1976 Summer Olympics / Football / Qualification

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Qualification for the 1976 Olympic football tournament in Montréal .

Qualified teams

4 from Europe Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic Spain 1945Spain Spain FranceFrance France  
1 from South America Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil        
3 from North and Central America MexicoMexico Mexico GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala CubaCuba Cuba    
3 from Africa NigeriaNigeria Nigeria ( 1 ) GhanaGhana Ghana ( 1 ) Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia ( 1 )    
3 from Asia Iran 1964Iran Iran Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea IsraelIsrael Israel    
Defending champion: Poland 1944Poland Poland     Host: CanadaCanada Canada

1 All African teams resigned due to a boycott and were not replaced.

Europe

1 round

Iceland, Austria, Turkey and France received byes.

pairing First leg Return leg total
IrelandIreland Ireland - CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany - Spain 1945Spain Spain 0-0 2: 3 2: 3
FinlandFinland Finland - NorwayNorway Norway 3: 5 1: 1 4: 6
Greece 1970Greece Greece - Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 0: 1 0: 4 0: 5
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary - Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 2-0 0: 4 2: 4
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3
Romania 1965Romania Romania - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 4-0 2: 1 6: 1
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 1 0: 3 1: 4

2nd round

The winners of the four groups were qualified.

Group 1

Closing table

rank country Gates Pt
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 10: 1 8-0
2 NorwayNorway Norway 5:10 3: 5
3 IcelandIceland Iceland 3: 7 1: 7

Game results

Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union - NorwayNorway Norway 4-0
NorwayNorway Norway - Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1: 3
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union - IcelandIceland Iceland 1-0
IcelandIceland Iceland - Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 0: 2
NorwayNorway Norway - IcelandIceland Iceland 3: 2
IcelandIceland Iceland - NorwayNorway Norway 1: 1

Group 2

Closing table

rank country Gates Pt
1 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 4: 1 6: 2
2 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6: 1 5: 3
3 AustriaAustria Austria 0: 8 1: 7

Game results

Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic - CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0-0
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 1: 1
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic - AustriaAustria Austria 1-0
AustriaAustria Austria - Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 0: 2
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - AustriaAustria Austria 5-0
AustriaAustria Austria - CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0-0

Group 3

Closing table

rank country Gates Pt
1 Spain 1945Spain Spain 5: 2 6: 2
2 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 7: 3 5: 3
3 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0: 7 1: 7

Game results

Spain 1945Spain Spain - Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 2: 1
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria - Spain 1945Spain Spain 1: 1
Spain 1945Spain Spain - TurkeyTurkey Turkey 2-0
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - Spain 1945Spain Spain 0-0
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria - TurkeyTurkey Turkey 3-0
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 0: 2

Group 4

Closing table

rank country Gates Pt
1 FranceFrance France 11: 5 6: 2
2 Romania 1965Romania Romania 9: 5 6: 2
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5:15 0: 8

Game results

FranceFrance France - Romania 1965Romania Romania 4-0
Romania 1965Romania Romania - FranceFrance France 1-0
FranceFrance France - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 2
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - FranceFrance France 2: 3
Romania 1965Romania Romania - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5: 1
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - Romania 1965Romania Romania 0: 3
Football at the Olympic Games / Youth Olympic Games
Olympia:

Paris 1900  • St. Louis 1904  • London 1908  • Stockholm 1912  • Antwerp 1920  • Paris 1924  • Amsterdam 1928  • Los Angeles 1932  • Berlin 1936  • London 1948  • Helsinki 1952  • Melbourne 1956  • Rome 1960  • Tokyo 1964  • Mexico City 1968  • Munich 1972  • Montréal 1976  • Moscow 1980  • Los Angeles 1984  • Seoul 1988  • Barcelona 1992  • Atlanta 1996  • Sydney 2000  • Athens 2004  • Beijing 2008  • London 2012  • Rio de Janeiro 2016  • Tokyo 2020  • Paris 2024  • Los Angeles 2028  • 2032

Youth games:

Singapore 2010  • Nanjing 2014  • Buenos Aires 2018 1  • Dakar 2022

1 = 2018 as futsal.