1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament explained

Tourney Name:	CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Year:	1980
Size:	250px
Country:	United States
Dates:	1–17 August
Num Teams:	18
Champion:	MEX
Count:	7
Second:	USA
Prevseason:	1978
Nextseason:	1982

The 1980 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was held in the United States. It also served as qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Haiti were initially set to host the tournament but later withdrew.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Region	Team(s)
Central America (UNCAF)
North America (NAFU)	(host)

Group stage

Group Los Angeles

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
	3	1	0	2	5	7	–2	2
	3	1	0	2	2	6	–4	2

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1 August		3–1
		3–0
3 August		0–0
5 August		2–1
7 August		2–0
9 August		4–1

Group Dallas

In this group, Puerto Rico were disqualified for using non eligible players.

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
	Disqualified

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1 August		0–0
		1–0
3 August		0–0
		2–1
5 August		1–1
		1–1
7 August		2–1
		0–0
9 August		0–0
		not played

Group Edwardsville

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	2
	3	0	1	2	2	10	–8	1

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5 August		4–0
		3–1
7 August		1–0
		0–0
9 August		6–2
		1–0

Group Princeton

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	8
	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	6
	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	4
	4	1	0	3	2	11	–9	2
	4	0	0	4	2	12	–10	0

width=25%		width=30%		width=15%		width=30%
1 August		5–0
		5–0
3 August		3–0
		3–0
5 August		1–0
		2–1
7 August		2–0
		3–0
9 August		3–1
		3–2

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

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