1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	1 March – 18 April
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Top scorer(s)	Mike Sweeney (2 goals)
← 1980 1988 →

The 1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.^[1]

As the top two teams, champions, Costa Rica and Canada qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics as representatives of CONCACAF.^[2]

Qualification

Further information: 1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance^1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances (last)
North America	Canada	Second round winners	1st	0 (debut)	Debutant
Central America	Costa Rica (title holders)	Second round winners	3rd	1980	Winners (1980)
Caribbean	Cuba	Second round winners	2nd	1976	Third place (1976)

¹ Only final tournament.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (C)	4	1	3	0	1	0	+1	5	Qualification to 1984 Summer Olympics
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
3	Cuba	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

1 March 1984 (1984-03-01)

Costa Rica	1–0	Cuba

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose

16 March 1984 (1984-03-16)

Cuba	0–0	Costa Rica

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Habana

1 April 1984 (1984-04-01)

Costa Rica	0–0	Canada

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose

14 April 1984 (1984-04-14)

Canada	3–0	Cuba

Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, British Columbia

18 April 1984 (1984-04-18)

Canada	0–0	Costa Rica

Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Canada and Costa Rica qualified for the Olympics as a result of this match, and Cuba were eliminated; therefore, the final Cuba v Canada match was scratched.

References

1. "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. "Preolímpico de la Concacaf: ¿Cuáles han sido todos los campeones de la historia?". Goal. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31.