
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg3–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg1–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics, including Canada which qualified as the hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12 May 19701 (1904)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 11 March 19765 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968 , 1972)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 11 March 19761 (1968)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba July 19760 (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. ↑ "A 44 años de la participación de la Selección de Guatemala en los JJOO de Montreal". Guatefutbol.com. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Cuba sustituye a Uruguay en fútbol". El País. 6 July 1976. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17.
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