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

1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates25 March 1979 – 13 April 1980
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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. Three countries qualified.

Qualifying rounds

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  1–3  Libya 1–0 0–3
Algeria  1–1 (4–2 p)  Mali 1–0 0–1
Morocco  1–1 (6–5 p)  Senegal 1–0 0–1
Lesotho  7–3  Mauritius 4–1 3–2
Madagascar  3–2  Ethiopia 2–1 1–1
Egypt  w/o  Tanzania
Kenya  w/o  Sudan
Liberia  w/o  Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone  w/o  Guinea
Ghana  Bye
Zambia  Bye
Tunisia 1–0 Libya
Ben Mahmoud 16'
Libya 3–0 Tunisia
Belhaj 1'
Al-Issawi 31'
Bounwara ...'
Attendance: 80,000

Libya won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Mali 1–0 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Zito ...'
Penalties
2–4

Algeria won 4–2 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Morocco 1–0 Senegal
Acila ...'
Senegal 1–0 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Camara ...'
Penalties
5–6

Morocco won 6–5 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Lesotho 4–1 Mauritius
Noël
..., Maseru

Lesotho won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Madagascar won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.


Egypt w/o Tanzania
withdrew

Egypt advanced to the second round, Tanzania withdrew.


Kenya w/o Sudan
withdrew

Kenya advanced to the second round, Sudan withdrew.


Liberia w/o Ivory Coast
withdrew

Liberia advanced to the second round, Ivory Coast withdrew.


Sierra Leone w/o Guinea
withdrew

Sierra Leone advanced to the second round, Guinea withdrew.


Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sierra Leone  w/o  Liberia 3–1
Ghana  5–1  Kenya 4–1 1–0
Morocco  1–8  Algeria 1–5 0–3
Zambia  5–0  Lesotho 0–0 5–0
Madagascar  2–2 (3–4 p)  Egypt 1–1 1–1
Libya  Bye
Sierra Leone 3–1 Liberia
Liberia w/o Sierra Leone
withdrew

Liberia advanced to the third round, Sierra Leone withdrew in the second leg.


Ghana 4–1 Kenya
Obota 63'
Kenya 0–1 Ghana
Afriyie 21'

Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Morocco 1–5 Algeria
Limane 32' (pen.) Bensaoula 15', 16', 69'
Guemri 71'
Assad 87'
Attendance: 50,000
Algeria 3–0 Morocco
Belloumi 40'
Kouici 46'
Assad 75'
Attendance: 30,000

Algeria won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Lesotho 0–0 Zambia

Zambia won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.


Madagascar 1–1 Egypt
Abdou 40'
Egypt 1–1 (a.e.t.) Madagascar
El Khatib (pen.)
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 80,000

Egypt won 4–3 on penalties after 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  5–2  Zambia 4–1 1–1
Liberia  2–4  Ghana 0–2 2–2
Algeria  w/o  Libya
Egypt 4–1 Zambia
Amer 20'
Abdel Halim 38' (pen.)
El Khatib 77', 83' (pen.)
Kaumba 23'

Egypt won 5–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.


Liberia 0–2 Ghana
Ghana 2–2 Liberia

Ghana won 4–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.


Algeria w/o Libya
withdrew

Algeria qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament, Libya withdrew.

Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, two countries Egypt and Ghana who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced respectively by Zambia and Nigeria which participated with Algeria.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Teams of Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012.
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