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 tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. Three countries qualified.

1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates25 March 1979 – 13 April 1980
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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.


Algeria  1–0  Mali
Belloumi   1'
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
Mauritius  2–3  Lesotho
Chundunsing  
Noël  

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.


Zambia  5–0  Lesotho
Katebe    
Chitalu    
 
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'
Zambia  1–1  Egypt
Chola   Khalil   32'

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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