| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | August 1979 – 7 December 1980 |
| Edition | 69th |
| Teams | 51 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | Czechoslovakia |
| ← 1979 1981 → |
| First Round 6–8 October 1979 |
Qualifying Round 27–29 October 1979 |
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| Mexico | ||||||||
| Brantford, Canada (indoor hard) | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | |||||||
| Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard) | ||||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||||
| Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | |||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||
| Venezuela | ||||||||
| Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 4 | |||||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Colombia |
| Semifinals 7–9 December 1979 |
Final 22–24 February |
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