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 Olympic football tournament. 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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Oly Football qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics