Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 May – 2 June |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Top scorer(s) | Juan Martínez (2 goals) |
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]
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance 1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous
Olympic appearances (last) |
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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 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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El Salvador | 4–1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Guatemala | 3–3 | Costa Rica | 1–0 | 2–3 |
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.
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 |
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Mexico | 18 October 1963 | 3 ( 1928, 1948, 1964) |
El Salvador | 26 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
Guatemala | 2 June 1968 | 0 (debut) |