1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

North American football tournament CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 1968 19 May – 2 June 4 1 4 SLV Juan Martínez (3 goals) 1964 1972 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.https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ About CONCACAF https://web.archive.org/web/20210628210028/https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ 10 August 2021 2021-06-28 Mexico, as host nation, qualified directly for the 1968 Summer Olympics together with final round winners, El Salvador and Guatemala as CONCACAF representatives.https://us.as.com/us/2021/03/15/futbol/1615764637_823294.html Preolímpico Concacaf: ¿El Salvador ha ido alguna vez a Juegos Olímpicos? US.AS.com 15 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210323072330/https://us.as.com/us/2021/03/15/futbol/1615764637_823294.html 2021-03-23 Qualification 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament.https://rsssf.org/tableso/ol1968q.html Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968) RSSSF 21 October 2021 Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last) Central America GUA Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 SLV Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 CRC Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 Caribbean TRI Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 1 Only final tournament. Final round SLV 4–1 TRI 2–0 2–1 GUA 3–3 (l) Guatemala won via a coin toss CRC 1–0 2–3 El Salvador v Trinidad and Tobago 1968 5 19 y SLV TRI 2–0 Martínez 5 Méndez 25 Estadio Nacional (Flor Blanca), San Salvador Trindad and Tobago v El Salvador 1968 5 26 y TRI SLV 1–2 ? Martínez 7 20 Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics. Guatemala v Costa Rica 1968 5 26 y GUA CRC 1–0 Valdez 29 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Costa Rica v Guatemala 1968 6 2 y CRC GUA 3–2 (a.e.t.) Hernández 18(pen.) 47 Elizondo 99 Roldán 5 Torres 93 Estadio Nacional de la Sabana, San José Guatemala advance via a coin toss after a 3–3 aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics. Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics, including Mexico which qualified as hosts. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2 MEX 1963 10 18 1 dmy 3 3 (1928, 1948, 1964) SLV 1968 5 26 1 dmy 0 0 (debut) GUA 1968 6 2 2 dmy 0 0 (debut) 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 11 4 main pxxl fb SLV Juan Ramón Martínez main pxxl fbo CRC Leonel Hernández main pxxl fbo SLV Sergio Méndez main pxxl fbo GUA Carlos Valdez main pxxl fbo GUA Jorge Roldán main pxxl fb GUA Hugo Torres main pxxl fb CRC Wálter Elizondo References 1968 Oly Category:Football qualification for the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic football tournament Category:Guatemala at the 1968 Olympic football tournament