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
ChampionsFile:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Third placeFile:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s)Mexico Hugo Sánchez (4 goals)
1972
1980

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] 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.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
(title holders)
Second round winners 3rd 1972 Winners (1964, 1972) 5 (1972)
Central America File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Second round winners 3rd 1972 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968)
Caribbean File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (C) 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 5 Qualification to 1976 Summer Olympics
2 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 4 1 2 1 6 8 −2 4
3 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 4 0 3 1 5 7 −2 3
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg4–2File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba


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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics2
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12 May 1970 1 (1904)
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 11 March 1976 5 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972)
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 11 March 1976 1 (1968)
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba July 1976 0 (debut)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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.