1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
Dates10–19 May
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored48 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Rónald Gómez (4 goals)

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.[1]

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

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America  Canada (hosts) Automatic 3rd 1992 Runners-up (1984) 1
 Mexico First round winner 6th 1992 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976) 7
Central America  Costa Rica First round winner 4th 1984 Winners (1980, 1984) 2
 El Salvador First round winner 3rd 1988 Winners (1968) 1
Caribbean  Jamaica First round winner 2nd 1972 Fourth place (1972) 0
 Trinidad and Tobago First round winner 3rd 1988 Runners-up (1968) 0
1 Only final tournament.

Venues

The matches were played in Edmonton.

Edmonton
Commonwealth Stadium Clarke Stadium
Capacity: 60,081 Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico (C) 5 5 0 0 12 1 +11 15 Qualification to 1996 Summer Olympics
2  Canada (H) 5 2 2 1 7 3 +4 8 Advance to play-offs
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: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Canada 3–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 7,029
Referee: Zimmermann Boulos (United States)
Mexico 3–0 El Salvador
Report
Attendance: 4,112
Referee: Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras)
Costa Rica 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report

El Salvador 3–1 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 4,952
Canada 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Vanroy Burnes
Mexico 4–0 Costa Rica
Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Mario Efrain Escobar López

Jamaica 2–1 Costa Rica
Report
Canada 4–2 El Salvador
Report
Referee: Nelson Rutilio Cálix Turcios (Honduras)
Mexico 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Referee: Zimmermann Boulos (United States)

Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 El Salvador
Report
Canada 0–0 Costa Rica
Mexico 2–1 Jamaica
Report

Jamaica 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Costa Rica 4–1 El Salvador
Report
Canada 0–1 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 19,401
Referee: Mario Efrain Escobar López (Guatemala)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

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 on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 United States18 September 199011 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992)
 Mexico17 May 19967 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. "CONCACAF.com – Olympic Qualifying - Men - About". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
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