1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
| year = 1968
| country =
| dates =
| num_teams = 8
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = BRA
| champion-flagvar = 1968
| count =
| second = COL
| third = URU
| fourth = PAR
| fourth-flagvar = 1954
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| prevseason = 1964
| nextseason = 1971
}}
The 1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament took place during March and April 1968. It was the 3rd CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Argentina and Bolivia did not participate. Brazil and Colombia qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Games of the XIX. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1968q.html|website=RSSSF|accessdate=11 May 2017}}
Group stage
=Group 1=
{{main|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1}}
{{:1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1}}
{{Football box
| id = Brazil v Paraguay
| date = 19 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|BRA|1968}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Brazil vs Paraguay|0–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|PAR|1954}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Atanasio Girardot
| location = Medellín
| attendance = 16,205
| referee = Pablo Víctor Vaga (Uruguay)
}}
{{Football box
| id = Venezuela v Chile
| date = 19 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|VEN|1954}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Venezuela vs Chile|0–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbo|CHI}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Marchant {{goal|85}}
| stadium = Estadio Municipal
| location = Barranquilla
| attendance = 2,200
| referee = Herwin Hiegers (Peru)
}}
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{{Football box
| id = Chile v Paraguay
| date = 22 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbo-rt|CHI}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Chile vs Paraguay|0–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|PAR|1954}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Martinez {{goal|43}}
| stadium = Estadio Atanasio Girardot
| location = Medellín
| attendance = 6,164
| referee = Eduardo Rendón (Ecuador)
}}
{{Football box
| id = Brazil v Venezuela
| date = 22 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|BRA|1968}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Brazil vs Venezuela|3–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|VEN|1954}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Municipal
| location = Barranquilla
| attendance =
| referee = Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)
}}
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{{Football box
| id = Brazil v Chile
| date = 27 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|BRA|1968}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Brazil vs Chile|0–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbo|CHI}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Atanasio Girardot
| location = Medellín
| attendance =
| referee = Herwin Hiegers (Peru)
}}
{{Football box
| id = Venezuela v Paraguay
| date = 27 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|VEN|1954}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 1#Venezuela vs Paraguay|3–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|PAR|1954}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Municipal
| location = Barranquilla
| attendance =
| referee = Pablo Víctor Vaga (Uruguay
}}
=Group 2=
{{main|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2}}
{{:1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2}}
{{Football box
| date = 19 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Colombia vs Ecuador|1–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|ECU}}
| goals1 =
- Santa {{goal|49}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 26,000
| referee = Airton Viera (Brazil)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 19 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|URU}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Colombia vs Ecuador|0–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbo|PER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero
| location = Cali
| attendance = 10,045
| referee = Antonio Vicuña (Chile)
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 22 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Colombia vs Peru|2–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbo|PER}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- González {{goal|18}}
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 56,600
| referee = Ivan Barrios (Venezuela)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 22 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|URU}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Uruguay vs Ecuador|2–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|ECU}}
| goals1 =
- Brandon {{goal|41}}
- Prestes {{goal|85}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero
| location = Cali
| attendance = 1,725
| referee = Ramírez Alvarez (Paraguay)
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 27 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Colombia vs Uruguay|1–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|URU}}
| goals1 =
- Retat {{goal|84}}
| goals2 =
- Eugui {{goal|19}}
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 57,600
| referee = Antonio Vicuña (Chile)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 27 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbo-rt|PER}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Group 2#Colombia vs Uruguay|1–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|ECU}}
| goals1 =
- González {{goal|?}}
| goals2 =
- Pérez {{goal|?}}
| stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero
| location = Cali
| attendance =
| referee = Airton Viera (Brazil)
}}
Final group
{{main|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group}}
{{:1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group}}
{{Football box
| date = 31 March 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|URU}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Uruguay vs Brazil|2–1}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|BRA}}
| goals1 =
- Dutra {{goal|4|o.g.}}
- Brandon {{goal|60}}
| goals2 =
- China {{goal|?}}
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 26,000
| referee = Duval Goicoechea (Argentina)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 2 April 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Colombia vs Paraguay|4–2}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|PAR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 50,000
| referee = Herwin Hiegers (Peru)
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 6 April 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Colombia vs Uruguay|2–0}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|URU}}
| goals1 =
- Jaramillo {{goal|3||43|pen.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance =
| referee = Herwin Hiegers (Peru)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 6 April 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|BRA}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Colombia vs Paraguay|2–0}}
Awarded
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|PAR}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance =
| referee = Duval Goicoechea (Argentina)
| note = Match abandoned by Paraguay at 85 minutes. The match was awarded 2–0 to Brazil.
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 7 April 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|PAR}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Paraguay vs Uruguay|3–3}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|URU}}
| goals1 =
- J. Martínez {{goal|?}}
- F. Martínez {{goal|?}}
- Escobar {{goal|?}}
| goals2 =
- Brandón {{goal|53}}
- Santos {{goal|17||83}}
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 15,307
| referee = Herwin Hiegers (Peru)
}}
{{Football box
| date = 9 April 1968
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|COL}}
| score = {{score link|1968 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament final group#Colombia vs Brazil|0–3}}
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|23|BRA}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio El Campín
| location = Bogotá
| attendance = 51,575
| referee = Duval Goicoechea (Argentina)
}}
References
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{{Qualification for the 1968 Summer Olympics Football tournament}}
{{CONMEBOL Men's Olympic Qualification}}