Games of the XXI. Olympiad

Football Tournament

(Montreal, Canada, 18th - 31st July, 1976)

FIRST ROUND

NB: Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia all withdrew as part fo a general African
    boycott against the participation of New Zealand (whose rugby team
    planned a summer tour of South Africa in spite of the Soweto massacre
    in June 1976).  As the boycott decision was taken a day before the
    start of the Games, they were not replaced, and so the football 
    competition involved only 13 teams.
    Earlier (on June 8th), Uruguay had withdrawn and were eventually
    replaced by Cuba (after Argentina had declined the invitation to
    replace Uruguay).

Groups A, C and D consist of 3 teams each, Group B of 4 teams. Winners and
Runners-Up in each group qualify for the Quarter-Finals.

Group A [Brazil and East Germany qualify]

Brazil           0-0 East Germany    1. Brazil          2  1  1  0   2- 1  3
Brazil           2-1 Spain           2. East Germany    2  1  1  0   1- 0  3
East Germany     1-0 Spain           3. Spain           2  0  0  2   1- 3  0

Group B [France and Israel qualify]

France           4-1 Mexico          1. France          3  2  1  0   9- 3  5
Israel           0-0 Guatemala       2. Israel          3  0  3  0   3- 3  3
Mexico           2-2 Israel          3. Guatemala       3  0  2  1   2- 5  2
France           4-1 Guatemala       4. Mexico          3  0  2  1   4- 7  2
Mexico           1-1 Guatemala
France           1-1 Israel

Group C [Poland and Iran qualify]

Poland           0-0 Cuba            1. Poland          2  1  1  0   3- 2  3
Iran             1-0 Cuba            2. Iran            2  1  0  1   3- 3  2
Poland           3-2 Iran            3. Cuba            2  0  1  1   0- 1  1

Group D [Soviet Union and North Korea qualify]

Soviet Union     2-1 Canada          1. Soviet Union    2  2  0  0   5- 1  4
North Korea      3-1 Canada          2. North Korea     2  1  0  1   3- 4  2
Soviet Union     3-0 North Korea     3. Canada          2  0  0  2   2- 5  0

QUARTER-FINALS

4 cup-matches. Winners proceed to the Semi-Finals.

Brazil           4-1 Israel
Soviet Union     2-1 Iran
East Germany     4-0 France
Poland           5-0 North Korea

SEMI-FINALS

2 cup-matches. Winners proceed to the Final, Losers play a Match for Third
Place.

East Germany     2-1 Soviet Union
Poland           2-0 Brazil

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Soviet Union     2-0 Brazil

FINAL

Montreal, 31st July, 1976

East Germany     3-1 (2-0) Poland

East Germany:
Croy, Lauck, Weise, Dörner, Kurbjuweit, Kische, Schade, Riediger (Bransch),
Höfner, Lowe (Grobner), Hoffmann.

Poland:
Tomaszewski (Mowlik), Szymanowski, Wieczorek, Zmuda, Wawrowski, Maszczyk,
Deyna, Kasperczak, Lato, Szarmach, Kmiecik.

Referee: Ramon Barreto (Uruguay)
Attendance: 71,617, Olympic Stadium

Scorers:
1-0 [ 7'] Schade; 2-0 [14'] Hoffmann; 2-1 [59'] Lato; 3-1 [79'] Höfner

Top scorer: Szarmach (Poland) 6 goals
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Søren Elbech for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Søren Elbech
Last updated: 27 Nov 2008