See 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.
| Tourney Name: | Summer Olympics – Men's Football Asian Qualifiers |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Prevseason: | 1972 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
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.
| width=175 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
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Iran won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.
Bangladesh, India and Thailand withdrew ahead of the start of the group stage.
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Australia withdrew, Papua New Guinea advanced to the second round.
The qualifying tournament of group 2 was held in Jakarta.
| width=175 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 29 | −22 | 0 |
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North Korea won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.
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Japan advanced to the second round.
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South Korea advanced to the second round.
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South Vietnam withdrew, Israel advanced to the second round.
| width=175 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | +8 | 1 |
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Israel won the group and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.