This article covers the USSR Olympic soccer selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .
Olympic qualification
As the host of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union did not have to qualify for the tournament.
Olympic finals
Squad
Games
With three wins in the preliminary round against Venezuela, Zambia and Cuba, the Soviet Union reached the quarter-finals. There they won a victory against Kuwait, which was followed in the semifinals by a defeat against the defending champion GDR. In the game for third place they won against Yugoslavia, which earned the hosts the bronze medal.
Preliminary round ( Group A )
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
3
3
0
0
0 15: 100
+14
0 6-00
2.
Cuba Cuba
3
2
0
1
00 3: 900
−6
0 4: 20
3.
Venezuela 1954 Venezuela
3
1
0
2
00 3: 700
−4
0 2: 40
4th
Zambia 1964 Zambia
3
0
0
3
00 2: 600
−4
0 0: 60
July 20, 1980 in Moscow (Lenin Stadium)
Soviet Union
-
Venezuela
4: 0 (3: 0)
July 22, 1980 in Moscow (Lenin Stadium)
Soviet Union
-
Zambia
3: 1 (1: 1)
July 24, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Soviet Union
-
Cuba
8: 0 (5: 0)
July 27, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
-
Kuwait Kuwait
2: 1 (1: 0)
July 29, 1980 in Moscow (Lenin Stadium)
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
-
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
0: 1 (0: 1)
August 1, 1980 in Moscow (Dynamo Stadium)
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
-
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
2: 0 (0: 0)
literature
The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN 0323-8407 (issues of the 1979–1981 season).
Web links
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