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

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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.

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 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









Final

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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.


South Korea advanced to the second round.


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 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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