1980 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

The qualifying games for the 1980 Summer Olympics were held from March 7, 1979 to April 23, 1980. 80 countries from five confederations took part.

The 80 teams were divided among the five confederations as follows:

• 20 teams from Europe
• 07 teams from South America
• 16 teams from North and Central America
• 17 teams from Asia
• 20 teams from Africa

Qualified teams

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Since defending champion GDR and organizer Soviet Union were directly qualified and the Olympic finals were held with 16 teams, 14 free final round places were available for the remaining 80 teams; went away

4 to Europe	Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	Spain	Norway Finland
2 to South America	Argentina Venezuela	Colombia
2 to North and Central America	United States Cuba	Costa Rica
3 to Asia	Kuwait	Malaysia Iraq	Iran Syria
3 to Africa	Egypt Zambia	Ghana Nigeria	Algeria
	Defending champion:	GDR	Host:	Soviet Union

European Zone / UEFA

The game was played in four groups of 5 teams each. The four group winners, who were determined in two rounds, qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the next continental round.    Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Group 1

Participants: Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Romania , Hungary and Poland      

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 18, 1979	Burgas	Bulgaria	-	Czechoslovakia	1-0	0: 4	1: 4
May 6, 1979	Prague
April 18, 1979	Pitesti	Romania	-	Hungary	2-0	0: 3	2: 3
May 30, 1979	Miskolc
Bye:	Poland

2nd round

Game results

September 12, 1979	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	1-0
17th October 1979	Warsaw	Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 1
October 31, 1979	Wroclaw	Poland	-	Hungary	1-0
November 14, 1979	Diósgyőr	Hungary	-	Poland	2-0
November 24, 1979	Diósgyőr	Hungary	-	Czechoslovakia	3-0
April 13, 1980	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	3: 2

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	4th	3	0	1	005: 500	± 0	06: 20
2.	Hungary	4th	2	0	2	007: 400	+3	04: 40
3.	Poland	4th	1	0	3	001: 400	−3	02: 60

Group 2

Participants: Austria , Turkey , Greece , Italy and Yugoslavia      

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 11, 1979	Amstetten	Austria	-	Turkey	1-0	1: 2	2: 2 3: 4 (11 m)
April 25, 1979
April 18, 1979	Ioannina	Greece	-	Italy	1-0	0: 4	1: 4
May 2nd 1979	Udine
Bye:	Yugoslavia

2nd round

Game results

2_. November 1979		Yugoslavia	-	Turkey	3-0
23rd December 1979	Rome	Italy	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
February 20, 1980	Aydın	Turkey	-	Italy	0: 2
March 13, 1980	Brescia	Italy	-	Turkey	5-0
March 26, 1980	Mostar	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	5: 2
April 2, 1980		Turkey	-	Yugoslavia	0: 1

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	4th	3	0	1	009: 300	+6	06: 20
2.	Italy	4th	3	0	1	010: 500	+5	06: 20
3.	Turkey	4th	0	0	4th	000:110	−11	00: 80

Group 3

Participants: Netherlands , Belgium , Spain , Israel and France      

1 round

Game results

March 7, 1979	Roosendaal	Netherlands	-	Belgium	1: 2
March 28, 1979	Almeria	Spain	-	Netherlands	3-0
March 28, 1979	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Belgium	0: 2
April 12, 1979	Lier	Belgium	-	Spain	3: 1
April 25, 1979	Seraing	Belgium	-	Netherlands	1-0
May 2nd 1979	Oldebroek	Netherlands	-	Spain	1: 1
May 9, 1979	Murcia	Spain	-	Israel	1: 1
September 26, 1979	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Spain	0: 3
4th October 1979	Emmen	Netherlands	-	Israel	3: 4
October 10, 1979	Brussels	Belgium	-	Israel	0-0
17th October 1979	Castellón	Spain	-	Belgium	1: 1
October 31, 1979	Beer Sheva	Israel	-	Netherlands	1: 1

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	6th	4th	2	0	009: 300	+6	10: 20
2.	Spain	6th	2	3	1	010: 600	+4	07: 50
3.	Israel	6th	1	3	2	006:100	−4	05: 70
4th	Netherlands	6th	0	2	4th	006:120	−6	02:10

BYE: France 

2nd round

Game results

5th December 1979	Montpellier	France	-	Spain	1: 1
December 13, 1979	Genk	Belgium	-	Spain	2: 1
February 13, 1980	La Louvière	Belgium	-	France	4: 2
March 5, 1980	Almeria	Spain	-	Belgium	2-0
March 19, 1980	Limoges	France	-	Belgium	3: 1
April 23, 1980	Alicante	Spain	-	France	3: 1

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	4th	2	1	1	007: 400	+3	05: 30
2.	Belgium	4th	2	0	2	007: 800	−1	04: 40
3.	France	4th	1	1	2	007: 900	−2	03: 50

Group 4

Participants: Denmark , Finland , Ireland , Norway and FR Germany      

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 10, 1979	Aalborg	Denmark	-	Finland	1: 1	1: 4	2: 5
June 7, 1979	Kotka
May 16, 1979		Ireland	-	Norway	0-0	1: 2	1: 2
May 31, 1979	Mountains
Bye:	BR Germany

2nd round

Game results

August 9, 1979	Kuopio	Finland	-	Norway	0: 1
September 13, 1979	Oberhausen	BR Germany	-	Finland	2-0
September 26, 1979	Trondheim	Norway	-	BR Germany	2-0
October 10, 1979	Helsinki	Finland	-	BR Germany	0-0
October 26, 1979	Stavanger	Norway	-	Finland	1: 1
November 14, 1979	Baunatal	BR Germany	-	Norway	0: 1

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	4th	3	1	0	005: 100	+4	07: 10
2.	BR Germany	4th	1	1	2	002: 300	−1	03: 50
3.	Finland	4th	0	2	2	001: 400	−3	02: 60

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

In Colombia the qualification of the South American zone for the Olympic soccer tournament took place. The game was played in a group of seven teams. The two best-placed teams qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Qualifying round

Game results

January 23, 1980	Cali	Brazil	-	Venezuela	2: 1
January 23, 1980	Pereira	Chile	-	Bolivia	2-0
January 24, 1980	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Peru	2: 1
January 27, 1980	Bogotá	Argentina	-	Chile	1-0
January 27, 1980	Barranquilla	Peru	-	Brazil	3-0
January 27, 1980	Cali	Colombia	-	Venezuela	0: 1
January 30, 1980	Bogotá	Brazil	-	Bolivia	4-0
January 31, 1980	Pereira	Colombia	-	Chile	3: 1
January 31, 1980	Barranquilla	Argentina	-	Venezuela	1-0
3rd February 1980	Cali	Argentina	-	Peru	4: 1
3rd February 1980	Cali	Venezuela	-	Bolivia	5: 1
3rd February 1980	Barranquilla	Brazil	-	Chile	0-0
February 6, 1980	Cali	Peru	-	Chile	1-0
February 6, 1980	Barranquilla	Colombia	-	Bolivia	0: 1
February 7, 1980	Bogotá	Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 3
February 10, 1980	Cali	Colombia	-	Brazil	5: 1
February 10, 1980	Bogotá	Peru	-	Venezuela	2-0
February 10, 1980	Bogotá	Argentina	-	Bolivia	4-0
February 13, 1980	Barranquilla	Chile	-	Venezuela	0-0
February 14, 1980	Pereira	Bolivia	-	Peru	1: 1
February 15, 1980	Bogotá	Argentina	-	Colombia	0-0

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	6th	5	1	0	013: 200	+11	11: 10
2.	Colombia	6th	3	1	2	010: 500	+5	07: 50
3.	Peru	6th	3	1	2	009: 700	+2	07: 50
4th	Venezuela	6th	2	1	3	007: 600	+1	05: 70
5.	Brazil	6th	2	1	3	008:120	−4	05: 70
6th	Chile	6th	1	2	3	003: 500	−2	04: 80
7th	Bolivia	6th	1	1	4th	003:160	−13	03: 90

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

The last three participants for the continental finals were determined in three groups in the knockout system with home and away games. In this, the teams played the two participants for the 1980 Summer Olympics with home and away games.

Qualified for the next continental round.    Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Group 1

Participants: Bermuda , Canada , Mexico and the United States     

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 1, 1979		Bermuda	-	Canada	3-0	5: 2	8: 2
May 27, 1979
May 23, 1979	Leon	Mexico	-	United States	4-0	2-0	6-0
3rd June 1979	San Francisco

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
2nd December 1979	Hamilton	Bermuda	-	United States	0: 3	0: 5	0: 8
6th December 1979	Fort Lauderdale

Group 2

Participants: Guatemala , El Salvador , Costa Rica and Panama     

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 13, 1979		Guatemala	-	El Salvador	2-0	0: 1	2: 1
May 20, 1979
May 22, 1979		Costa Rica	-	Panama	4-0	2-0	6-0
May 25, 1979

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
July 25, 1979		Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	1: 2	1-0	2: 2
5th August 1979
Playoff:
August 26, 1979	San Salvador	Guatemala	-	Costa Rica	0: 1

Group 3

Participants: Dominican Republic , Haiti , Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago , Barbados , Suriname , Jamaica and Cuba   
      

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
April 5th 1979		Dominican Republic	-	Haiti	1: 4	0: 3	1: 7
April 7, 1979
May 5th 1979		Netherlands Antilles	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 3	1: 6	3: 9
May 20, 1979
May 6, 1979		Barbados	-	Suriname	1: 2	1: 5	2: 7
May 20, 1979
May 13, 1979		Jamaica	-	Cuba	0: 3	0: 2	0: 5
May 27, 1979

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
August 6, 1979	Havana	Cuba	-	Haiti	0: 1	0-0	0: 1
__.__. 1979
August 30, 1979		Suriname	-	Trinidad and Tobago	3-0	0: 3	3: 3
December 12, 1979
Playoff:
19th December 1979	Kingston	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Suriname	0: 2

3rd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
__. January 1980		Haiti	-	Suriname	2-0	0: 2	2: 2
__. January 1980
Playoff:
__. January 1980	Kingston	Haiti	-	Suriname	0: 2

CONCACAF finals

Game results

March 12, 1980		Costa Rica	-	Suriname	3: 2
March 16, 1980		United States	-	Suriname	2: 1
March 20, 1980		Costa Rica	-	United States	0: 1
March 25, 1980		United States	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
March 30, 1980		Suriname	-	Costa Rica	2: 3
April 2, 1980		Suriname	-	United States	4: 2

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	4th	2	1	1	007: 600	+1	05: 30
2.	United States	4th	2	1	1	006: 600	± 0	05: 30
3.	Suriname	5	1	1	3	009:100	−1	03: 70

Asian Zone / AFC

The game was played in three groups (2 groups with 6 teams and 1 group with 5 teams). The two best-placed teams in each group played the respective participants for the 1980 Summer Olympics in an additional final.

Qualified for the next continental round.    Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Group 1

Tournament in Baghdad

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iraq	4th	3	1	0	008-000	+8	07: 10
2.	Kuwait	4th	3	1	0	007: 100	+6	07: 10
3.	Syria	4th	2	0	2	004: 300	+1	04: 40
4th	South Yemen	4th	1	0	3	004:110	−7	02: 60
5.	Jordan	4th	0	0	4th	001: 900	−8	00: 80

Game results

March 16, 1980	Iraq	-	Jordan	4-0
March 17, 1980	Kuwait	-	Syria	1-0
March 19, 1980	South Yemen	-	Jordan	2: 1
March 20, 1980	Iraq	-	Syria	1-0
March 22, 1980	Kuwait	-	South Yemen	5: 1
March 23, 1980	Syria	-	Jordan	2-0
March 25, 1980	Syria	-	South Yemen	2: 1
March 26, 1980	Iraq	-	Kuwait	0-0
March 28, 1980	Iraq	-	South Yemen	3-0
March 29, 1980	Kuwait	-	Jordan	1-0

final

March 31, 1980

Iraq

-

Kuwait

2: 3

Group 2

Tournament in Kuala Lumpur

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Malaysia	5	4th	1	0	021: 300	+18	09: 10
2.	South Korea	5	4th	0	1	015: 400	+11	08: 20
3.	Japan	5	3	1	1	016: 500	+11	07: 30
4th	Brunei	5	2	0	3	007:100	−3	04: 60
5.	Indonesia	5	1	0	4th	007:120	−5	02: 80
6th	Philippines	5	0	0	5	000:320	−32	00:10

Game results

March 21, 1980	Malaysia	-	Indonesia	6: 1
March 22, 1980	Japan	-	South Korea	1: 3
March 22, 1980	Brunei	-	Philippines	2-0
March 24, 1980	Japan	-	Philippines	10-0
March 24, 1980	Brunei	-	Indonesia	3: 2
March 25, 1980	Malaysia	-	South Korea	3-0
March 27, 1980	Malaysia	-	Brunei	3: 1
March 27, 1980	South Korea	-	Philippines	8-0
March 28, 1980	Japan	-	Indonesia	2-0
March 30, 1980	Malaysia	-	Japan	1: 1
March 31, 1980	South Korea	-	Brunei	3-0
March 31, 1980	Indonesia	-	Philippines	4-0
April 2, 1980	Malaysia	-	Philippines	8-0
April 2, 1980	Japan	-	Brunei	2: 1
April 3, 1980	South Korea	-	Indonesia	1-0

final

April 6, 1980

Malaysia

-

South Korea

2: 1

Group 3

Tournament in Singapore

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran	5	3	2	0	018: 200	+16	08: 20
2.	Singapore	5	4th	0	1	008: 400	+4	08: 20
3.	People's Republic of China	5	2	2	1	011: 400	+7	06: 40
4th	North Korea	5	2	2	1	011: 500	+6	06: 40
5.	India	5	1	0	4th	005: 600	−1	02: 80
6th	Sri Lanka	5	0	0	5	000:320	−32	00:10

Game results

February 23, 1980	Singapore	-	Sri Lanka	3-0
February 24, 1980	India	-	People's Republic of China	0: 1
February 25, 1980	Iran	-	North Korea	0-0
February 26, 1980	Singapore	-	India	1-0
February 27, 1980	People's Republic of China	-	Iran	2: 2
February 28, 1980	North Korea	-	Sri Lanka	7-0
March 1, 1980	Singapore	-	Iran	0: 3
March 2, 1980	North Korea	-	People's Republic of China	1: 1
March 3, 1980	India	-	Sri Lanka	4-0
March 4th 1980	Singapore	-	North Korea	3: 1
March 6, 1980	People's Republic of China	-	Sri Lanka	7-0
March 7, 1980	Iran	-	India	2-0
March 8, 1980	Singapore	-	People's Republic of China	1-0
March 9, 1980	Iran	-	Sri Lanka	11: 0
March 10, 1980	North Korea	-	India	2: 1

final

March 12, 1980

Singapore

-

Iran

0: 4

African Zone / CAF

In three groups, the three participants for the 1980 Summer Olympics were determined in a knockout system with back and forth games.

Qualified for the next continental round.    Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Group 1

Participants: Tunisia , Libya , Algeria , Mali , Morocco and Senegal       

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
March 25, 1979	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Libya	1-0	0: 3	1: 3
April 13, 1979	Tripoli
April 6, 1979	Algiers	Algeria	-	Mali	1-0	0: 1	1: 1 4: 2 (11 m)
April 22, 1979	Bamako
April 15, 1979	Rabat	Morocco	-	Senegal	1-0	0: 1	1: 1 6: 5 (11 m)
April 29, 1979	Dakar

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
December 9, 1979	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Algeria	1: 5	0: 3	1: 8
December 22, 1979	Algiers
Bye:	Libya

3rd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
		Algeria	-	Libya	( Libya withdrew )

Group 2

Participants: Liberia , Ivory Coast , Sierra Leone , Guinea , Kenya , Sudan and Ghana        

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
		Liberia	-	Ivory Coast	( Ivory Coast withdrew )
		Sierra Leone	-	Guinea	( Guinea withdrew )
		Kenya	-	Sudan	( Sudan withdrew )
Bye:	Ghana

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
17th November 1979		Sierra Leone	-	Liberia	3: 1	( Sierra Leone waived )
November 28, 1979	Accra	Ghana	-	Kenya	4: 1	1-0	5: 1
December 12, 1979

3rd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
March 30, 1980	Monrovia	Liberia	-	Ghana	0: 2	2: 2	2: 4
April 13, 1980	Accra

Group 3

Participants: Lesotho , Mauritius , Madagascar , Ethiopia , Egypt , Tanzania and Zambia        

1 round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
May 6, 1979	Maseru	Lesotho	-	Mauritius	4: 1	3: 2	7: 3
May 15, 1979	Port Louis
May 12, 1979	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Ethiopia	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2
May 27, 1979	Addis Ababa
		Egypt	-	Tanzania	( Tanzania withdrew )
Bye:	Zambia

2nd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
December 9, 1979		Lesotho	-	Zambia	0-0	0: 5	0: 5
December 21, 1979
December 9, 1979	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Egypt	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1 3: 4 (11 m)
December 22, 1979	Cairo

3rd round

date	place	pairing			To	Back	total
February 22, 1980	Cairo	Egypt	-	Zambia	4: 1	1: 1	5: 1
April 13, 1980	Lusaka

Regulations

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , many Western countries and their allies boycotted the Olympic Games.
2. ↑ The United States moved one round as Mexico used professional players.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} If two or more teams in a group / subgroup have the same number of points and the same goal difference after all games have ended, a play-off game was played in a neutral country at CONCACAF .
4. ↑ CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying 2012

literature

• The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (issues of the 1979–1981 season).