1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Year:1984
Count:2
Num Teams:3
Confederations:1
Matches:5
Prevseason:1980
Nextseason:1988

The 1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the sixth 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]

As the top two teams, champions, Costa Rica and Canada qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics as representatives of CONCACAF.[2]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance1Last appearancePrevious best performancewidth=10%Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North AmericaSecond round winners1st0 (debut)Debutant
Central America
(title holders)
Second round winners3rd1980Winners (1980)
CaribbeanSecond round winners2nd1976Third place (1976)

1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Canada and Costa Rica qualified for the Olympics as a result of this match, and Cuba were eliminated; therefore, the final Cuba v Canada match was scratched.

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 de la Concacaf: ¿Cuáles han sido todos los campeones de la historia? . Goal. 30 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331023852/https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/preolimpico-concacaf-todos-los-campeones-historia/oe7p3iwaey4i1nwqebfnnxnzj . 2021-03-31 .