Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2.Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested.A few of the countries which qualified did not participate because of the boycotting such as Malaysia. Sixteen teams were divided into four groups: * Group A (Cuba, USSR, Venezuela, Zambia) * Group B (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia) * Group C (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria) * Group D (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia)

Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2.Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested.A few of the countries which qualified did not participate because of the boycotting such as Malaysia. Sixteen teams were divided into four groups: * Group A (Cuba, USSR, Venezuela, Zambia) * Group B (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia) * Group C (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria) * Group D (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia)