Olympic football tournament 1980 / Zambia

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

Olympic qualification

After one in the 1st round bye , had put Zambia in the second round against Lesotho and entered the decisive third round. There they were defeated by Egypt and originally missed qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Due to the boycott of Egypt because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , Zambia was subsequently registered by the CAF for the Olympic tournament.

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
05/06/1979 Maseru Lesotho - Mauritius 4: 1 3: 2 7: 3
05/15/1979 Port Louis
05/12/1979 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)
12/22/1979 Cairo

3rd round

date place pairing To Back total
02/22/1980 Cairo Egypt 1972Egypt Egypt - Zambia 4: 1 1: 1 5: 1
04/13/1980 Lusaka

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 Kenny Mwape Green Buffaloes __.__. 1955 3 - - -
22nd Ghost Mulenga Red Arrows FC __.__. 1954 - - - -
Defense
02 Milton Muke Green Buffaloes 06/10/1951 3 - - -
03 Emperor Kalambo (C)Captain of the crew Ndola United 06/06/1953 3 - - -
04th Michael Musonda Power dynamos 1 - - -
05 Kampela Katumba Green Buffaloes 3 - - -
13 Bernard Mutale Red Arrows FC - - - -
14th Moffat Sinkala Nchanga Rangers FC 3 - - -
midfield
06th Evans Katebe Mufulira Wanderers 3 - - -
07th Moses Simwala Nkana FC 07/16/1949 3 - 1 -
08th Clement Banda Kabwe Warriors 3 - - -
12 Frederick Kashimoto Mufulira Wanderers 06/14/1957 1 - - -
16 Enoch Lazarus Mufulira Wanderers - - - -
attack
09 Alex Chola Power dynamos 06/06/1956 2 - - -
10 Godfrey Chitalu Kabwe Warriors 10/22/1947 3 2 - -
11 Pele Kaimana Green Buffaloes 3 - - -
15th Stanley Tembo Kabwe Warriors 1 - - -
Trainer
Dickson Chama 02/11/1946

Games

After two defeats against Cuba and the host Soviet Union, Zambia could not reach the quarter-finals on the last matchday. After the 1: 2 defeat against Venezuela, the team finished fourth in the group and was eliminated from the tournament.

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 Moscow (Lenin Stadium)
Soviet Union - Zambia 3: 1 (1: 1)
July 24, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Venezuela - Zambia 2: 1 (1: 0)

literature

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

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