1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. It was an age restricted football tournament to determine which national under-23 age group teams qualify for the men's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics from the CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) region. The tournament was hosted by Canada and took place between 10–19 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.[1]

1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
Preolímpico Concacaf 1996
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
CityEdmonton
Dates10–19 May
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored48 (3.2 per match)

A total of six teams played in the final tournament: two teams from the North American Zone (NAFU) (Canada and Mexico, which qualify directly for the final tournament), two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), and two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU).

Mexico, as winners of the tournament qualified for the men's football tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the United States who automatically qualified as hosts. Canada, which finished second, advanced to the CONCACAF–OFC play-off where they faced off against Australia, winners of the 1996 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament.

Qualification
TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious men's Olympic appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 CanadaAutomatic7thRunner-up (1984)1
 MexicoPreliminary round8thWinner (1964, 1972, 1976)7
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
 Costa RicaPreliminary round4thWinner (1980, 1984)2
 El SalvadorPreliminary round3rdWinner (1968)1
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
 JamaicaPreliminary round2nd4th (1972)0
 Trinidad and TobagoPreliminary round3rdRunner-up (1968)0

Squads

Final round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 5 5 0 0 12 1 +11 15 Qualification to Atlanta 1996
2  Canada 5 2 2 1 7 3 +4 8 Qualification to CONCACAF–OFC play-off
3  Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
4  Jamaica 5 2 0 3 7 11 −4 6
5  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
6  El Salvador 5 1 0 4 7 14 −7 3
Source:
Canada 3–0 Jamaica
El Salvador 0–3 Mexico
Costa Rica 4–2 Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador 3–1 Jamaica
Canada 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica 0–4 Mexico
Costa Rica 1–2 Jamaica
Canada 4–2 El Salvador
Mexico 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador 1–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Canada 0–0 Costa Rica
Jamaica 1–2 Mexico
Canada 0–1 Mexico
Jamaica 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica 4–1 El Salvador

Play-off

The CONCACAF–OFC football play-off for the 1996 Summer Olympics was a two legged qualification play-off between the second placed team from CONCACAF and the winner team from the Oceania Football Confederation, with the winner qualifying for the final berth in the 1996 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

Canada 2–2 Australia
Australia 5–0 Canada

Australia won 7–2 on aggregate and qualified to Atlanta 1996.[2]

References
  1. "CONCACAF.com – Olympic Qualifying - Men - About". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  2. LinguaSport.com – XIX Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)
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