| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | 10–19 May |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 48 (3.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Rónald Gómez (4 goals) |
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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.
- ^ "CONCACAF.com – Olympic Qualifying - Men - About". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-08-14.