Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August.
Due to theAmerican-led boycott, countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the finaltournament. Spain sent a team which competed under the flag of the Spanish Olympic Committee.[1]
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The European Qualifiers for the 1980 Summer Olympics tournament took place over a total of two rounds between 28 March 1979 and 23 April 1980. After the second round,Czechoslovakia,Norway,Spain andYugoslavia gained qualification to the Olympic tournament. However, Norway was replaced byFinland.
The South American Pre-Olympic tournament was held from 23 January to 15 February 1980 inColombia, and sawArgentina andColombia qualify. However, Argentina was replaced byVenezuela.
The CONCACAF qualifying rounds and Pre-Olympic tournament was held from 1 April 1979 to 2 April 1980, and sawCosta Rica andUnited States qualify. United States was replaced byCuba.
The African Qualifiers tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics took place over a total of three rounds between 25 March 1979 and 13 April 1980. After the third round,Algeria,Ghana andEgypt gained qualification to the Olympic tournament. However, Ghana was replaced byNigeria and Egypt was replaced byZambia.
The Pre-Olympic tournaments of the Asian Qualifiers for the 1980 Summer Olympic were held from 23 February to 6 April 1980 inIraq,Malaysia andSingapore. Respectively from these countries,Kuwait,Malaysia andIran qualify. However, Malaysia was replaced byIraq and Iran was replaced bySyria.
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