| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 1 September 1974 – 22 May 1976 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 104 |
| Goals scored | 289 (2.78 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Don Givens (8 goals) |
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| UEFA European Qualifiers |
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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]
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (20 June 2013). "European Championship 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.