The 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted

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tournament organised by

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to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the

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. It was held in

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, from 10 and 19 May 1996. It was the first time in which teams that qualified for the Olympics were permitted to supplement their rosters with three players not restricted by age in its 18-man final list. Mexico, as winners qualified for the

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together with the

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who automatically qualified as hosts. Second-placed

later lost to

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in the CONCACAF–OFC play-off and failed to qualify for the Olympics for the third consecutive time.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

The matches were played in

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Squads

Final round

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

, including the United States which qualified as hosts. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVI. Olympiad , Football Qualifying Tournament
{{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification

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CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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Football qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics