1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

North American football tournament CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 1996 Canada 10–19 May 6 1 1 1 MEX 4 23 CAN 15 48 23 CRC Rónald Gómez (4 goals) 1992 2000 The 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Canada, from 10 and 19 May 1996. It was the first time in which teams that qualified for the Olympics were permitted to supplement their rosters with three players not restricted by age in its 18-man final list.http://www.concacaf.com/category/olympics-qualifying-men/about CONCACAF.com – Olympic Qualifying - Men - About 2015-08-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090618/http://www.concacaf.com/category/olympics-qualifying-men/about 2015-09-05 dead Mexico, as winners qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics together with the United States who automatically qualified as hosts. Second-placed Canada later lost to Australia in the CONCACAF–OFC play-off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the third consecutive time. Qualification 1996 CONCACAF Men's 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 23 CAN (hosts) Automatic 3rd 1992 Runners-up (1984) 1 MEX First round winner 6th 1992 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976) 7Central America 23 CRC First round winner 4th 1984 Winners (1980, 1984) 2 23 SLV First round winner 3rd 1988 Winners (1968) 1Caribbean 23 JAM First round winner 2nd 1972 Fourth place (1972) 0 23 TRI First round winner 3rd 1988 Runners-up (1968) 0 1 Only final tournament. Venues The matches were played in Edmonton. EdmontonCanada center 325 Canada 53.533333 -113.5 Edmonton rightCommonwealth StadiumClarke Stadium Capacity: 60,081 Capacity: 20,000 200px 200px Squads 1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads Final round main WDL complete RSSSF MEX, CAN, CRC, JAM, TRI, SLV 5 0 0 12 1 C 2 2 1 7 3 H 2 1 2 9 9 2 0 3 7 11 1 1 3 6 10 1 0 4 7 14 23 MEX 23 CAN 23 CRC 23 JAM 23 TRI 23 SLV Q SO PO green1 Qualification to 1996 Summer Olympics blue1 Advance to play-offs Canada v Jamaica 1996 5 10 y 23 CAN 3–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/canada-v-jamaica-10-may-1996-246540/ 23 JAM Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 7,029 Zimmermann Boulos (United States) Mexico v El Salvador 1996 5 11 y 23 MEX 3–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-el-salvador-11-may-1996-246542/ 23 SLV Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 4,112 Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras) Trinidad and Tobago v Costa Rica 1996 5 11 y 23 CRC 4–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-trinidad-and-tobago-11-may-1996-246541/ 23 TRI Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 4,112 Brian Hall (United States) El Salvador v Jamaica 1996 5 13 y 23 SLV 3–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/el-salvador-v-jamaica-13-may-1996-246629/ 23 JAM Clarke Stadium, Edmonton 4,952 Brian Hall (United States) Canada v Trinidad and Tobago 1996 5 13 y 23 CAN 0–0 23 TRI Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 4,952 Vanroy Burnes Mexico v Costa Rica 1996 5 13 y 23 MEX 4–0 23 CRC Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 4,952 Mario Efrain Escobar López Jamaica v Costa Rica 1996 5 15 y 23 JAM 2–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/jamaica-v-costa-rica-15-may-1996-246630/ 23 CRC Clarke Stadium, Edmonton Canada v El Salvador 1996 5 15 y 23 CAN 4–2 https://www.11v11.com/matches/canada-v-el-salvador-15-may-1996-246632/ 23 SLV Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras) Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago 1996 5 15 y 23 MEX 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-trinidad-and-tobago-15-may-1996-246631/ 23 TRI Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Zimmermann Boulos (United States) Trinidad and Tobago v El Salvador 1996 5 17 y 23 TRI 2–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/trinidad-and-tobago-v-el-salvador-17-may-1996-246633/ 23 SLV Clarke Stadium, Edmonton Brian Hall (United States) Canada v Costa Rica 1996 5 17 y 23 CAN 0–0 23 CRC Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Mexico v Jamaica 1996 5 17 y 23 MEX 2–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-jamaica-17-may-1996-246635/ 23 JAM Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago 1996 5 19 y 23 JAM 3–2 https://www.11v11.com/matches/jamaica-v-trinidad-and-tobago-19-may-1996-246636/ 23 TRI Clarke Stadium, Edmonton Costa Rica v El Salvador 1996 5 19 y 23 CRC 4–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-el-salvador-19-may-1996-246637/ 23 SLV Clarke Stadium, Edmonton Canda v Mexico 1996 5 19 y 23 CAN 0–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/canada-v-mexico-19-may-1996-246638/ 23 MEX Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 19,401 Mario Efrain Escobar López (Guatemala) Statistics Goalscorers 48 15 23 CRC Rónald Gómez MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco 23 JAM Onandi Lowe MEX José Manuel Abundis MEX Jesús Arellano Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the United States which qualified as hosts. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1 23 USA 1990 9 18 1 dmy11 11 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992) 23 MEX 1996 5 17 1 dmy 07 7 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. References External links RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVI. Olympiad | Football Qualifying Tournament 1996 Category:CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Oly Category:Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification