The 1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the third edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international

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tournament organised by the

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to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

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, won their second title, and qualified for the

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together with runners-up

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as CONCACAF representatives.

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Final round

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Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

. :

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 1972 Summer Olympics