1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 April 1979 - 2 April 1980 |
Teams | 16 |
The CONCACAF qualification tournament in football for the 1980 Summer Olympics was held between April 1979 and March 1980. The initial rounds were grouped into three zones: North America, Central America and Caribbean. The successful teams were Costa Rica and the United States. The U.S. team later withdrew and were replaced by Cuba.
North American Zone
First Round
- Notes
Second Round
Bermuda | 0–3 | United States |
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Hamilton, Bermuda
United States | 5–0 | Bermuda |
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Central American Zone
First Round
Costa Rica | 4–0 | Panama |
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Gutiérrez Ulate |
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 6,987
Panama | 0–2 | Costa Rica |
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San José, Costa Rica
Guatemala | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
El Salvador | 1–0 | Guatemala |
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San Salvador, El Salvador
Second Round
Costa Rica | 1–2 | Guatemala |
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San José, Costa Rica
Guatemala | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Playoff
Costa Rica | 1–0 | Guatemala |
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San Salvador, El Salvador
Caribbean Zone
First Round
Haiti | 4–1 | Dominican Republic |
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Dominican Republic | 0–3 | Haiti |
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Curaçao | 2–3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Willemstad, Curaçao
Trinidad and Tobago | 6–1 | Curaçao |
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Second Round
Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | Suriname |
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Paramaribo, Surinam
Playoff
Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | Suriname |
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Kingston, Jamaica
Third Round
Playoff
Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Costa Rica (C, A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to 1980 Summer Olympics |
2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | Suriname | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
Costa Rica | 3–2 | Suriname |
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San Jose, Costa Rica
United States | 2–1 | Suriname |
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Orlando, Florida, USA
Costa Rica | 0–1 | United States |
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San Jose, Costa Rica
United States | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Suriname | 2–3 | Costa Rica |
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Paramaribo, Surinam
Suriname | 4–2 | United States |
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Paramaribo, Surinam
Following the completion of the final round, USA withdrew from the 1980 Olympics and were replaced with Cuba.
References
- ^ "CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying by CONCACAF". Issuu.com. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2017-02-28.