The 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Canada, from 10 and 19 May 1996.
It was the first time in which teams that qualified for the Olympics were permitted to supplement their rosters with three players not restricted by age in its 18-man final list.[1]
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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The 1996 CONCACAF Pre Olympic Tournament was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Pre Olympic Tournament the quadrennial international age restricted association football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men s under 23 national teams from the North Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament It was held in Canada from 10 and 19 May 1996 1996 CONCACAF Pre Olympic TournamentTournament detailsHost countryCanadaDates10 19 MayTeams6 from 1 confederation Venue s 1 in 1 host city Final positionsChampions Mexico 4th title Runners up CanadaTournament statisticsMatches played15Goals scored48 3 2 per match Top scorer s Ronald Gomez 4 goals 19922000 It was the first time in which teams that qualified for the Olympics were permitted to supplement their rosters with three players not restricted by age in its 18 man final list 1 Mexico as winners qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics together with the United States who automatically qualified as hosts Second placed Canada later lost to Australia in the CONCACAF OFC play off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the third consecutive time Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Qualified teams 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 Final round 5 Statistics 5 1 Goalscorers 6 Qualified teams for Summer Olympics 7 References 8 External linksQualification editMain article 1996 CONCACAF Men s Pre Olympic Tournament qualification 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 nbsp Canada hosts Automatic 3rd 1992 Runners up 1984 1 nbsp Mexico First round winner 6th 1992 Winners 1964 1972 1976 7Central America nbsp Costa Rica First round winner 4th 1984 Winners 1980 1984 2 nbsp El Salvador First round winner 3rd 1988 Winners 1968 1Caribbean nbsp Jamaica First round winner 2nd 1972 Fourth place 1972 0 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago First round winner 3rd 1988 Runners up 1968 01 Only final tournament Venues editThe matches were played in Edmonton Edmonton nbsp nbsp EdmontonCommonwealth Stadium Clarke StadiumCapacity 60 081 Capacity 20 000 nbsp nbsp Squads editMain article 1996 CONCACAF Men s Pre Olympic Tournament squadsFinal round editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Mexico C 5 5 0 0 12 1 11 15 Qualification to 1996 Summer Olympics2 nbsp Canada H 5 2 2 1 7 3 4 8 Advance to play offs3 nbsp Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 74 nbsp Jamaica 5 2 0 3 7 11 4 65 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 46 nbsp El Salvador 5 1 0 4 7 14 7 3Source RSSSF C Champions H Hosts 10 May 1996 1996 05 10 Canada nbsp 3 0 nbsp JamaicaReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 7 029Referee Zimmermann Boulos United States 11 May 1996 1996 05 11 Mexico nbsp 3 0 nbsp El SalvadorReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 4 112Referee Nelson Rutilio Calix Turcios Honduras 11 May 1996 1996 05 11 Costa Rica nbsp 4 1 nbsp Trinidad and TobagoReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 4 112Referee Brian Hall United States 13 May 1996 1996 05 13 El Salvador nbsp 3 1 nbsp JamaicaReportClarke Stadium EdmontonAttendance 4 952Referee Brian Hall United States 13 May 1996 1996 05 13 Canada nbsp 0 0 nbsp Trinidad and TobagoCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 4 952Referee Vanroy Burnes 13 May 1996 1996 05 13 Mexico nbsp 4 0 nbsp Costa RicaCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 4 952Referee Mario Efrain Escobar Lopez 15 May 1996 1996 05 15 Jamaica nbsp 2 1 nbsp Costa RicaReportClarke Stadium Edmonton 15 May 1996 1996 05 15 Canada nbsp 4 2 nbsp El SalvadorReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonReferee Nelson Rutilio Calix Turcios Honduras 15 May 1996 1996 05 15 Mexico nbsp 2 0 nbsp Trinidad and TobagoReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonReferee Zimmermann Boulos United States 17 May 1996 1996 05 17 Trinidad and Tobago nbsp 2 1 nbsp El SalvadorReportClarke Stadium EdmontonReferee Brian Hall United States 17 May 1996 1996 05 17 Canada nbsp 0 0 nbsp Costa RicaCommonwealth Stadium Edmonton 17 May 1996 1996 05 17 Mexico nbsp 2 1 nbsp JamaicaReportCommonwealth Stadium Edmonton 19 May 1996 1996 05 19 Jamaica nbsp 3 2 nbsp Trinidad and TobagoReportClarke Stadium Edmonton 19 May 1996 1996 05 19 Costa Rica nbsp 4 1 nbsp El SalvadorReportClarke Stadium Edmonton 19 May 1996 1996 05 19 Canada nbsp 0 1 nbsp MexicoReportCommonwealth Stadium EdmontonAttendance 19 401Referee Mario Efrain Escobar Lopez Guatemala Statistics editGoalscorers edit There were 48 goals scored in 15 matches for an average of 3 2 goals per match 6 goals nbsp Ronald Gomez 4 goals nbsp Cuauhtemoc Blanco nbsp Onandi Lowe 3 goals nbsp Jose Manuel Abundis nbsp Jesus ArellanoQualified teams for Summer Olympics editThe following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics including the United States which qualified as hosts Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 nbsp United States 18 September 1990 11 1904 1924 1928 1936 1948 1952 1956 1972 1984 1988 1992 nbsp Mexico 17 May 1996 7 1928 1948 1964 1968 1972 1976 1992 1 Bold indicates champions for that year Italic indicates hosts for that year References edit CONCACAF com Olympic Qualifying Men About Archived from the original on 2015 09 05 Retrieved 2015 08 14 External links editRSSSF com Games of the XXVI Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 CONCACAF Pre Olympic Tournament amp oldid 1185003009, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
