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.

1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates16 January – 14 May
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Top scorer(s)Mexico Leonardo Cuéllar
United States 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.

Qualification

Qualified teams

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 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico First round winners 2nd 1964 Winners (1964) 4 (1968)
1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  United States First round winners 2nd 1964 Third place (1964) 7 (1956)
Central America 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Guatemala First round winners 2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968)
Caribbean 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Jamaica First round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
    1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico (C) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 8 Qualification to 1972 Summer Olympics
2 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  United States 6 2 3 1 10 9 +1 7
3 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Guatemala 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 5
4 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Jamaica 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Guatemala 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 1–21972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico
Jamaica 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 1–11972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  United States

Mexico 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 1–11972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  United States
Guatemala 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 1–01972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Jamaica

Mexico 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 4–01972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Jamaica
Guatemala 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 3–21972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  United States

United States 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 2–11972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Guatemala
Jamaica 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 0–01972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Guatemala

Jamaica 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 1–01972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico
United States 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 2–21972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico

Mexico 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 3–11972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Guatemala
United States 1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament 2–11972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Jamaica

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  Mexico 14 May 1972 4 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968)
1972 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament  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

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