Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

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Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Teams22 (from 1 confederation)
1976
1984

The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow.

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Beside the already qualified Soviet Union as the hosts and East Germany as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries.

This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were 2 "capitalist" and 2 "socialist" camp countries: France, West Germany and Poland, Yugoslavia. The 16 other countries were placed in 4 groups of 4, while only one group played in the full double round robin format with other 3 used simple the home-away play-off with 2 from each group advancing to the second round.

In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would qualify for each of the European 4 spots.

Round 1

Group 1

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–4 [1] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1–00–4
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–3 [1] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–00–3

Group 2

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–4 [1] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–00–4
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–2 (3–4 p) [1] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–01–2

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 642093+610advanced to the second round
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6231106+47
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 613261045
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 602461262
Source: [1]

Group 4

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–2 [1] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0–01–2
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–5 [1] Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–11–4

Round 2

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 43015506qualified to the 1980 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 420274+34
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 41031432
Source: [1]

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 430193+66qualified to the 1980 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4301105+56
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4004011110
Source: [1]

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 421174+35qualified to the 1980 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42027814
3Flag of France.svg  France 41127923
Source: [1]

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 431051+47withdrew from final tournament
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 41122313
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40221432qualified to the 1980 Summer Olympics
Source: [1]

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