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

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow. In the end tree countries qualifyied.

Qualifying rounds

First round

Team 1 Agg. 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

25 March 1979
Tunisia  1 – 0  Libya
Ben Mahmoud  16'

13 April 1979
Libya  3 – 0  Tunisia
Belhadj  ...'
Al-Issawi  ...'
Bounouara  ...'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 80,000

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

6 April 1979
Algeria  1 – 0  Mali
Belloumi  1'

22 April 1979
Mali  1 – 0  Algeria
Koni  ...'
  Penalties  
2 – 4
..., Bamako

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

15 April 1979
Morocco  1 – 0  Senegal
Acila  ...'

29 April 1979
Senegal  1 – 0  Morocco
M. Camara  ...'
  Penalties  
5 – 6

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

6 May 1979
Lesotho  4 – 1  Mauritius
..., Maseru

13 May 1979
Mauritius  2 – 3  Lesotho

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 advanced to the second round, Ivory Coast withdrew.

Sierra Leone advanced to the second round, Guinea withdrew.

Second round

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

17 November 1979
Sierra Leone  3 – 1  Liberia

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

27 November 1979
Ghana  4 – 1  Kenya

12 December 1979
Kenya  0 – 1  Ghana
..., Nairobi

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

9 December 1979
Morocco  1 – 5  Algeria
Limane  32' (pen.) Bensaoula  15', 16', 69'
Guemri  71'
Assad  87'
Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

21 December 1979
Algeria  3 – 0  Morocco
Belloumi  40'
Kouici  46'
Assad  75'

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

9 December 1979
Lesotho  0 – 0  Zambia
..., Maseru

21 December 1979
Zambia  5 – 0  Lesotho

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

9 December 1979
Madagascar  1 – 0  Egypt

21 December 1979
Egypt  1 – 0  Madagascar
  Penalties  
4 – 3

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

Third round

Team 1 Agg. 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

22 February 1980
Egypt  4 – 1  Zambia

13 April 1980
Zambia  1 – 1  Egypt

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

24 February 1980
Liberia  0 – 2  Ghana

13 April 1980
Ghana  2 – 2  Liberia

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


Algeria  w/o  Libya
withdrew

Algeria qualifiyed 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

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

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