1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
International football competition
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The 1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament took place during May and June 1964. It was the 2nd CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela did not participate. Argentina and Brazil qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
During the match between Argentina and Peru on 24 May 1964, after a goal scored by Peru was disallowed, fans tried to invade the pitch. The police threw gas to contain disturbances, which led to a stampede, causing 328 deaths.[2]After this incident, all of the remaining matches of the tournament were cancelled.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 10 | Qualification for 1964 Summer Olympics |
| 2 |  Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to second place play-off |
| 3 |  Peru |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Colombia |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Uruguay |
5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Chile |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Ecuador |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3–1 |  Ecuador |
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Report |
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Match abandoned at 85'.
Second place play-off
| Brazil | 4–0 | Peru |
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Brazil qualified for the Summer Olympics.
Goalscorers
There were 42 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Nélio
Kléber Ordóñez
Diego Caicedo
Néstor Manfredi- Evaldo
1 goal
Víctor Lobatón- Simón Rangel
- Ricardo Ramón Pérez
- Othon
- Ivo Soares
Raúl Avellaneda- Felipe Landázuri
- Efraín Padilla
Daniel Tabilo- Julio Chávez
- Juan Caro
- Héctor Varela
- Antonio Varela
- D. Guerrero
- Luis Fontora