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)Mexico Leonardo Cuéllar
United States Mike Seerey
(4 goals each)
← 1968
1976 →

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]

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

Qualification

Further information: 1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 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  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

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
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
Jamaica 1–1 United States
Independence Park, Kingston
Mexico 1–1 United States
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Guatemala 1–0 Jamaica
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
Mexico 4–0 Jamaica
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Guatemala 3–2 United States
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala
United States 2–1 Guatemala
Hialeah Stadium, Hialeah
Jamaica 0–0 Guatemala
Independence Park, Kingston
Jamaica 1–0 Mexico
Independence Park, Kingston
United States 2–2 Mexico
Kezar Stadium, San Francisco
Mexico 3–1 Guatemala
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
United States 2–1 Jamaica
West Community Stadium, Fenton

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
 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

  1. ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "MÉXICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS, UNA RIVALIDAD ETERNA EN PREOLÍMPICOS". Record. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25.


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