1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
{{short description|First edition of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, held in Mexico}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
| year = 1964
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| country = Mexico
| city =
| dates = {{Nowrap|16–20 March}}
| num_teams = 4
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fbo|MEX|1934}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fb|Dutch Guiana}}
| third_other =
| fourth_other =
| matches = 6
| goals = 29
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|USA}} Carl Gentile
{{fbicon|MEX|1934}} Aarón Padilla
{{nowrap|(3 goals each)}}
| player =
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| prevseason =
| nextseason = 1968
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The 1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the first edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ |title=About |publisher=CONCACAF |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628210028/https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ |access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=2021-06-28 }} It was held in Mexico, from 16 and 20 March 1964.{{cite news |url=https://www.wdeportes.com/noticias/deportes/mexico-con-paso-perfecto-como-anfitrion-del-preolimpico/20210318/nota/4118583.aspx |title=México, con paso perfecto como anfitrión del Preolímpico |publisher=WDeportes |date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319150028/https://www.wdeportes.com/noticias/deportes/mexico-con-paso-perfecto-como-anfitrion-del-preolimpico/20210318/nota/4118583.aspx |access-date=|archive-date=2021-03-19 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html |title=Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad 1964 - Football Qualifying Tournament CONCACAF |date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812123847/http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html |access-date=18 March 2021|website=RSSSF |archive-date=2021-08-12 }}
Host nation, Mexico, won the tournament and qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics as the sole representative of CONCACAF.{{cite news |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/8340644/mexico-sub-23-saldo-en-preolimpicos-seleccion-mexicana |title=México, con saldo a favor como sede del preolímpico |publisher=ESPN Deportes|date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320134248/https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/8340644/mexico-sub-23-saldo-en-preolimpicos-seleccion-mexicana |access-date=|archive-date=2021-03-20 }}
Qualification
{{details|1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification}}
=Qualified teams=
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
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Zone
! Country ! Method of qualification ! Appearance1 ! Last appearance ! Previous best performance ! width=10%|Previous Olympic appearances |
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rowspan=2| North America
| {{fbo|MEX|1934}} (hosts) | Automatic | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 2 (1948) |
{{fb|USA}}
| Automatic | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 7 (1956) |
Central America
| {{fb|PAN}} | Automatic | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
Caribbean
| {{fb|Dutch Guiana}} | Preliminary round winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | Debutant | 0 |
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Venue
Mexico City hosted the tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/deportes-olimpicos/juegos-olimpicos/mexico-vs-unidos-historial-preolimpico-concacaf |title=México vs Estados Unidos; historial en el Preolímpico de Concacaf |publisher=Medio Tiempo|date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325041502/https://www.mediotiempo.com/deportes-olimpicos/juegos-olimpicos/mexico-vs-unidos-historial-preolimpico-concacaf |access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=2021-03-25 }}
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Mexico City
!rowspan="4"|{{location map+ |Mexico |float=center|width=350 |caption=|places= {{location map~ |Mexico |lat=19.3313 |long=-99.1925 |label= Mexico City |position=right}} }} |
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
Capacity: 72,000 |
200px |
Squads
{{main|1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament squads}}
Final round
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|win_PAN=0 |draw_PAN=0 |loss_PAN=3 |gf_PAN=4 |ga_PAN=15
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|name_PAN={{fbu|23|PAN}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1964|3|16|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
|round =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Dutch Guiana}}
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|score = 1–0
|aet =
|goals1 =
- Kluivert {{goal|17}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|attendance = 10,000{{cite news |last=McSkimming |first=Dent |date=17 March 1964 |title=McBride Stars, but U.S. Loses Soccer Trial Opener |page=6C |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-mcbride-stars-b/135362348/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=17 November 2023}}
|referee = Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
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|date = {{Start date|1964|3|16|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|score = 5–1
|aet =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Tapia {{goal|53}}
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|referee = Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1964|3|18|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
|round =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
|score = 4–2
|aet =
|goals1 =
- Schweinert {{goal|48}}
- Wostl {{goal|59}}
- Gentile {{goal|67||83}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|referee = Goedheart (Suriname)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1964|3|18|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
|round =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|team2 = {{fb|Dutch Guiana}}
|score = 6–0
|aet =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|referee = Richard Gelner (United States)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
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{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1964|3|20|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
|round =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
|team2 = {{fb|Dutch Guiana}}
|score = 1–6
|aet =
|goals1 =
- De Garcia {{goal|35}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|referee = Jorge Méndez (Guatemala)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1964|3|20|df=y}}
|time =
|event =
|round =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|score = 2–1
|aet =
|goals1 =
- Vázquez {{goal|3}}
- Padilla {{goal|62}}
|goals2 =
- Gentile {{goal|54}}
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|referee = Aristóteles Gómez (Honduras)
|report = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1964q-namdet.html
}}
Statistics
=Goalscorers=
{{Goalscorers
|goals=29 |matches=6
|3 goals=
- {{fbicon|USA}} Carl Gentile
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Aarón Padilla
|2 goals=
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Mario Ayala
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Roberto Escalante
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Javier Fragoso
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Juan González
- {{fbicon|Dutch Guiana}} Arnold Haltman
- {{fbicon|Dutch Guiana}} Kenneth Kluivert
- {{fbicon|Dutch Guiana}} Harold Reumel
- {{fbicon|MEX}} Guillermo Vázquez
|1 goal=
- {{fbicon|PAN}} Juan De Gracia
- {{fbicon|PAN}} Adolfo Diaz
- {{fbicon|PAN}} Cirilo Sanchez
- {{fbicon|USA}} Dick Schweinert
- {{fbicon|PAN}} Luis Ernesto Tapia
- {{fbicon|Dutch Guiana}} Edmund Waterval
- {{fbicon|USA}} Wolfgang Wostl
}}
Qualified team for Summer Olympics
The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Team
! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 | ||
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{{fbo|MEX|1934}} | {{dts|1964|3|20|addkey=2|format=dmy}} | {{sort|2|2}} (1928, 1948) |
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References
{{reflist}}
{{Qualification for the 1964 Summer Olympics Football tournament}}
{{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification}}
Category:Football qualification for the 1964 Summer Olympics