1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Year:1968
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Matches:4
Prevseason:1964
Nextseason:1972

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

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance1Last appearancePrevious best performancewidth=10%Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
Central AmericaSecond round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
Second round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0
CaribbeanSecond round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant0

1 Only final tournament.

Final round

|}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

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics, including Mexico which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
(1928, 1948, 1964)
(debut)
(debut)

2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes and References

  1. News: About . CONCACAF . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628210028/https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ . 10 August 2021. 2021-06-28 .
  2. News: Preolímpico Concacaf: ¿El Salvador ha ido alguna vez a Juegos Olímpicos? . US.AS.com. 15 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323072330/https://us.as.com/us/2021/03/15/futbol/1615764637_823294.html . 2021-03-23 .