'' Nigeria won 3 – 2 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament . '' ---- '' Ghana won 2 – 1 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament . '' ---- '' Zambia won 5 – 4 on penalties after 2 – 2 on aggregates and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament . '' 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
Soweto uprising
Soweto uprising
Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers