The 1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international

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tournament organised by the CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Mexico successfully defended their title, and qualified for the

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together with runners-up

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and the host nation, Canada, as representatives of CONCACAF. Cuba was invited after the withdrawal of Uruguay, the refusal of Argentina and Colombia to replace them.

Qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows: *The four winners from the

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Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Final round

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Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

, including Canada which qualified as the hosts. :

² Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

{{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification

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Oly Football qualification for the 1976 Summer Olympics