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
History of the South Africa national rugby union team Olympics in protest, and the next year, in 1977, the Commonwealth signed the Gleneagles Agreement, which discouraged any sporting contact with South Africa. In response to the growing pressure the segregated South African rugby unions merged in 1977. Four years later Errol Tobias would become the first non-white South African to represent his country when he took the field against Ireland. A planned 1979 Springbok tour of France was stopped by the French government, who announced that it was inappropriate for South African teams to tour France. The Lions toured South Africa in 1980. The team completed a flawless non-Test