1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

North American football tournament CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 1976 MEX 3 GUA CUB 1–11 March 3 1 6 MEX Hugo Sánchez (4 goals) 1972 1980 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.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 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.https://guatefutbol.com/2020/07/19/a-44-anos-de-la-participacion-de-la-seleccion-de-guatemala-en-los-jjoo-de-montreal/ A 44 años de la participación de la Selección de Guatemala en los JJOO de Montreal Guatefutbol.com 19 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201001122818/https://guatefutbol.com/2020/07/19/a-44-anos-de-la-participacion-de-la-seleccion-de-guatemala-en-los-jjoo-de-montreal/ 2020-10-01 https://elpais.com/diario/1976/07/07/deportes/205538405_850215.html Cuba sustituye a Uruguay en fútbol El País 6 July 1976 https://web.archive.org/web/20190717010851/https://elpais.com/diario/1976/07/07/deportes/205538405_850215.html 2019-07-17 Qualification 1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification The three berths were allocated as follows: The four winners from the second round Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last) North America MEX(title holders) Second round winners 3rd 1972 Winners (1964, 1972) 5 (1972) Central America GUA Second round winners 3rd 1972 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968) Caribbean CUB Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 1 Only final tournament. Final round main WDL complete RSSSF MEX, GUA, CUB 2 1 1 11 7 C 1 2 1 6 8 0 3 1 5 7 MEX GUA CUB Q SO SO SO green1 Qualification to 1976 Summer Olympics 2 1 -0 1976 3 1 y MEX GUA 4–1 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca 1976 3 3 y MEX CUB 4–2 Toluca 1976 3 5 y GUA MEX 3–2 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City 1976 3 7 y GUA CUB 1–1 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City 1976 3 9 y CUB MEX 1–1 Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana 1976 3 11 y CUB GUA 1–1 Estadio Latinoamericano, 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 onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics2 CAN 1970 5 12 dmy 1 (1904) MEX 1976 3 11 dmy 5 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972) GUA 1976 3 11 dmy 1 (1968) CUB 1976 7 dmy 0 (debut) 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. References 1976 Oly Category:Football qualification for the 1976 Summer Olympics