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

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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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

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Group 1

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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

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

Round 1

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Australia w/o Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea w/o Australia

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

Round 2

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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

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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

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Round 1

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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

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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

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