Olympic football tournament 1980 / Kuwait

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This article covers the Kuwaiti Olympic selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

In the Asian Zone, Group 1 identified its participants for the 1980 Summer Olympics in a tournament in Baghdad, Iraq . Kuwait took second place in the final table due to the poorer goal difference to host Iraq. In the subsequent final they defeated Iraq and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow ,

Group 1

Tournament in Baghdad

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq  4th  3  1  0 008-000  +8 07: 10
 2. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  4th  3  1  0 007: 100  +6 07: 10
 3. SyriaSyria Syria  4th  2  0  2 004: 300  +1 04: 40
 4th Yemen SouthPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen  4th  1  0  3 004:110  −7 02: 60
 5. JordanJordan Jordan  4th  0  0  4th 001: 900  −8 00: 80

Game results

March 16, 1980 Iraq - Jordan 4-0
03/17/1980 Kuwait - Syria 1-0
March 19, 1980 South Yemen - Jordan 2: 1
03/20/1980 Iraq - Syria 1-0
03/22/1980 Kuwait - South Yemen 5: 1
03/23/1980 Syria - Jordan 2-0
03/25/1980 Syria - South Yemen 2: 1
03/26/1980 Iraq - Kuwait 0-0
03/28/1980 Iraq - South Yemen 3-0
March 29, 1980 Kuwait - Jordan 1-0

final

March 31, 1980 Iraq - KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 2: 3

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

Olympic finals

Squad

N ° player Club before the start of the Olympics Date of birth Olympics 1980
games / goals		 Yellow card Red card
goalkeeper
01 Ahmad Al-Tarabulsi al Kuwait Kaifan March 22, 1947 4th - - -
20th Al-Khaldi Abdulnabi - - - -
Defense
02 Naeem Saad Mubarak al Tadamun SC 10/01/1957 2 - - -
03 Mahboud Jumaa Mubarak al Salmiya Club 09/17/1955 4th - 1 -
04th Jamal Al-Qabendi Kazma SC 04/07/1959 3 - - -
05 Waleed Al-Mubarak al Kuwait Kaifan 11/18/1959 4th - - -
14th Hamoud Al-Shemmari Kazma SC 09/26/1960 4th - 1 -
15th Sami Al-Hashash al-Arabi al-Kuwait 09/15/1959 2 - - -
midfield
06th Saeed Al-Houti al Kuwait Kaifan 05/24/1954 4th - 1 -
07th Fathi Kamil Marzouq al Tadamun SC 05/23/1955 3 - 1 -
08th Abdullah Al-Buloushi al-Arabi al-Kuwait 02/16/1960 3 - - -
11 Hamad Khaled Bo Hamad (C)Captain of the crew al Qadsia Kuwait 4th - - -
12 Yussef Al-Suwayed Kazma SC 09/20/1958 2 - - -
13 Ahmad Hassan al-Arabi al-Kuwait 1 - - -
attack
09 Jassem Yacoub Sultan al Qadsia Kuwait October 25, 1953 4th 2 1 -
10 Muayad Al-Haddad Khaitan Sporting Club 03/03/1960 1 - - -
16 Faisal ad-Dachil al Qadsia Kuwait 08/13/1957 4th 3 - -
Trainer
Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA) 02/27/1943

Games

In the preliminary round, after a win against Nigeria and a draw against Colombia in the last game against Czechoslovakia, it was about first place in the group, which Czechoslovakia secured with a draw due to the better goal difference. Second they qualified for the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated from the tournament after losing to the host Soviet Union.

Preliminary round ( group B )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  3  1  2  0 004: 100  +3 04: 20
 2. KuwaitKuwait Kuwait  3  1  2  0 004: 200  +2 04: 20
 3. ColombiaColombia Colombia  3  1  1  1 002: 400  −2 03: 30
 4th NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  3  0  1  2 002: 500  −3 01: 50
July 21, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Nigeria - Kuwait 1: 3 (1: 2)
July 23, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Colombia - Kuwait 1: 1 (0: 0)
July 25, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 0-0

Quarter finals

July 27, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union - KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 2: 1 (1: 0)

literature

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

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