See main article: article and Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
| Tourney Name: | Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Prevseason: | 1976 |
| Nextseason: | 1984 |
This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. Three countries qualified.
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Libya won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----
Algeria won 4–2 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----
Morocco won 6–5 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----
Lesotho won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----
Madagascar won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----
Egypt advanced to the second round, Tanzania withdrew.----
Kenya advanced to the second round, Sudan withdrew.----
Liberia advanced to the second round, Ivory Coast withdrew.----
Sierra Leone advanced to the second round, Guinea withdrew.----
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Liberia advanced to the third round, Sierra Leone withdrew in the second leg.----
Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.----
Algeria won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.----
Zambia won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.----
Egypt won 4–3 on penalties after 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
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Egypt won 5–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.----
Ghana won 4–2 and qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament.----
Algeria qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics football tournament, Libya withdrew.
Note: Due to the American-led political boycott, two countries Egypt and Ghana who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament and were replaced respectively by Zambia and Nigeria which participated with Algeria.[1]