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1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the third 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]

1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates16 January – 14 May
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Top scorer(s) Leonardo Cuéllar
Mike Seerey
(4 goals each)
1968
1976

Mexico, won their second title, and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics together with runners-up United States as CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification edit

Qualified teams edit

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   Mexico First round winners 2nd 1964 Winners (1964) 4 (1968)
  United States First round winners 2nd 1964 Third place (1964) 7 (1956)
Central America   Guatemala First round winners 2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968)
Caribbean   Jamaica First round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
1 Only final tournament.

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico (C) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 8 Qualification to 1972 Summer Olympics
2   United States 6 2 3 1 10 9 +1 7
3   Guatemala 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 5
4   Jamaica 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Guatemala  1–2  Mexico
Jamaica  1–1  United States

Mexico  1–1  United States
Guatemala  1–0  Jamaica

Mexico  4–0  Jamaica

Jamaica  0–0  Guatemala

Jamaica  1–0  Mexico
United States  2–2  Mexico

Mexico  3–1  Guatemala
United States  2–1  Jamaica

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics edit

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
  Mexico 14 May 1972 4 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968)
  United States 14 May 1972 7 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References edit

  1. ^ . CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ . Record. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25.


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