This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow.
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.