UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying explained

Tourney Name:	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Num Teams:	32
Matches:	104
Goals:	289
Prevseason:	1972
Nextseason:	1980

The qualifying round for the 1976 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through to the final tournament.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in tournament
			1 (1960)
			0 (debut)
			1 (1972)
(host)			2 (1960, 1968)

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 1

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1.

Group 2

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2.

Group 3

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 3.

Group 4

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 4.

Group 5

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5.

Group 6

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6.

Group 7

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 7.

Group 8

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8.

Quarter-finals

See main article: UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals.

External links

• UEFA Euro 1976 at UEFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stokkermans . Karel . Tabeira . Martín . European Championship 1976 . RSSSF.com . . 20 June 2013 . 5 March 2018.