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Seventh CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates5 September 1987 – 25 May 1988
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Top scorer(s)United States Brent Goulet (6 goals)
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International football competition

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.

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.

Qualification

Further information: 1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 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)
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)
Only final tournament.

Final round

Group A

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
Source: CONCACAF
United States 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
West Community Stadium, FentonReferee: J. Chinchilla (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 United States
Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainReferee: R. Paz Escoto (Honduras)
El Salvador 2–4 United States
Estadio Cuscatlán, San SalvadorReferee: D. Douglas (Canada)
El Salvador 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Estadio Cuscatlán, San SalvadorReferee: D. Brumitt (Canada)
United States 4–1 El Salvador
Referee: E. Codesal (Mexico)

Note: The match between Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador scheduled for 29 May 1988 was scratched by mutual agreement between the two countries.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONCACAF
Guatemala 6–0 Guyana
Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala CityReferee: R . Osborne (Bermuda)
Guyana 0–3 Guatemala
Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala CityReferee: G. Arrowsmith (Canada)
Guyana 0–9 Mexico
Santa Ana Stadium, Santa AnaReferee: F. Fuksman (United States)
Mexico 2–0
Awarded		 Guyana
w/o
Mexico 2–1 Guatemala
Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaReferee: L. Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago)
Guatemala 0–3 Mexico
Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala CityReferee: O. Brea Ramos (Cuba)
Notes
  • The match between Mexico and Guyana, scheduled for 9 December 1987, was abandoned after fifteen members of the Guyanese squad defected and asked for political asylum while on a training camp in California, leaving them unable to field a team for the match. Mexico were awarded a 2–0 victory by CONCACAF.
  • As Mexico were disqualified after their federation received a two-year suspension by FIFA, Guatemala took their place in the final tournament.

Mexico's disqualification

Further information: Cachirules

References

  1. "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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