Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

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Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Teams21 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored104 (2.6 per match)
1972
1980

The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics to be held in Monreal.

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Beside the already qualified Poland as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries.

This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were: France, Iceland, Austria and Turkey. The 16 other countries were paired in 8 play-off matchups, winners of which would advance to the second round.

In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would qualify for each of the European 4 spots.

Round 1

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–3 [1] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1–20–1
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–3 [1] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0–02–3
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–6 [1] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3–51–1
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–5 [1] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 0–10–4
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–4 [1] Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–00–4
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg1–3 [1] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0–11–2
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg6–1 [1] Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4–02–1
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg1–4 [1] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1–10–3

Round 2

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4400101+98qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 411251053
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 40133741
Source: [1]

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 422041+36qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 413061+55
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 40130881
Source: [1]

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 422052+36qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 421173+45
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 40130771
Source: [1]

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 431051+47qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 41122313
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 40221432
Source: [1]

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