1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
Dates10–19 May
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored48 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Rónald Gómez (4 goals)
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The 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Canada, from 10 and 19 May 1996.

Contents

It was the first time in which teams that qualified for the Olympics were permitted to supplement their rosters with three players not restricted by age in its 18-man final list. [1]

Mexico, as winners qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics together with the United States who automatically qualified as hosts. Second-placed Canada later lost to Australia in the CONCACAF–OFC play-off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the third consecutive time.

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 Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (hosts)Automatic3rd 1992 Runners-up (1984)1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico First round winner6th 1992 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976)7
Central America Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica First round winner4th 1984 Winners (1980, 1984)2
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador First round winner3rd 1988 Winners (1968)1
Caribbean Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica First round winner2nd 1972 Fourth place (1972)0
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago First round winner3rd 1988 Runners-up (1968)0
1 Only final tournament.

Venues

The matches were played in Edmonton.

Edmonton
Commonwealth Stadium Clarke Stadium
Capacity: 60,081Capacity: 20,000
Commonwealth.jpg Clarke Stadium.jpg

Squads

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (C)5500121+1115Qualification to 1996 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)522173+48Advance to play-offs
3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 52129907
4Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5203711−46
5Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 5113610−44
6Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 5104714−73
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 7,029
Referee: Zimmermann Boulos (United States)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg3–0Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,112
Referee: Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras)
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg4–1Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,112
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg3–1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Report
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Vanroy Burnes
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg4–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Mario Efrain Escobar López
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg2–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Report
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Referee: Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras)
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Referee: Zimmermann Boulos (United States)
Trinidad and Tobago  Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg2–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Jamaica  Flag of Jamaica.svg3–2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg4–1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Report
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 19,401
Referee: Mario Efrain Escobar López (Guatemala)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the United States which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18 September 199011 ( 1904 , 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984 , 1988, 1992)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 17 May 19967 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968 , 1972, 1976, 1992)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "CONCACAF.com – Olympic Qualifying - Men - About". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
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