The 1980

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was a Norwegian second-tier

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league season. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B. Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the

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. The second placed teams in group A and B met each other in a two-legged qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the

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. HamKam won group A with 34 points. Brann won group B with 34 points. Both teams promoted to the 1981 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams, Mjøndalen and Haugar met in the promotion play-offs. Haugar defeated Mjøndalen with 4–0 on aggregate and won promotion.

Tables

Group A

Group B

Promotion play-offs

Results

* Mjøndalen – Haugar 0–1 * Haugar – Mjøndalen 3–0 ''Haugar won 4–0 on aggregate and was promoted to 1. divisjon.''

References

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