Qualification
Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:
- East Germany won UEFA Group 2. They were replaced by Norway, who came third; second-place Poland were also boycotting.
- USSR won UEFA Group 1. They were replaced by West Germany, second in Group 4. Hungary and Bulgaria, second and third in Group 1, were also boycotting.
- Czechoslovakia qualified as 1980 champions. They were replaced by Italy, third in UEFA Group 3.
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