Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | 18–31 July 1976 |
Teams | 13 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 66 (2.87 per match) |
Attendance | 597,574 (25,981 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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International football competition
The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, while three African teams took part in the boycott.[1]
Venues
Montreal | Ottawa | Sherbrooke | Toronto |
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Olympic Stadium | Lansdowne Park | Sherbrooke Stadium | Varsity Stadium |
Capacity: 72,406 | Capacity: 30,065 | 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 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Withdrew
Brazil ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Brazil ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Rosemiro ![]() Chico Fraga ![]() | Report | Idígoras ![]() |
East Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dörner ![]() | Report |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Source: FIFA
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Withdrew
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ Withdrew
Canada ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Douglas ![]() | Report | Onyshchenko ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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An Se-uk ![]() Hong Song-nam ![]() | Report | Douglas ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 3–0[a] | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() Veremeyev ![]() Blokhin ![]() | Report |
- ^ North Korean player An Gil-wan was suspended for a year for attacking the referee three times during the game.[2] The International Olympic Committee issued a warning to the entire North Korean team threatening to impose a blanket ban on the delegation.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
25 July – Ottawa | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
27 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
25 July – Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
31 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
25 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
27 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
25 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
29 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
East Germany ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Löwe ![]() Dörner ![]() Riediger ![]() | Report |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Minayev ![]() Zvyahintsev ![]() | Report | Ghelichkhani ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Szarmach ![]() Lato ![]() Szymanowski ![]() | Report |
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 ![]() | Report |
Gold Medal match
1976 Summer Olympics Football Final
East Germany ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Schade ![]() Hoffmann ![]() Häfner ![]() | Report | Lato ![]() |
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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
Michel Platini
Víctor Rangel
Grzegorz Lato
Volodymyr Onyshchenko
- 2 goals
Jarbas
Jimmy Douglas
Jean-Marc Schaer
Loïc Amisse
Vicky Peretz
Hong Song-Nam
Viktor Kolotov
- 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 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 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 |
Source: rsssf.com
References
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