1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1–11 March
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s)Mexico Hugo Sánchez (4 goals)
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The 1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fourth 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 successfully defended their title, and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics together with runners-up Guatemala and the host nation, Canada, as representatives of CONCACAF. Cuba was invited after the withdrawal of Uruguay, the refusal of Argentina and Colombia to replace them.[2][3]

Qualification

Further information: 1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows:

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
(title holders) 		Second round winners 3rd 1972 Winners (1964, 1972) 5 (1972)
Central America  Guatemala Second round winners 3rd 1972 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968)
Caribbean  Cuba Second 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) 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 5 Qualification to 1976 Summer Olympics
2  Guatemala 4 1 2 1 6 8 −2 4
3  Cuba 4 0 3 1 5 7 −2 3
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Mexico 4–1 Guatemala
Toluca
Mexico 4–2 Cuba
Toluca
Guatemala 3–2 Mexico
Guatemala City
Guatemala 1–1 Cuba
Guatemala City
Cuba 1–1 Mexico
Havana
Cuba 1–1 Guatemala
Havana

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics, including Canada which qualified as the hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics2
 Canada 12 May 1970 1 (1904)
 Mexico 11 March 1976 5 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972)
 Guatemala 11 March 1976 1 (1968)
 Cuba July 1976 0 (debut)
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. ^ "A 44 años de la participación de la Selección de Guatemala en los JJOO de Montreal". Guatefutbol.com. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Cuba sustituye a Uruguay en fútbol". El País. 6 July 1976. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17.
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