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This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying tournaments divided into three groups, two of six teams and one of five teams. The winners and runners-up of each group met in a play-off match to qualify for the 1980 Summer Olympics tournament held in Moscow. Three teams qualified – Kuwait, Malaysia and Iran. However, due to the American-led political boycott, Malaysia and Iran did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Iraq and Syria respectively.

Qualifying tournaments

Group 1

The qualifying tournament of group 1 was held in Iraq, 5 teams participated.

Round 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	7
Kuwait	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Syria	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	4
South Yemen	4	1	0	3	4	11	−7	2
Jordan	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0

Iraq	3–0	South Yemen
Saeed 3', 82' Khudhair 61'

Kuwait	1–0	Syria

Iraq	4–0	Jordan
Ahmed 18', 52' Jassim 62' Saeed 75'

Syria	2–1	South Yemen

Kuwait	5–1	South Yemen

Syria	2–0	Jordan

Iraq	0–0	Kuwait

South Yemen	2–1	Jordan

Iraq	1–0	Syria
Ashraf 70'

Kuwait	1–0	Jordan

Playoff match

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2
Iraq	2–3	Kuwait

Iraq	2–3	Kuwait
Ashraf 6', 44'		Yaqoub 69' (pen.), 82' Al-Ghanim 79'

Kuwait won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Group 2

The qualifying tournament of group 2 was held in Malaysia, 6 teams participated.

Round 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	5	4	1	0	21	3	+18	9
South Korea	5	4	0	1	15	4	+11	8
Japan	5	3	1	1	16	5	+11	7
Brunei	5	2	0	3	7	10	−3	4
Indonesia	5	1	0	4	7	12	−5	2
Philippines	5	0	0	5	0	32	−32	0

Malaysia	6–1	Indonesia

South Korea	3–1	Japan

Indonesia	4–0	Philippines

Japan	10–0	Philippines

Malaysia	3–0	South Korea

Brunei	2–0	Philippines

South Korea	8–0	Philippines

Malaysia	3–1	Brunei

Japan	2–0	Indonesia

Brunei	3–2	Indonesia

Malaysia	1–1	Japan

South Korea	3–0	Brunei

Japan	2–1	Brunei

Malaysia	8–0	Philippines

South Korea	1–0	Indonesia

Playoff match

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2
Malaysia	2–1	South Korea

Malaysia	2 – 1	South Korea
Bakri Ibni 12' James Wong 85'		Kim Kang-nam 58'

Malaysia won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, Malaysia who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Iraq.

Group 3

The qualifying tournament of group 3 was held in Singapore, 6 teams participated.

Round 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	3	2	0	18	2	+16	8
Singapore	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	8
China	5	2	2	1	11	4	+7	6
North Korea	5	2	2	1	11	5	+6	6
India	5	1	0	4	5	6	−1	2
Sri Lanka	5	0	0	5	0	32	−32	0

Singapore	3–0	Sri Lanka

China	1–0	India

Iran	0–0	North Korea

Singapore	1–0	India

Iran	2–2	China

North Korea	7–0	Sri Lanka

Iran	3–0	Singapore

China	1–1	North Korea

India	4–0	Sri Lanka

Singapore	3–1	North Korea

China	7–0	Sri Lanka

Iran	2–0	India

Singapore	1–0	China

Iran	11–0	Sri Lanka

North Korea	3–0	India

Playoff match

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2
Singapore	0–4	Iran

Singapore	0 – 4	Iran
		Fariba 21' Faraki 39', 59' Barzegari 56'

Iran won the tournament and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, Iran who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced by Syria.

References

1. "Teams of Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012.

External links

• Football Qualifying Tournament (Moscow, Soviet Union, 1980) - Zone Asia - rsssf.com

• Football qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers