CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

The CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament , also known as the Preolímpico, is an international association football event in the South America region, and is the qualification tournament for the football at the Olympic Games.

In 1960, teams from North and Central America also entered the tournament.[1] Before 1984, only junior or non-professional players were allowed to participate.[2][3] In 1987 the competition opened to any player who had not played in World Cup (whether a qualifying match or at the final tournament).[1] Since 1992 the COI ruled that only players under the age of 23 could participate in Olympic competitions.[3][1]

The tournament was not held between 2007 and 2015, as the South American Youth Championship was chosen as the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games.[4] The competition was re-introduced for the 2020 games.[5]

Results

Summaries

  Teams qualified for the Olympic Games.[1]

Year Host country Final Standings
Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
1960 Peru Argentina Peru Brazil Mexico
1964 Peru Argentina Brazil Peru Colombia
1968 Colombia Brazil Colombia Uruguay Paraguay
1971 Colombia Brazil Colombia Argentina Peru
1976 Brazil Brazil Uruguay Argentina Colombia
1980 Colombia Argentina Colombia Peru Venezuela
1984 Ecuador Brazil Chile Paraguay Ecuador
1987 Bolivia Brazil Argentina Bolivia Colombia
1992 Paraguay Paraguay Colombia Uruguay Ecuador
1996 Argentina Brazil Argentina Uruguay Venezuela
2000 Brazil Brazil Chile Argentina Uruguay
2004 Chile Argentina Paraguay Brazil Chile
2020 Colombia Argentina Brazil Uruguay Colombia

Performance by country
Team Titles Runn. Titles years Runners-up years
 Brazil
7
2
1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 20001964, 2020
 Argentina
5
2
1960, 1964, 1980, 2004, 20201987, 1996
 Paraguay
1
1
19922004
 Colombia
–
4
–
1968, 1971, 1980, 1992
 Chile
–
2
–
1984, 2000
 Uruguay
–
1
–
1976
 Peru
–
1
–
1960

See also

References
  1. Pre-Olímpico - South-American Olympic Qualifying Tournament by José Luis Pierrend on the RSSSF
  2. El Fútbol Masculino en los Juegos Olímpicos on AFA.org, 19 July 2021
  3. Historia del fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos: medallero, palmarés y ganadores by Alberto P. Sierra on As, 20 July 2021
  4. Argentina campeón invicto; Paraguay, glorioso, también a los Juegos on CONMEBOL, 25 Jan 2004 (archived)
  5. "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". conmebol.com. 14 August 2018.
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