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Germany - 30th August 1972 - 10th September 1972

Men's Olympic Games 1972 is the 2nd edition of this competition.
The competition takes place from 30th August till 10th September 1972 in Germany.

WinnerYougoslavia

 

Final standings

1	Yougoslavia
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Romania
4	East Germany
5	U.S.S.R.
6	West Germany
7	Sweden
8	Hungary
9	Norway
10	Poland
11	Japan
12	Iceland
13	Denmark
14	United States
15	Spain
16	Tunisia

 

Preliminary Round - Group A (Germany - 30/08/1972 - 03/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Sweden	7	3	1	2	0	40	34	+6
-	U.S.S.R.	7	3	1	2	0	40	34	+6
3	Poland	6	3	1	1	1	35	38	-3
4	Denmark	4	3	0	1	2	30	39	-9

30th August 1972
IN Ulm	U.S.S.R.	12 - 12	Denmark
IN Ulm	Sweden	13 - 13	Poland
1st September 1972
IN Göppingen	Sweden	11 - 11	U.S.S.R.
IN Göppingen	Poland	11 - 8	Denmark
3rd September 1972
IN Böblingen	Sweden	16 - 10	Denmark
IN Böblingen	U.S.S.R.	17 - 11	Poland

Detail of the results

Preliminary Round - Group B (Germany - 30/08/1972 - 03/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	East Germany	9	3	3	0	0	51	32	+19
2	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	1	1	56	40	+16
3	Iceland	6	3	1	1	1	57	51	+6
4	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	3	32	73	-41

30th August 1972
IN Augsburg	East Germany	16 - 11	Iceland
IN Augsburg	Czechoslovakia	25 - 7	Tunisia
1st September 1972
IN Ulm	Czechoslovakia	19 - 19	Iceland
IN Ulm	East Germany	21 - 9	Tunisia
3rd September 1972
IN Göppingen	East Germany	14 - 12	Czechoslovakia
IN Göppingen	Iceland	27 - 16	Tunisia

Detail of the results

Preliminary Round - Group C (Germany - 30/08/1972 - 03/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Romania	9	3	3	0	0	46	37	+9
2	West Germany	6	3	1	1	1	39	38	+1
3	Norway	6	3	1	1	1	48	50	-2
4	Spain	3	3	0	0	3	39	47	-8

30th August 1972
IN Böblingen	West Germany	13 - 10	Spain
IN Böblingen	Romania	18 - 14	Norway
1st September 1972
IN Augsburg	Romania	15 - 12	Spain
IN Augsburg	West Germany	15 - 15	Norway
3rd September 1972
IN München	Romania	13 - 11	West Germany
IN München	Norway	19 - 17	Spain

Detail of the results

Preliminary Round - Group D (Germany - 30/08/1972 - 03/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Yougoslavia	9	3	3	0	0	63	45	+18
2	Hungary	7	3	2	0	1	64	45	+19
3	Japan	5	3	1	0	2	46	56	-10
4	United States	3	3	0	0	3	46	73	-27

30th August 1972
IN Göppingen	Yougoslavia	20 - 14	Japan
IN Göppingen	Hungary	28 - 15	United States
1st September 1972
IN Böblingen	Hungary	20 - 12	Japan
IN Böblingen	Yougoslavia	25 - 15	United States
3rd September 1972
IN Augsburg	Yougoslavia	18 - 16	Hungary
IN Augsburg	Japan	20 - 16	United States

Detail of the results

Main Round - Group I (Germany - München - 03/09/1972 - 07/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Czechoslovakia	7	3	2	0	1	42	38	+4
2	East Germany	7	3	2	0	1	36	34	+2
3	U.S.S.R.	6	3	1	1	1	34	34	0
4	Sweden	4	3	0	1	2	34	40	-6

3rd September 1972
	U.S.S.R.	11 - 11	Sweden
	East Germany	14 - 12	Czechoslovakia
5th September 1972
	U.S.S.R.	11 - 8	East Germany
	Czechoslovakia	15 - 12	Sweden
7th September 1972
	East Germany	14 - 11	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia	15 - 12	U.S.S.R.

Detail of the results

Main Round - Group II (Germany - München - 03/09/1972 - 07/09/1972)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Yougoslavia	9	3	3	0	0	56	44	+12
2	Romania	7	3	2	0	1	46	39	+7
3	West Germany	5	3	1	0	2	43	51	-8
4	Hungary	3	3	0	0	3	44	55	-11

3rd September 1972
	Romania	13 - 11	West Germany
	Yougoslavia	18 - 16	Hungary
5th September 1972
	Romania	20 - 14	Hungary
	Yougoslavia	24 - 15	West Germany
7th September 1972
	Yougoslavia	14 - 13	Romania
	West Germany	17 - 14	Hungary

Detail of the results

Final round (Germany - München - 08/09/1972 - 10/09/1972)

Classification Round (09/09/1972)

8th September 1972
	Norway	19 - 17	Japan
	Poland	20 - 17	Iceland
	United States	22 - 20	Spain
	Denmark	29 - 21	Tunisia
9th September 1972
	U.S.S.R.	17 - 16	West Germany
	Denmark	19 - 18	United States
	Sweden	19 - 18	Hungary
	Japan	19 - 18	Iceland
	Norway	23 - 20	Poland
	Spain	23 - 20	Tunisia

Third Place Match (10/09/1972)

10th September 1972
	Romania	19 - 16	East Germany

Final (10/09/1972)

10th September 1972
	Yougoslavia	21 - 16	Czechoslovakia

Detail of the results

Men's Olympic Games 1972 - Participating teams

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

East Germany

Hungary

Iceland

Japan

Norway

Poland

Romania

Spain

Sweden

Tunisia

U.S.S.R.

United States

West Germany

Yougoslavia

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