CONMEBOL Preolímpico
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1960 (1960)
RegionSouth America
Qualifier forSummer Olympics
Current champion(s) Argentina (5th title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (7 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/preolimpico

The CONMEBOL Preolímpico (English: Pre-Olympic Tournament) is an international association football event in the South America region organized by CONMEBOL. It is the qualification tournament for the football tournament 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

Keys

Teams qualified for the Olympics:[1]

  • 1960: Champion, runner-up and third place.
  • 1964–present: Champion and runner-up
Ed. Year Host Final Standings Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Fourth
1
1960
Argentina
Peru
Brazil
Mexico
2
1964
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
7
3
1968
Brazil
Colombia
Uruguay
Paraguay
8
4
1971
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
10
5
1976
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Colombia
6
6
1980
Argentina
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
7
7
1984
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Ecuador
6
8
1987
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
10
9
1992
Paraguay
Colombia
Uruguay
Ecuador
10
10
1996
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Venezuela
10
11
2000
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
10
12
2004
Argentina
Paraguay
Brazil
Chile
10
13
2020
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Colombia
10
14
2024
Notes
  1. ↑ This edition was contested by Conmebol and Concacaf teams (6 and 4, respectively), which played against in second round.

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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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