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Seventh CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the seventh 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]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 5 September 1987 – 25 May 1988 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Top scorer(s) | Brent Goulet (6 goals) |
← 1984 1992 → |
United States and Guatemala qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics: Mexico had originally qualified, but were disqualified after receiving a two-year suspension by FIFA arising from the Cachirules scandal.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Zone | Country | Method of qualification | Appearance1 | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
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North America | Mexico | First round winners | 4th | 1976 | Winners (1964, 1972, 1976) | |
United States | First round winners | 4th | 1980 | Runners-up (1972, 1980) | ||
Central America | El Salvador | First round winners | 2nd | 1968 | Final round winner without outright champions (1968) | |
Guatemala | First round winners | 4th | 1976 | Runners-up (1976) | ||
Caribbean | Guyana | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Second round winners | 2nd | 1968 | Final round (1968) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 | Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
3 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Note: The match between Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador scheduled for 29 May 1988 was scratched by mutual agreement between the two countries.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 8 | Disqualified |
2 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 | Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics |
3 | Guyana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 |
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