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) | ![]() |
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]
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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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification |
The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:
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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
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0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Brazil ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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East Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dörner ![]() |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
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0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
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0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
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 ![]() |
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
25 July – Ottawa | ||||||||||
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27 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
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25 July – Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
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31 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
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25 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
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27 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
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25 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
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29 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
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Soviet Union ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Minayev ![]() Zvyahintsev ![]() |
Report | Ghelichkhani ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Szarmach ![]() Lato ![]() Szymanowski ![]() |
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Soviet Union ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Kolotov ![]() |
Report | Dörner ![]() Kurbjuweit ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Onyshchenko ![]() Nazarenko ![]() |
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East Germany ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Schade ![]() Hoffmann ![]() Häfner ![]() |
Report | Lato ![]() |
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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.
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 |