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

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]

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

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 431080+87
 Kuwait 431071+67
 Syria 420243+14
 South Yemen 4103411−72
 Jordan 400419−80
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 5410213+189
 South Korea 5401154+118
 Japan 5311165+117
 Brunei 5203710−34
 Indonesia 5104712−52
 Philippines 5005032−320

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 5320182+168
 Singapore 540184+48
 China PR 5221114+76
 North Korea 5221115+66
 India 510456−12
 Sri Lanka 5005032−320

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.
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