1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
# 1968 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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 | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous Olympic appearances (last) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Central America | Guatemala | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
| Central America | El Salvador | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
| Central America | Costa Rica | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
| Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Second round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |

    $^1$ Only final tournament.

## Final round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| El Salvador | 4–1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Guatemala | 3–3 | Costa Rica | 1–0 | 2–3 |

El Salvador won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Guatemala advance via a drawing of lots 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 on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| - | - | - |
| Mexico | 18 October 1963 | 3 (1928, 1948, 1964) |
| El Salvador | 26 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
| Guatemala | 2 June 1968 | 0 (debut) |

    $^2$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
