1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1–11 March |
Teams | 3 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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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]
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:
- The four winners from the second round
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) |
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North America | ![]() (title holders) | Second round winners | 3rd | 1972 | Winners (1964, 1972) | 5 (1972) |
Central America | ![]() | Second round winners | 3rd | 1972 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | 1 (1968) |
Caribbean | ![]() | 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 |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 5 | Qualification to 1976 Summer Olympics |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
(C) Champions
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 |
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![]() | 12 May 1970 | 1 (1904) |
![]() | 11 March 1976 | 5 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972) |
![]() | 11 March 1976 | 1 (1968) |
![]() | July 1976 | 0 (debut) |
- 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cuba sustituye a Uruguay en fútbol". El País. 6 July 1976. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17.
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