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MOSCOW 1980
North and Central America qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Costa Rica
Cuba *
   
  * Cuba replaced United States


NAFU Qualification



1st round            
01/04/1979 Hamilton (BER) Bermuda - Canada 3-0
23/05/1979 León (MEX) Mexico - United States 4-0
27/05/1979 Ottawa (CAN) Canada - Bermuda 2-5 Qual. Bermuda
03/06/1979 New York (USA) United States - Mexico 0-2 Qual. United States *
2nd round            
02/12/1979 Hamilton (BER) Bermuda - United States 0-3
06/12/1979 Fort Lauderdale (USA) United States - Bermuda 5-0 Qual. United States
* Mexico withdrew




UNCAF Qualification



1st round            
13/05/1979 Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) Guatemala - El Salvador 2-0
22/05/1979 San José (CRC) Costa Rica - Panama 4-0
20/05/1979 San Salvador (SLV) El Salvador - Guatemala 1-0 Qual. Guatemala
25/05/1979 San José (CRC) Panama - Costa Rica 0-2 Qual. Costa Rica
2nd round            
25/07/1979 San José (CRC) Costa Rica - Guatemala 1-2
05/08/1979 Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) Guatemala - Costa Rica 0-1
26/08/1979 San Salvador (SLV) Costa Rica - Guatemala 1-0 Qual. Costa Rica




CFU Qualification



Preliminary round          
Barbados - Grenada Qual. Barbados *
1st round            
01/04/1979 Port-au-Prince (HAI) Haiti - Dominican Republic 4-1
07/05/1979 Bridgetown (BRB) Barbados - Suriname 1-2
07/05/1979 Oranjestad (ARU) Netherlands Antilles - Trinidad and Tobag 2-3
13/05/1979 Kingston (JAM) Jamaica - Cuba 0-3
19/05/1979 San Fernando (ESP) Trinidad and Tobago - Netherlands Antille 6-1 Qual. Trinidad and Tobago
27/05/1979 Havana (CUB) Cuba - Jamaica 2-0 Qual. Cuba
27/05/1979 Santo Domingo (DOM) Dominican Republic - Haiti 0-3 Qual. Haiti
27/05/1979 Paramaribo (SUR) Suriname - Barbados 5-1 Qual. Suriname
2nd round            
05/08/1979 Havana (CUB) Cuba - Haiti 0-1
11/08/1979 San Fernando (ESP) Trinidad and Tobago - Suriname 2-0
18/08/1979 Port-au-Prince (HAI) Haiti - Cuba 0-0 Qual. Haiti
26/08/1979 Paramaribo (SUR) Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago 3-1
30/09/1979 Kingston (JAM) Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 Qual. Suriname
3rd round            
07/12/1979 Port-au-Prince (HAI) Haiti - Suriname 2-0
14/12/1979 Paramaribo (SUR) Suriname - Haiti 2-0
12/01/1980 Port of Spain (TRI) Suriname - Haiti 2-0 Qual. Suriname
* Grenada withdrew




Final round



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Costa Rica 5 4 2 1 1 7 6    
2 United States * 5 4 2 1 1 6 6    
3 Suriname 2 4 1 0 3 9 10
* United States took part in Olympic boycott and were replaced by Cuba
  Final tournament




Matchday 1            
12/03/1980 San José (CRC) Costa Rica - Suriname 3-2
16/03/1980 Orlando (USA) United States - Suriname 2-1
Matchday 2            
20/03/1980 San José (CRC) Costa Rica - United States 0-1
25/03/1980 Edwardsville (USA) United States - Costa Rica 1-1 Qual. United States
Matchday 3            
30/03/1980 Paramaribo (SUR) Suriname - Costa Rica 2-3 Qual. Costa Rica
02/04/1980 Paramaribo (SUR) Suriname - United States 4-2