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

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Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying tournaments divided into three groups, two of six teams and one of five teams. The winners and runners-up of each group met in a play-off match to qualify for the 1980 Summer Olympics tournament held in Moscow. Three teams qualified – Kuwait, Malaysia and Iran. However, due to the American-led political boycott, Malaysia and Iran did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Iraq and Syria respectively.[1]

Qualifying tournaments

Group 1

The qualifying tournament of group 1 was held in Iraq, 5 teams participated.

Round 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 4 3 1 0 8 0 +8 7
 Kuwait 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 7
 Syria 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 4
 South Yemen 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 2
 Jordan 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0
Iraq 4–0 Jordan
Ahmed 18', 52'
Jassim 62'
Saeed 75'
Iraq 1–0 Syria
Ashraf 70'
Iraq 0–0 Kuwait
Iraq 3–0 South Yemen
Saeed 3', 82'
Khudhair 61'
Kuwait 1–0 Syria
Kuwait 5–1 South Yemen
Kuwait 1–0 Jordan
Syria 2–1 South Yemen
Syria 2–0 Jordan
South Yemen 2–1 Jordan

Playoff match

Team 1 Agg. Team 2
Iraq  2–3  Kuwait
Iraq 2–3 Kuwait
Ashraf 6', 44' Yaqoub 69' (pen.), 82'
Al-Ghanim 79'
Attendance: 65,000

Kuwait won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Group 2

The qualifying tournament of group 1 was held in Malaysia, 6 teams participated.

Round 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 9
 South Korea 5 4 0 1 15 4 +11 8
 Japan 5 3 1 1 16 5 +11 7
 Brunei 5 2 0 3 7 10 −3 4
 Indonesia 5 1 0 4 7 12 −5 2
 Philippines 5 0 0 5 0 32 −32 0

Playoff match

Team 1 Agg. Team 2
Malaysia  2–1  South Korea
Malaysia 2 – 1 South Korea
Bakri Ibni 12'
James Wong 85'		 Kim Kang-nam 58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ali Albannai Abdulwahab (Kuwait)

Malaysia won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, Malaysia who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Iraq.

Group 3

The qualifying tournament of group 1 was held in Singapore, 6 teams participated.

Round 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 5 3 2 0 18 2 +16 8
 Singapore 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 8
 China 5 2 2 1 11 4 +7 6
 North Korea 5 2 2 1 11 5 +6 6
 India 5 1 0 4 5 6 −1 2
 Sri Lanka 5 0 0 5 0 32 −32 0

Playoff match

Team 1 Agg. Team 2
Singapore  0–4  Iran
Singapore 0 – 4 Iran
Fariba 21'
Faraki 39', 59'
Barzegari 56'
Attendance: 75,000

Iran won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, Iran who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Syria.

References

  1. ^ "Teams of Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980". fifa.com. FIFA.

External links

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