1980 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1980 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates12 March – 2 April
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Third placeFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
← 1976
1984 →

The 1980 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. [1]

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The top two teams, champions, Costa Rica and the United States, qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, the United States, boycotted the Olympic games and they were replaced by Cuba. [2] [3]

Qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows:

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance 1 Last appearancePrevious best performancePrevious Olympic appearances
(last)
North America Flag of the United States.svg  United States Second round winners3rd 1972 Runners-up (1972)
Central America Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Second round winners2nd 1968 Final round (1968)
Caribbean Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Third round winners2nd 1964 Runners-up (1964)
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (C)4211117+45Qualification to 1980 Summer Olympics
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 421168−25
3Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 410357−22
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–2Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
San Jose, Costa Rica
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Orlando, Florida, USA
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
San Jose, Costa Rica
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Suriname  Flag of Suriname.svg2–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Paramaribo, Surinam
Suriname  Flag of Suriname.svg4–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Paramaribo, Surinam

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics 1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Recap" (PDF). CONCACAF. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Preolímpico de la Concacaf: ¿Cuáles han sido todos los campeones de la historia?". Goal. 30 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "40 YEARS LATER: 1980 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM RECALLS MOSCOW BOYCOTT, MEETING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER". U.S. Soccer. 30 August 2020.
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