1980 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament


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

Qualification

The three berths were allocated as follows:

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
ZoneCountryMethod of qualificationAppearance1Last appearancePrevious best performancePrevious Olympic appearances
North AmericaSecond round winners3rd1972Runners-up
Central AmericaSecond round winners2nd1968Final round
CaribbeanThird round winners2nd1964Runners-up -

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics1
Winner of the final tournament
Replaced the United States