1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

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1980 CONCACAF 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
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s) Flag of Costa Rica.svg Javier Jiménez
Flag of the United States.svg Don Ebert
(3 goals each)
← 1976
1984 →

The 1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the 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) Champions
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg3–2Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Cougar Softball Field, Edwardsville, Illinois
Suriname  Flag of Suriname.svg2–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo
Suriname  Flag of Suriname.svg4–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

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 Winner of the final tournament
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Replaced the United States
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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References

  1. ↑ "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Preolímpico de la Concacaf: ¿Cuáles han sido todos los campeones de la historia?". Goal. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31.
  3. ↑ "40 YEARS LATER: 1980 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM RECALLS MOSCOW BOYCOTT, MEETING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER". U.S. Soccer. 30 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28.
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