The 1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international

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tournament organised by the

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to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the

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. The top two teams, champions, Costa Rica and the United States, qualified for the

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. However, the United States, boycotted the Olympic games and they were replaced by Cuba.

Qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows: *The three winners from their respective regional zone at the

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Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Only final tournament.

Final round

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

. :

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

References

{{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification

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Football qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics