1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

First edition of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, held in Mexico
1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates16–20 March
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored29 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Carl Gentile
Mexico Aarón Padilla
(3 goals each)
1968 →
International football competition

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.[1] It was held in Mexico, from 16 and 20 March 1964.[2][3]

Host nation, Mexico, won the tournament and qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics as the sole representative of CONCACAF.[4]

Qualification

Qualified teams

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  Mexico (hosts) Automatic 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 2 (1948)
 United States Automatic 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 7 (1956)
Central America  Panama Automatic 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
Caribbean  Suriname Preliminary round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant 0
1 Only final tournament.

Venue

Mexico City hosted the tournament.[5]

Mexico City
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Capacity: 72,000

Squads

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico (H, C) 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 6 Qualification to 1964 Summer Olympics
2  Suriname 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 2
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Suriname 1–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)
Mexico 5–1 Panama
 Report
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
United States 4–2 Panama
  • Schweinert 48'
  • Wostl 59'
  • Gentile 67', 83'
 Report
  • Diaz
  • Sanchez 58'
Attendance: 12,000[7]
Referee: Goedheart (Suriname)
Mexico 6–0 Suriname
  • Padilla 47', 50'
  • Vázquez 52'
  • Fragoso 66', 70'
  • González 76'
 Report
Attendance: 12,000[7]
Referee: Richard Gelner (United States)
Panama 1–6 Suriname
  • De Garcia 35'
 Report
  • Kluivert 16'
  • Waterval 20'
  • Reumel 38', 77'
  • Haltman 48', 82'
Attendance: 10,000[8]
Referee: Jorge Méndez (Guatemala)
Mexico 2–1 United States
  • Vázquez 3'
  • Padilla 62'
 Report
Attendance: 10,000[8]
Referee: Aristóteles Gómez (Honduras)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Panama Juan De Gracia
  • Panama Adolfo Diaz
  • Panama Cirilo Sanchez
  • United States Dick Schweinert
  • Panama Luis Ernesto Tapia
  • Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Edmund Waterval
  • United States Wolfgang Wostl

Qualified team for Summer Olympics

The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Mexico 20 March 1964 2 (1928, 1948)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "México, con paso perfecto como anfitrión del Preolímpico". WDeportes. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-19.
  3. ^ "Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad 1964 - Football Qualifying Tournament CONCACAF". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "México, con saldo a favor como sede del preolímpico". ESPN Deportes. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-20.
  5. ^ "México vs Estados Unidos; historial en el Preolímpico de Concacaf". Medio Tiempo. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b McSkimming, Dent (17 March 1964). "McBride Stars, but U.S. Loses Soccer Trial Opener". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b McSkimming, Dent (19 March 1964). "Gentile Sparks U.S. Victory". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 7E. Retrieved 17 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b McSkimming, Dent (21 March 1964). "U.S. Soccer Team Loses". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 6A. Retrieved 17 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.