1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	12 March – 2 April
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Suriname
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Javier Jiménez Don Ebert (3 goals each)
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The 1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1]

The top two teams, champions, Costa Rica and the United States, qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, the United States boycotted the Olympic games and they were replaced by Cuba.[2][3]

Qualification

Further information: 1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows:

• The three winners from their respective regional zone at the qualifying stage

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance^1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances (last)
North America	United States	Second round winners	3rd	1972	Runners-up (1972)
Central America	Costa Rica	Second round winners	2nd	1968	Final round (1968)
Caribbean	Suriname	Third round winners	2nd	1964	Runners-up (1964)

^1 Only final tournament.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (C)	4	2	1	1	11	7	+4	5	Qualification to 1980 Summer Olympics
2	United States	4	2	1	1	6	8	−2	5
3	Suriname	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	2

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

12 March 1980 (1980-03-12)

Costa Rica	3–2	Suriname

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

16 March 1980 (1980-03-16)

United States	2–1	Suriname

Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida

20 March 1980 (1980-03-20)

Costa Rica	0–1	United States

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

25 March 1980 (1980-03-25)

United States	1–1	Costa Rica

Cougar Softball Field, Edwardsville, Illinois

30 March 1980 (1980-03-30)

Suriname	2–3	Costa Rica

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

2 April 1980 (1980-04-02)

Suriname	4–2	United States

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics^1
Costa Rica	Winner of the final tournament
Cuba	Replaced the United States

^1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "About". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. "Preolímpico de la Concacaf: ¿Cuáles han sido todos los campeones de la historia?". Goal. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31.
3. "40 YEARS LATER: 1980 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM RECALLS MOSCOW BOYCOTT, MEETING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER". U.S. Soccer. 30 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28.