Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

Cuba and France each defeated East Germany, 8–8 (68–67 on touches) and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–5.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	CUB	GDR
1	France	2	0	20	10	QS			9–5	11–5
2	Cuba	1	1	13	17	QQ		5–9		8.68–8.67
3	East Germany	0	2	13	19			5–11	8.67–8.68

Italy and the Soviet Union each defeated Romania, 9–7 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–4.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	ITA	ROU
1	Soviet Union	2	0	20	9	QS			9–4	11–5
2	Italy	1	1	13	16	QQ		4–9		9–7
3	Romania	0	2	12	20			5–11	7–9

Great Britain defeated Hungary, 8–8 with a touches tie-breaker of 61–58. Hungary then beat Poland, 10–6. Great Britain needed only a win or narrow loss to advance (8–8 would be sufficient to ensure Great Britain's advancement through the bouts tie-breaker, while a 9–7 loss would require looking to the touches tie-breaker), but Poland won decisively at 12–4 to set a three-way tie at 1–1. The bouts tie-breaker left Great Britain out of the elimination rounds. Poland had a 122–106 touches record to Hungary's 119–113, giving the Polish team the first place in the group.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POL	HUN	GBR
1	Poland	1	1	18	14	QQ			6–10	12–4
2	Hungary	1	1	18	14			10–6		8.58–8.61
3	Great Britain	1	1	12	20			4–12	8.61–8.58