1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 May – 2 June |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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]
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
[edit]Qualified teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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Central America | ![]() | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
![]() | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 | |
![]() | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 | |
Caribbean | ![]() | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
- 1 Only final tournament.
Final round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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El Salvador ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Guatemala ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 |
El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Guatemala advance via a drawing of lots after a 3–3 aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
[edit]The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics, including Mexico which qualified as hosts.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
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![]() | 18 October 1963 | 3 (1928, 1948, 1964) |
![]() | 26 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 2 June 1968 | 0 (debut) |
- 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
[edit]- ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "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.