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 withdrew in support of the anti-racism boycott.[1] East Germany won the gold, defeating Poland in the final, with the Soviet Union taking the bronze.
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) | ![]() |
Venues
editMontreal | 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 |
Qualification
editThe following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:
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Match officials
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Squads
editFinal tournament
editFirst round
editGroup A
editTeam | 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 |
Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Nigeria[a] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ 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
editTeam | 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: FIFA
Group C
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
Ghana[a] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Withdrew
Group D
editTeam | 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 |
Canada (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Zambia[a] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
- ^ 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[a] | North Korea |
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Kolotov 16' (pen.) Veremeyev 81' Blokhin 89' |
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
editQuarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
25 July – Ottawa | ||||||||||
East Germany | 4 | |||||||||
27 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
France | 0 | |||||||||
East Germany | 2 | |||||||||
25 July – Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
31 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
Iran | 1 | |||||||||
East Germany | 3 | |||||||||
25 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
Poland | 1 | |||||||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
27 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
Israel | 1 | |||||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
25 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
Poland | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Poland | 5 | |||||||||
29 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
North Korea | 0 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
editSoviet 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
editSoviet Union | 1–2 | East Germany |
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Kolotov 84' (pen.) | Report | Dörner 59' (pen.) Kurbjuweit 66' |
Bronze Medal match
editSoviet Union | 2–0 | Brazil |
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Onyshchenko 5' Nazarenko 49' |
Report |
Gold Medal match
edit1976 Summer Olympics Football Final
East Germany | 3–1 | Poland |
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Schade 7' Hoffmann 14' Häfner 84' |
Report | Lato 59' |
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Medal winners
editGoalscorers
editWith 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
- Erivélto
- Léo 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
editPos | 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 | 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
edit- ^ "Football at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "An Gil Wan notice". Cambridge Evening News. 29 July 1976. Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via newspaper.com.
External links
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