Olympic football tournament 1980 / Kuwait
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 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8-0 | +8 | 7: 1 |
2. | Kuwait | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7: 1 | +6 | 7: 1 |
3. | Syria | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4: 3 | +1 | 4: 4 |
4th | South Yemen | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4:11 | −7 | 2: 6 |
5. | Jordan | 4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 1: 9 | −8 | 0: 8 |
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 | - | Kuwait | 2: 3 |
Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games
Olympic finals
Squad
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. | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: 1 | +3 | 4: 2 |
2. | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: 2 | +2 | 4: 2 |
3. | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: 4 | −2 | 3: 3 |
4th | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2: 5 | −3 | 1: 5 |
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 | - | Kuwait | 2: 1 (1: 0) |
literature
The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN 0323-8407 (issues of the 1979–1981 season).
Web links
- Football. (PDF; 27.59 MB) In: Games of the XXII Olympiad (Volume 3). LA84 Foundation, pp. 270–297 , accessed May 1, 2014 .
- Official website of FIFA