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1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates25 March – 17 May
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored49 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Steve Snow (8 goals)
1988
1996
All statistics correct as of complete.

The 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1][2]

The winners, United States, qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics together with runners-up Mexico as CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

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Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America  Canada Intermediary round winners 2nd 1984 Runners-up (1984)
 Mexico Intermediary round best second-placed 5th 1988 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976)
 United States Intermediary round winners 5th 1988 Third place (1972, 1980)
Central America  Honduras Intermediary round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (C) 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 15 Qualification to 1992 Summer Olympics
2  Mexico 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 10
3  Canada 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5
4  Honduras 6 1 1 4 11 18 −7 4
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Mexico 1–2 United States
Canada 1–1 Mexico
United States 4–3 Honduras
Canada 2–2 Honduras
Honduras 3–4 United States
Mexico 4–1 Canada
Honduras 1–0 Canada
Honduras 1–3 Mexico
United States 3–1 Canada
Mexico 5–1 Honduras

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 United States May 1992 10 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988)
 Mexico May 1992 6 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Tournament Recap" (PDF). CONCACAF. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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