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Football At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow. Beside the already qualified Soviet Union as the hosts and East Germany as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries. This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were 2 "capitalist" and 2 "socialist" camp countries: France, West Germany and Poland, Yugoslavia. The 16 other countries were placed in 4 groups of 4, while only one group played in the full double round robin format with other 3 used simple the home-away play-off with 2 from each group advancing to the second round. In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics to be held in Monreal. Beside the already qualified Poland as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries. This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were: France, Iceland, Austria and Turkey. The 16 other countries were paired in 8 play-off matchups, winners of which would advance to the second round. In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would qualify for each of the European 4 spots. First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Notes References External links Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - European Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1980 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August. Only one event, the ''men's tournament'', was contested. Seven qualified countries did not participate, joining the American-led boycott in protest of the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Sixteen teams were divided into four groups: *''Group A'' (USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, Zambia) *''Group B'' (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia) *''Group C'' (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria) *''Group D'' (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia) In the technical report following the competition, FIFA reported that: "Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality". The tournament was primarily hosted by Moscow and Leningrad in the Russian SFSR, with some group stage games in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR and Minsk, Byelorussian SSR. Venues The footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Qualification For The 1980 Summer Olympics
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
