Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers 3 groups of 2 teams each. Winners qualify for the Final Tournament. "Nigeria won 3–2 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament." "Ghana won 2–1 and qualifiyed for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament." "Zambia won 5–4 on penalties after 2–2 on aggregates and qualifiyed 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
East Africa rugby union team of Wales national rugby union players. The remaining four matches of the tour were in South Africa, who were celebrating the 75th anniversary of the South African Rugby Board. The first of these was played on May 19 against Boland at Wellington which they won 17–6. The test-match against South Africa, played at King's Park, Durban on May 23, was lost 3–24. The final two games were played on May 27 and May 30 against Northern Transvaal at Pretoria (lost 9–22) and the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein (won 14–6). It was the lack of success experienced by the team