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Mexico hosted the Men's Football Olympic Tournament in 1968.Final standings:
1.Hungary (gold medal)
2.Bulgaria (silver medal)
3.Japan (bronze medal)
4.Mexico
5.France
6.Guatemala
7.Spain
8.Israel
9.Colombia
10.Guinea
11.Brazil
12.Nigeria
13.Ghana
14.Czechoslovakia (currently Czech Republic & Slovak Republic)
15.Thailand
16.El Salvador
Mexico beat the United States 8-0 in the finals of the 1975 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Victor Rangel Ayala was named the most valuable football player of the Pan American Games in 1975.
Like Brazil, Mexico also won the gold medal in soccer in the Pan American Games in 1975. The Mexican champions were: Jose Gomez, Gabriel Marquez Trejo, Eduardo Rergis, Bardominiano Viveros, Mario Carrillo Zamudio, Ernesto de la Rosa, Jose Luis Caballero Flores, Guillermo Cosio, Hector Tapia, Victor Rangel Ayala, Hugo Sanchez, Javier Regalado, Carlos Garcia, Jorge Lopez Malo, Francisco Bugarin, Alberto Sandoval, Alfredo Navarrete, Victor Gomez, Rafael Toribio.
In 1973, in defense of its Concacaf title (1971), Mexico lost 4-0 to Trinidad & Tobago in the semifinals of the Concacaf Tournament in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. For this reason, Mexico did not qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Munich, West Germany. For the first time since 1950, Mexico did not go to the World Cup. From 1930 to 1974, Mexico competed 7 times at the World Cup: Uruguay 1930, Brazil 1950, Switzerland 1954, Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, England 1966, Mexico 1970. Mexico finished in sixth place at the 1970 World Cup.
This North American country won the FIFA Concacaf Tournament in 1977.Later same year, Mexico won the silver medal at the FIFA World Junior Cup in Tunis (Tunisia/Africa).
Mexico hosted the Men's Football Olympic Tournament in 1968.Final standings:
1.Hungary (gold medal)
2.Bulgaria (silver medal)
3.Japan (bronze medal)
4.Mexico
5.France
6.Guatemala
7.Spain
8.Israel
9.Colombia
10.Guinea
11.Brazil
12.Nigeria
13.Ghana
14.Czechoslovakia (currently Czech Republic & Slovak Republic)
15.Thailand
16.El Salvador
Mexico beat the United States 8-0 in the finals of the 1975 Concacaf Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Victor Rangel Ayala was named the most valuable football player of the Pan American Games in 1975.
Like Brazil, Mexico also won the gold medal in soccer in the Pan American Games in 1975. The Mexican champions were: Jose Gomez, Gabriel Marquez Trejo, Eduardo Rergis, Bardominiano Viveros, Mario Carrillo Zamudio, Ernesto de la Rosa, Jose Luis Caballero Flores, Guillermo Cosio, Hector Tapia, Victor Rangel Ayala, Hugo Sanchez, Javier Regalado, Carlos Garcia, Jorge Lopez Malo, Francisco Bugarin, Alberto Sandoval, Alfredo Navarrete, Victor Gomez, Rafael Toribio.
In 1973, in defense of its Concacaf title (1971), Mexico lost 4-0 to Trinidad & Tobago in the semifinals of the Concacaf Tournament in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. For this reason, Mexico did not qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Munich, West Germany. For the first time since 1950, Mexico did not go to the World Cup. From 1930 to 1974, Mexico competed 7 times at the World Cup: Uruguay 1930, Brazil 1950, Switzerland 1954, Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, England 1966, Mexico 1970. Mexico finished in sixth place at the 1970 World Cup.
This North American country won the FIFA Concacaf Tournament in 1977.Later same year, Mexico won the silver medal at the FIFA World Junior Cup in Tunis (Tunisia/Africa).
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