1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates5 September 1987 – 25 May 1988
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Brent Goulet (6 goals)
1984
1992

The 1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the seventh 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

United States and Guatemala qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics: Mexico had originally qualified, but were disqualified after receiving a two-year suspension by FIFA arising from the Cachirules scandal.

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 winners4th 1976 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States First round winners4th 1980 Runners-up (1972, 1980)
Central America Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador First round winners2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala First round winners4th 1976 Runners-up (1976)
Caribbean Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Second round winners2nd 1968 Final round (1968)
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4400134+98Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 31022532
3Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 30033960
Source: CONCACAF
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
West Community Stadium, Fenton
Referee: J. Chinchilla (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg0–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Referee: R. Paz Escoto (Honduras)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg2–4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: D. Douglas (Canada)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg0–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: D. Brumitt (Canada)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Referee: E. Codesal (Mexico)

Note: The match between Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador scheduled for 29 May 1988 was scratched by mutual agreement between the two countries.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4400161+158 Disqualified
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4202105+54Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics
3Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 4004020200
Source: CONCACAF
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg6–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Guyana  Flag of Guyana.svg0–3Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala City
Referee: G. Arrowsmith (Canada)
Guyana  Flag of Guyana.svg0–9Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–0
Awarded
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
w/o
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Guatemala  Flag of Guatemala.svg0–3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Referee: O. Brea Ramos (Cuba)
Notes
  • The match between Mexico and Guyana, scheduled for 9 December 1987, was abandoned after fifteen members of the Guyanese squad defected and asked for political asylum while on a training camp in California, leaving them unable to field a team for the match. Mexico were awarded a 2–0 victory by CONCACAF.
  • As Mexico were disqualified after their federation received a two-year suspension by FIFA, Guatemala took their place in the final tournament.

Mexico's disqualification

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References

  1. "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.