1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

North American football tournament CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 1972 16 January – 14 May 4 1 MEX 2 USA 12 MEX Leonardo CuéllarUSA 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.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, won their second title, and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics together with runners-up United States as CONCACAF representatives.https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional-seleccion-mexicana/mexico-y-estados-unidos-una-rivalidad-eterna-en MÉXICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS, UNA RIVALIDAD ETERNA EN PREOLÍMPICOS Record 23 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210325025857/https://www.record.com.mx/futbol-futbol-nacional-seleccion-mexicana/mexico-y-estados-unidos-una-rivalidad-eterna-en 2021-03-25 Qualification 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 performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last) North America MEX First round winners 2nd 1964 Winners (1964) 4 (1968) USA First round winners 2nd 1964 Third place (1964) 7 (1956) Central America GUA First round winners 2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968) Caribbean JAM First round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 1 Only final tournament. Final round main WDL complete RSSSF MEX, USA, GUA, JAM 3 2 1 12 6 C 2 3 1 10 9 2 1 3 3 7 1 2 3 3 8 MEX USA GUA JAM 2 Q SO SO green1 Qualification to 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 1 16 y GUA MEX 1–2 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala 1972 1 16 y JAM USA 1–1 Independence Park, Kingston 1972 1 23 y MEX USA 1–1 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara 1972 4 9 y GUA JAM 1–0 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala 1972 4 13 y MEX JAM 4–0 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México 1972 4 16 y GUA USA 3–2 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Ciudad de Guatemala 1972 4 25 y USA GUA 2–1 Hialeah Stadium, Hialeah 1972 4 29 y JAM GUA 0–0 Independence Park, Kingston 1972 5 7 y JAM MEX 1–0 Independence Park, Kingston 1972 5 10 y USA MEX 2–2 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco 1972 5 14 y MEX GUA 3–1 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca 1972 5 14 y USA JAM 2–1 West Community Stadium, Fenton Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2 MEX 1972 5 14 1 dmy 4 4 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968) USA 1972 5 14 1 dmy 7 7 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956) 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. References 1972 Oly Category:Football qualification for the 1972 Summer Olympics