1988_CONCACAF_Men's_Pre-Olympic_Tournament

1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

Seventh CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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.[1]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

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.

More information Zone, Country ...
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
More information United States, 4–1 ...
Referee: J. Chinchilla (Guatemala)
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0–1 ...
Referee: R. Paz Escoto (Honduras)
More information El Salvador, 2–4 ...
Referee: D. Douglas (Canada)
More information El Salvador, 0–1 ...
Referee: D. Brumitt (Canada)
More information United States, 4–1 ...
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

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
More information Guatemala, 6–0 ...
Referee: R . Osborne (Bermuda)
More information Guyana, 0–3 ...
Referee: G. Arrowsmith (Canada)
More information Guyana, 0–9 ...
Referee: F. Fuksman (United States)
More information Mexico, 2–0 Awarded ...
More information Mexico, 2–1 ...
Referee: L. Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago)
More information Guatemala, 0–3 ...
Referee: 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. [1]
    "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1988_CONCACAF_Men's_Pre-Olympic_Tournament, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.