Olympic football tournament 1980 / Cuba

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This article covers the Cuban Football Olympics selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

Cuba prevailed against Jamaica in the first round, but lost to Haiti in the second round and originally missed qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Due to the boycott of the qualified United States over the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , CONCACAF retrospectively registered Cuba for the Olympic tournament.

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
04/05/1979 Dominican Republic - Haiti 1: 4 0: 3 1: 7
04/07/1979
05/05/1979 Netherlands Antilles - Trinidad and Tobago 2: 3 1: 6 3: 9
05/20/1979
05/06/1979 Barbados - Suriname 1: 2 1: 5 2: 7
05/20/1979
05/13/1979 Jamaica - Cuba 0: 3 0: 2 0: 5
May 27, 1979

2nd round

date place pairing To Back total
08/06/1979 Havana Cuba - Haiti 0: 1 0-0 0: 1
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08/30/1979 Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 0: 3 3: 3
12/12/1979
Playoff:
December 19, 1979 Kingston Trinidad and Tobago - Suriname 0: 2

Qualified for the next continental round

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 José Francisco Reinoso Villa Clara 05/20/1950 - - - -
12 Calixto Martinez Pinar del Río 10/14/1952 - - - -
16 Fermin Madera Camaguey 11/24/1951 4th - - -
Defense
02 Miguel Lopez Ciudad de La Habana 04/29/1949 3 - - -
03 Raimundo Frometa Santiago de Cuba 06/15/1955 1 - - -
04th Luis Sánchez Ciudad de La Habana 02/23/1952 4th - - -
05 Luis Dreké Matanzas 07/09/1953 4th - - -
08th Amado Povea Pinar del Río 04/30/1955 4th - - -
17th Carlos Loredo Ciudad de La Habana 10/14/1951 4th - 1 -
midfield
06th Roberto Espinosa Cienfuegos 10/08/1959 2 - 1 -
09 Dagoberto Lara Cienfuegos 04/16/1953 4th - - -
11 Luis Hernández Ciudad de La Habana 06/23/1959 3 1 - -
13 Roberto Pereira Villa Clara 09/23/1954 2 - - -
14th Regino Delgado Villa Clara 07.09.1956 3 - 2 -
attack
07th Andrés Roldán Cienfuegos 02/28/1950 4th 1 - -
10 Ramón Nuñez Las Tunas 04/19/1953 4th 1 1 -
15th Jorge Massó Ciudad de La Habana 02/16/1950 4th - - -
Trainer
Tibor Ivanics (HUN) 06/29/1937

Games

In the preliminary round, after two wins against Zambia and Venezuela in the last game against the host Soviet Union, it was all about first place in the group, which the Soviet Union secured with a clear victory. Second they qualified for the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Czechoslovakia.

Preliminary round ( Group A )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  3  3  0  0 015: 100 +14 06-00
 2. CubaCuba Cuba  3  2  0  1 003: 900  −6 04: 20
 3. Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela  3  1  0  2 003: 700  −4 02: 40
 4th Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia  3  0  0  3 002: 600  −4 00: 60
July 20, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Zambia - Cuba 0: 1 (0: 0)
July 22, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Venezuela - Cuba 1: 2 (0: 0)
July 24, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Soviet Union - Cuba 8: 0 (5: 0)

Quarter finals

July 27, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - CubaCuba Cuba 3: 0 (1: 0)

literature

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

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