Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on July 18 and ended on July 31. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, and 3 teams withdrew.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | 18 July – 31 July |
| Teams | 13 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
Venues
| Montreal | Ottawa | Sherbrooke | Toronto |
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| Olympic Stadium | Lansdowne Park | Sherbrooke Stadium | Varsity Stadium |
| Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 21,739 |
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Qualification
The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:
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Match officials
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Squads
Final tournament
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
- **Nigeria withdrew
| Brazil | 0–0 | |
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| East Germany | 1–0 | |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
- **Ghana withdrew
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
- **Zambia withdrew
| Canada | 1–2 | |
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| Douglas |
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| North Korea | 3–1 | |
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| An Se-Uk Hong Song-Nam |
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| Soviet Union | 3–0 | |
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| Kolotov Veremeyev Blokhin |
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Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 25 - Ottawa | ||||||||||
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| July 31 - Montreal | ||||||||||
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| 3 | |||||||||
| July 25 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
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| July 25 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | |
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| Minayev Zvyahintsev |
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| Poland | 5–0 | |
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| Szarmach Lato Szymanowski |
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Semi-finals
| Soviet Union | 1–2 | |
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| Kolotov |
Report | Dörner Kurbjuweit |
Bronze Medal match
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | |
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| Onyshchenko Nazarenko |
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Gold Medal match
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Medal winners
Goalscorers
With six goals, Andrzej Szarmach of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 66 goals were scored by 44 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 6 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
- Own goal
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 9 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 10 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 11 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| 12 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 13 |  |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
References
- "Football at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
External links
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