Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers Dates 25 March 1979 – 13 April 1980 ← 1976 1984 →
International football competition
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. Three countries qualified.
Qualifying rounds
First round
25 March 1979 Stade El Menzah , Tunis
13 April 1979 11 June Stadium , Tripoli Attendance: 80,000
Libya won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
6 April 1979 Stade 5 Juillet 1962 , Algiers
22 April 1979 Stade Omnisports , Bamako
Algeria won 4–2 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
15 April 1979 Stade Père Jégo , Casablanca
29 April 1979 Stade Demba Diop , Dakar
Morocco won 6–5 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
6 May 1979 ..., Maseru
13 May 1979 Stade George V , Curepipe
Lesotho won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
15 May 1979 Mahamasina Stadium , Antananarivo
27 May 1979 Addis Ababa Stadium , Addis Ababa
Madagascar won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Egypt advanced to the second round, Tanzania withdrew.
Kenya advanced to the second round, Sudan withdrew.
Liberia advanced to the second round, Ivory Coast withdrew.
Sierra Leone advanced to the second round, Guinea withdrew.
Second round
17 November 1979 Reckrie stadium , Freetown
Liberia advanced to the third round, Sierra Leone withdrew in the second leg.
27 November 1979 Accra Sports Stadium , Accra
12 December 1979 Nairobi City Stadium , Nairobi
Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
9 December 1979 Stade d'Honneur , Casablanca Attendance: 50,000Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy )
21 December 1979 Stade 5 Juillet , Algiers Attendance: 30,000Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria )
Algeria won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
25 November 1979 Independence Stadium , Lusaka
9 December 1979 Setsoto Stadium , Maseru
Zambia won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
9 December 1979 Mahamasina Stadium , Antananarivo
21 December 1979 Nasser Stadium , Cairo Attendance: 80,000
Egypt won 4–3 on penalties after 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Third round
22 February 1980 Cairo International Stadium , Cairo
13 April 1980 Independence Stadium , Lusaka Referee: George Courtney (England )
Egypt won 5–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament .
24 February 1980 Antoinette Tubman Stadium , Monrovia
13 April 1980 Accra Sports Stadium , Accra
Ghana won 4–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament .
Algeria qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament , Libya withdrew.
Note: Due to the American -led political boycott, two countries Egypt and Ghana who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced respectively by Zambia and Nigeria which participated with Algeria .
References
"Teams of Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980" . fifa.com . FIFA . Archived from the original on December 16, 2012.
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