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.
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 performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last)North America (hosts) Automatic 3rd 1992 Runners-up (1984) 1 First round winner 6th 1992 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976) 7Central America First round winner 4th 1984 Winners (1980, 1984) 2 First round winner 3rd 1988 Winners (1968) 1Caribbean First round winner 2nd 1972 Fourth place (1972) 0 First round winner 3rd 1988 Runners-up (1968) 0 1 Only final tournament.
Venues The matches were played in Edmonton. EdmontonCommonwealth StadiumClarke Stadium Capacity: 60,081 Capacity: 20,000
Squads
Final round
Statistics Goalscorers
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 onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992) (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVI. Olympiad | Football Qualifying Tournament