Due to the American-led boycott, countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the final tournament.
The European Qualifiers for the 1980 Summer Olympics tournament took place over a total of two rounds between 28 March 1979 and 23 April 1980.
After the second round, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Spain and Yugoslavia gained qualification to the Olympic tournament.
The African Qualifiers tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics took place over a total of three rounds between 25 March 1979 and 13 April 1980.
The Pre-Olympic tournaments of the Asian Qualifiers for the 1980 Summer Olympic were held from 23 February to 6 April 1980 in Iraq, Malaysia and Singapore.