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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 16 January – 14 May |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (2nd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Top scorer(s) | Leonardo Cuéllar Mike Seerey (4 goals each) |
Mexico, won their second title, and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics together with runners-up United States as CONCACAF representatives.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Jamaica | 1–1 | United States |
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Mexico | 1–1 | United States |
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United States | 2–2 | Mexico |
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United States | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
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Mexico | 14 May 1972 | 4 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968) |
United States | 14 May 1972 | 7 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956) |
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