Third round
3 groups of 2 teams each. Winners qualify for the Final Tournament.
Contents
Boycott
The three African participants withdrew a day before the start of the Games and were not replaced. They boycotted the Olympics protesting the participation of New Zealand, whose rugby team planned a summer tour of South Africa in spite of the Soweto uprising.
References
Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA