1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Dates12 March – 2 April
Teams3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Javier Jiménez
United States 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]

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

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The three berths were allocated as follows:

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performance Previous Olympic appearances
(last)
North America  United States Second round winners 3rd 1972 Runners-up (1972)
Central America  Costa Rica Second round winners 2nd 1968 Final round (1968)
Caribbean  Suriname Third round winners 2nd 1964 Runners-up (1964)
1 Only final tournament.

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica (C) 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 5 Qualification to 1980 Summer Olympics
2  United States 4 2 1 1 6 8 −2 5
3  Suriname 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Costa Rica 3–2 Suriname
United States 2–1 Suriname
Costa Rica 0–1 United States
United States 1–1 Costa Rica
Cougar Softball Field, Edwardsville, Illinois
Suriname 2–3 Costa Rica
Suriname 4–2 United States

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics1
 Costa Rica Winner of the final tournament
 Cuba Replaced the United States
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  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.