1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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]

1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	19 May – 2 June
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Juan Martínez (2 goals)
← 1964 1972 →

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

Further information: 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance^1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances (last)
Central America	Guatemala	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant	0
	El Salvador	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant	0
	Costa Rica	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant	0
Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant	0

¹ Only final tournament.

Final round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
El Salvador	4–1	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	2–1
Guatemala	3–3	Costa Rica	1–0	2–3

19 May 1968 (1968-05-19)

El Salvador	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago

San Salvador

26 May 1968 (1968-05-26)

Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	El Salvador

Port of Spain

El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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26 May 1968 (1968-05-26)

Guatemala	1–0	Costa Rica

Guatemala City

2 June 1968 (1968-06-02)

Costa Rica	3–2	Guatemala

San José

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.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics^2
Mexico	18 October 1963	3 (1928, 1948, 1964)
El Salvador	26 May 1968	0 (debut)
Guatemala	2 June 1968	0 (debut)

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

References

1. . CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. . US.AS.com. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-23.