Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 66 (2.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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.
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
- Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's team 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
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 |
July 19, 1976 12:00 |
France ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Schaer ![]() Baronchelli ![]() Rubio ![]() Amisse ![]() |
Report | Sánchez ![]() |
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
July 23, 1976 12:00 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() Veremeev ![]() Blokhin ![]() |
Report |
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
July 25 - Ottawa | ||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
July 27 - Montreal | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
July 25 - Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
July 31 - Montreal | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
July 25 - Toronto | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
July 27 - Toronto | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
July 25 - Montreal | ||||||||||
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0 | July 29 - Montreal | ||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
July 25, 1976 12:00 |
East Germany ![]() |
4 – 0 | ![]() |
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Löwe ![]() Dörner ![]() ![]() Riediger ![]() |
Report |
July 25, 1976 12:00 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Minayev ![]() Zvyagintsev ![]() |
Report | Ghelichkhani ![]() |
Semi-finals
July 27, 1976 12:00 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() |
Report | Dörner ![]() Kurbjuweit ![]() |
Bronze Medal match
July 29, 1976 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Onishcenko ![]() Nazarenko ![]() |
Report |
Olympic Stadium, Montreal Referee: Abraham Klein |
Gold Medal match
July 31, 1976 |
East Germany ![]() |
3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Schade ![]() Hoffmann ![]() Häfner ![]() |
Report | Lato ![]() |
Olympic Stadium, Montreal Referee: Ramón Barreto |
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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Eduardo Rergis (playing against Guatemala)
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
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