1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1–11 March
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (3rd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s)Mexico 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

  1. ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "A 44 años de la participación de la Selección de Guatemala en los JJOO de Montreal". Guatefutbol.com. 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Cuba sustituye a Uruguay en fútbol". El País. 6 July 1976. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17.