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Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Teams21 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored104 (2.6 per match)
1972 1980
International football competition Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics to be held in Monreal.

Beside the already qualified Poland as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries.

This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were: France, Iceland, Austria and Turkey. The 16 other countries were paired in 8 play-off matchups, winners of which would advance to the second round.

In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would qualify for each of the European 4 spots.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Republic of Ireland  1–3  Czechoslovakia 1–2 0–1
West Germany  2–3  Spain 0–0 2–3
Finland  4–6  Norway 3–5 1–1
Greece  0–5  East Germany 0–1 0–4
Hungary  2–4  Bulgaria 2–0 0–4
Luxembourg  1–3  Netherlands 0–1 1–2
Romania  6–1  Denmark 4–0 2–1
Yugoslavia  1–4  Soviet Union 1–1 0–3

Second round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 8 qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2  Norway 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 3
3  Iceland 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4 1
Source:

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  East Germany 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2  Czechoslovakia 4 1 3 0 6 1 +5 5
3  Austria 4 0 1 3 0 8 −8 1
Source:

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 6 qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2  Bulgaria 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 5
3  Turkey 4 0 1 3 0 7 −7 1
Source:

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 7 qualified to the 1976 Summer Olympics
2  Romania 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 3
3  Netherlands 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3 2
Source:

Notes

References

  1. ^ Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - European Football Qualifying Tournament (Moscow, Soviet Union, 1980) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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