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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.

Qualifying tournaments

Group 1

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'

Kuwait	1–2	Iraq
Yaqoub 75'		Kadhim 29', 58'

Iran	1–1	Kuwait
Rowshan 7'		Mohammed 82'

Iraq	0–2	Saudi Arabia
		Abdulshakoor 17' Kayyal 66'

Iran	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Mazloumi 11', 82' Khorshidi 62'

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'

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

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Bahrain
Al-Humood 83'

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Khorshidi 66'

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

Group 2

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

Round 1

Australia	w/o	Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea	w/o	Australia

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

Round 2

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

North Korea	2–1	Indonesia

North Korea	2–0	Malaysia

North Korea	2–0	Singapore

North Korea	4–0	Papua New Guinea

Indonesia	2–1	Malaysia

Indonesia	0–0	Singapore

Indonesia	8–2	Papua New Guinea

Malaysia	6–0	Singapore

Malaysia	10–1	Papua New Guinea

Singapore	7–4	Papua New Guinea

Final

North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Indonesia
Penalties
	5–4

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

Group 3

Round 1

Japan	3–0	Philippines

Philippines	0–3	Japan

Japan advanced to the second round.

Republic of China	0–2	South Korea

South Korea	3–0	Republic of China

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

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.

References

External links

• http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1976q.html#Games of the XXI. Olympiad - rsssf.com

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