The 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the second 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.
Mexico, as host nation, qualified directly for the 1968 Summer Olympics together with final round winners, El Salvador and Guatemala as CONCACAF representatives. 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) Central America Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 Caribbean Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 1 Only final tournament.
Final round
El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Guatemala advance via a coin toss after a 3–3 aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics, including Mexico which qualified as hosts.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2 (1928, 1948, 1964) (debut) (debut) 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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