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

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying tournaments divided into three groups, two of five teams and one of six teams. The winners of each group qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics tournament held in Montreal. Three teams qualified – Iran, North Korea and Israel.

1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Football Asian Qualifiers
Dates20 August 1975 – 28 April 1976
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Qualifying tournaments edit

Group 1 edit

Lebanon withdrew a week before the start of the group stage. The qualifying tournament of group 1 was held in Tehran by order of Mohammad Reza Shah.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7 7
  Kuwait 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5
  Iraq 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 4
  Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 4
  Bahrain 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Iran  3–0  Bahrain
Mazloumi   15', 75'
Parvin   28'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dahilon (Singapore)

Kuwait  1–2  Iraq
Yaqoub   75' Kadhim   29', 58'
Attendance: 12,000

Iran  1–1  Kuwait
Rowshan   7' Mohammed   82'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Iraq  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Abdulshakoor   17'
Kayyal   66'
Attendance: 20,000

Iran  3–0  Saudi Arabia
Mazloumi   11', 82'
Khorshidi   62'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)

Kuwait  2–1  Bahrain
Kameel   29', 63' Showayer   52'

Kuwait  4–2  Saudi Arabia
Al-Mula   3', 87'
Abdullah   12'
Kameel   46'
Abdulshakoor   31'
Sobhi   75'
Attendance: 5,000

Iraq  4–0  Bahrain
Kadhim   27', 29', 68', 71'

Saudi Arabia  1–0  Bahrain
Al-Humood   83'
Attendance: 50,000

Iran  1–0  Iraq
Khorshidi   66'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Iran won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Group 2 edit

Bangladesh, India and Thailand withdrew ahead of the start of the group stage.

Round 1 edit


Australia withdrew, Papua New Guinea advanced to the second round.

Round 2 edit

The qualifying tournament of group 2 was held in Jakarta.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  North Korea 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 8
  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 11 5 +6 5
  Malaysia 4 2 0 2 17 5 +12 4
  Singapore 4 1 1 2 7 12 −5 3
  Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 7 29 −22 0









Final edit

North Korea won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Group 3 edit

Round 1 edit

Japan  3–0  Philippines

Philippines  0–3  Japan

Japan advanced to the second round.


South Korea advanced to the second round.

Israel  w/o  South Vietnam

South Vietnam  w/o  Israel

South Vietnam withdrew, Israel advanced to the second round.

Round 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Israel 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 7
  South Korea 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
  Japan 4 0 1 3 3 11 +8 1


Israel  0–0  South Korea

South Korea  1–3  Israel

Israel  4–1  Japan

Japan  0–3  Israel

South Korea  2–2  Japan

Japan  0–2  South Korea

Israel won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

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