The 1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the third 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, won their second title, and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics together with runners-up United States 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) North America First round winners 2nd 1964 Winners (1964) 4 (1968) First round winners 2nd 1964 Third place (1964) 7 (1956) Central America First round winners 2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) 1 (1968) Caribbean First round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0 1 Only final tournament.
Final round
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968) (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956) 2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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