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 |  East Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland |
| Third place |  Soviet Union |
| Fourth place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.87 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals) |
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
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| East Germany |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Source:
- **Nigeria withdrew
| Brazil | 0–0 | East Germany |
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| Report |
| East Germany | 1–0 | Spain |
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Dörner  46' |
Report |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
 Israel |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
 Guatemala |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Source:
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Poland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
 Cuba |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
Source:
- **Ghana withdrew
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 North Korea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Source:
- **Zambia withdrew
| Canada | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
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| Douglas 88' |
Report | Onyshchenko 8' 11' |
| North Korea | 3–1 | Canada |
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| An Se-Uk 18' Hong Song-Nam 66' 80' |
Report | Douglas 51' |
| Soviet Union | 3–0 | North Korea |
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| Kolotov 16' (pen.) Veremeyev 81' Blokhin 89' |
Report |
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 25 - Ottawa | ||||||||||
| East Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| July 25 - Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
| July 31 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| Iran | 1 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| July 25 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| Israel | 1 | |||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| July 25 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Poland | 5 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Montreal | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Iran |
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| Minayev 40' Zvyahintsev 67' |
Report | Ghelichkhani 82' (pen.) |
| Poland | 5–0 | North Korea |
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| Szarmach 13' 49' Lato 59' 79' Szymanowski 64' |
Report |
Semi-finals
| Soviet Union | 1–2 | East Germany |
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| Kolotov 84' (pen.) |
Report | Dörner 59' (pen.) Kurbjuweit 66' |
Bronze Medal match
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Brazil |
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| Onyshchenko 5' Nazarenko 49' |
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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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Chico Fraga
- Erivelto
- Júnior
- Rosemiro
- Hans-Jürgen Riediger
- Hartmut Schade
- Lothar Kurbjuweit
- Martin Hoffmann
- Reinhard Häfner
- Wolfram Löwe
- Bruno Baronchelli
- Francisco Rubio
- Marco Fion
- Ali Parvin
- Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
- Hassan Rowshan
- Parviz Ghelichkhani
- Itzhak Shum
- Yaron Oz
- Hugo Sánchez
- An Se-Uk
- Antoni Szymanowski
- Kazimierz Deyna
- Aleksandr Minayev
- Leonid Nazarenko
- Oleh Blokhin
- Viktor Zvyahintsev
- Volodymyr Veremeyev
- Santiago Idígoras
- Own goal
- Eduardo Rergis (playing against Guatemala)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | France (FRA) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} North Korea (PRK) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico (MEX) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 10 | Guatemala (GUA) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Source: rsssf.com
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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