1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	16–20 March
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carl Gentile Aarón Padilla (3 goals each)
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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

Further information: 1964 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	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	Mexico City
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Capacity: 72,000

Squads

Main article: 1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 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 for 1964 Summer Olympics
2	Suriname	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

Source: CONCACAF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

16 March 1964 (1964-03-16)

Suriname	1–0	United States
Kluivert 17'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,000^[6]

Referee: Fernando Buergo (Mexico)

16 March 1964 (1964-03-16)

Mexico	5–1	Panama
Ayala 9', 42' Escalante 37', 51' Padilla 57'	Report	Tapia 53'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,000^[6]

Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

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18 March 1964 (1964-03-18)

United States	4–2	Panama
Schweinert 48' Wostl 59' Gentile 67', 83'	Report	Diaz Sanchez 58'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 12,000^[7]

Referee: Goedheart (Suriname)

18 March 1964 (1964-03-18)

Mexico	6–0	Suriname
Padilla 47', 50' Vázquez 52' Fragoso 66', 70' González 76'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 12,000^[7]

Referee: Richard Gelner (United States)

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20 March 1964 (1964-03-20)

Panama	1–6	Suriname
De Garcia 35'	Report	Kluivert 16' Waterval 20' Reumel 38', 77' Haltman 48', 82'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,000^[8]

Referee: Jorge Méndez (Guatemala)

20 March 1964 (1964-03-20)

Mexico	2–1	United States
Vázquez 3' Padilla 62'	Report	Gentile 54'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

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

• Carl Gentile
• Aarón Padilla

2 goals

• Mario Ayala
• Roberto Escalante
• Javier Fragoso
• Juan González
• Arnold Haltman
• Kenneth Kluivert
• Harold Reumel
• Guillermo Vázquez

1 goal

• Juan De Gracia
• Adolfo Diaz
• Cirilo Sanchez
• Dick Schweinert
• Luis Ernesto Tapia
• Edmund Waterval
• 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 Olympics^2
Mexico	20 March 1964	2 (1928, 1948)

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

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