| | Event type

Football, Men

Date	27 August – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Drei-Flüsse-Stadion, Passau / ESV-Stadion, Ingolstadt / Jahnstadion, Regensburg / Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München / Rosenau-Stadion, Augsburg / Städtisches Stadion, Nürnberg
Participants	269 from 16 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament for first four places.

The tournament rules were slightly changed for the 1972 Olympic football tournament, as the quarter-finals were replaced by a second round of round-robin play. Another rule stipulated that should one of the final matches end in a tie after extra time, both teams would receive gold or bronze medals. This rule had a negative effect on play, as the Soviet Union and East Germany were not willing to risk losing their bronze medal in the extra time of their match. The public booed them as they finished the match without attacking.

The final was played between Poland and Hungary, the 1964 and 1968 champions. Poland was coached by Kazimierz Górski, who also managed the Polish national team. With future stars like Grzegorz Lato, the Poles were considered to be the best team of the tournament. In the final, they trailed Hungary at half-time, but two goals by Kazimierz Deyna turned the match around. Two years later, Górski led the Polish team to a third place at the World Cup - also in West Germany - with many of the players that took the gold medal in München.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalty Kicks	Shots	Shots on Goal	Corner Kicks	Free Kicks	Offsides	Fouls Committed
1	–	Poland	POL	21	2	0	–	161	94	53	114	–	84	Gold
	1	Hubert Kostka		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Zbigniew Gut		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jerzy Gorgoń		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Zygmunt Anczok		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lesław Ćmikiewicz		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Zygmunt Maszczyk		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Jerzy Kraska		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Kazimierz Deyna		9	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ryszard Szymczak		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Zygfryd Szołtysik		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Włodzimierz Lubański		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Robert Gadocha		6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Antoni Szymanowski		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Marian Ostafiński		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Kazimierz Kmiecik		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Joachim Marx		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Grzegorz Lato		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Andrzej Jarosik DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Marian Szeja DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Kazimierz Górski
2	–	Hungary	HUN	18	7	1	–	123	78	62	156	–	105	Silver
	1	István Géczi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Péter Vépi		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Miklós Páncsics		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	László Bálint		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Péter Juhász		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ede Dunai		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Lajos Kű		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lajos Szűcs		0	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Mihály Kozma		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Antal Dunai		7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Béla Várady		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Kálmán Tóth		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Lajos Kocsis		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	László Branikovits		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Csaba Vidáts		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Ádám Rothermel		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	József Kovács		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	István Básti DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Imre Rapp DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Rudolf Illovszky
=3	–	East Germany	GDR	23	6	0	–	186	109	61	114	–	120	Bronze	1
	1	Jürgen Croy		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Frank Ganzera		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Lothar Kurbjuweit		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Konrad Weise		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Manfred Zapf		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Bernd Bransch		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Jürgen Pommerenke		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Wolfgang Seguin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Eberhard Vogel		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hans-Jürgen Kreische		5	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jürgen Sparwasser		5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Peter Ducke		1	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Joachim Streich		6	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Ralf Schulenberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Reinhard Häfner		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Harald Irmscher		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Siegmar Wätzlich		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Dieter Schneider DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Axel Tyll DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Georg Buschner
=3	–	Soviet Union	URS	17	6	0	–	175	96	52	143	–	106	Bronze	2
	1	Yevgeny Rudakov		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Yury Istomin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Murtaz Khurtsilava		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Vladimir Kaplichny		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Yevgeny Lovchev		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Viktor Kolotov		3	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Sergey Olshansky		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Hovhannes Zanazanyan		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Gennady Yevryuzhikhin		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Andrey Yakubik		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Vyacheslav Semyonov		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Arkadi Andriasyan		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Oleg Blokhin		6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Anatoly Kuksov		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Yozhef Sabo		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Vladimir Pilguy		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Revaz Dzodzuashvili		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Vladimir Onishchenko		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Yury Yeliseyev		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Aleksandr Ponomaryov
=5	–	West Germany	FRG	17	5	0	–	195	129	50	117	–	76
	13	Bernd Nickel		6	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Dieter Mietz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Egon Schmitt		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ewald Hammes		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Friedhelm Häbermann		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Günter Wienhold		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Hans-Jürgen Bradler		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Hartwig Bleidick		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Heiner Baltes		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Hermann Bitz		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Jürgen Kalb		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Klaus Wunder		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Manfred Kaltz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Ottmar Hitzfeld		5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Reiner Hollmann		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Ronnie Worm		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Rudi Seliger		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Uli Hoeneß		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Hans-Dieter Seelmann DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Jupp Derwall
=5	–	Denmark	DEN	11	5	0	–	81	40	35	93	–	85
	9	Allan Simonsen		3	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Heino Hansen		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Flemming Ahlberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Flemming Pedersen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Hans Hansen		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Jack Hansen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Jørgen Rasmussen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Heinz Hildebrandt		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Keld Bak		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Kristen Nygaard Kristensen		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Leif Printzlau		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Max Rasmussen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Mogens Therkildsen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Per Røntved		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sten Ziegler		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Svend Andresen		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Kurt Berthelsen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Valdemar Hansen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Helge Vonsyld DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Rudi Strittich
=7	–	Mexico	MEX	4	5	0	–	89	41	24	152	–	105
	6	Alejandro Hernández		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Alejandro Peña		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Alfredo Hernández		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Daniel Razo		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	David Regalado		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Enrique Martín		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Fernando Blanco		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Francisco Barba		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Horacio Sánchez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Jesús Rico		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	José Ángel Talavera		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	José Luis Trejo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Juan Manuel Álvarez		0	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Leonardo Cuéllar		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Manuel Borja		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Manuel Manzo		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Lorenzo Reyes		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Salvador Márquez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Rogelio Ruiz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Diego Mercado
=7	–	Morocco	MAR	7	9	0	–	120	55	31	101	–	114
	10	Mohamed Zouita		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Abdullah Tazi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Abdel Ali Zahraoui		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Abdel Fattah Jafri		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Abdallah Lamrani		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Abdel Majid Hadry		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ahmed Najah		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Ahmed Bel Korchi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Ahmed Faras		3	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Boujamaa Ben Khrief		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Maouhoub Ghazouani		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Khalifa El-Bakhti		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Larbi Aherdane		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Mohamed El-Filali		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Mohamed Merzaq		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Mustapha Yaghcha		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Mohamed Hazzaz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Mustapha Zeghrari		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Allal Ben Kassou DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Sabino Barinaga
=9	–	Malaysia	MAS	3	1	0	–	27	14	10	56	–	24
	4	Namat Abdullah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Abdullah Othman		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Abdullah Rahim		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Shahar-ud-Din Abdullah		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	V. Krishnasamy		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Mohamad Bakar		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Soh Chin Aun		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Wong Choon Wah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Bahwandi Hiralal		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Hamzah Hussein		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Ibrahim Salleh		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Wong Kam Fook		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Looi Loon Teik		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	M. Chandran		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Youssef Zawawi		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Lim Fung Kee DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Jusoh Harun DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Khoo Luan Khen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ali Bakar DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Jalil Che Din
=9	–	Burma	MYA	2	0	0	–	36	22	16	60	–	47
	8	Aye Maung Gyi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Aye Maung Lay		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Khin Maung Lay		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Maung Maung Tin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Myint Kyu		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Myo Win Nyunt		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	San Aye		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Than Soe		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Tin Aung		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Tin Aung Moe		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Tin Sein		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Win Maung		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Ye Nyunt		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Hla Htay DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Khin Maung Tun DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Maung Nyunt Maung DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Sein Win DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Sein Win Lay DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Soe Ryint DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Seing Hlaing
=9	–	Iran	IRI	1	1	0	–	55	24	18	65	–	39
	5	Akbar Kargar Jam		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Ali Jabbari		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ali Parvin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ali Reza Azizi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Asghar Sharafi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Ebrahim Ashtiyani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Gholam Vafakhah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jafar Kashani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Javad Ghorab		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Majid Halvaie		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Mahmoud Khordbeen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Mansour Rashidi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Mehdi Monajati		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Mehdi Lavasani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Mohammad Sadeghi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Parviz Qelichkhani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Safar Iranpak		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Javad Allahverdi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Reza Gholfsaz DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Mahmoud Bayati
=9	–	Colombia	COL	5	4	0	–	60	36	15	59	–	43
	5	Álvaro Calle		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Ángel Torres		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Antonio Rivas		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Carlos Lugo		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Domingo González		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Dumas Guette		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Ernesto Díaz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Fabio Espinosa		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Gerardo Moncada		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jaime Morón		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Luis Montaño		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Orlando Rivas		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Rafael Reyes		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Silvio Quintero		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Vicente Rebellón		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Willington Ortiz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Álvaro Santamaría		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Armando Acosta DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Henry Caicedo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Todor Veselinović
=13	–	United States	USA	0	2	0	–	31	23	14	48	–	39
	2	Casey Bahr		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	John Bocwinski		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	John Carenza		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Art Demling		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Mike Flater		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Steve Gay		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Joe Hamm		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Mani Hernandez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Mike Ivanow		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Mike Margulis		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Shep Messing		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Archie Roboostoff		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Hugo Salcedo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Mike Seerey		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Neil Stam		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Horst Stemke		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Al Trost		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Wally Ziaja		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Jim Zylker		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Bob Guelker
=13	–	Sudan	SUD	1	3	0	–	49	25	13	83	–	67
	16	Adam Mohamed Izz El-Din		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Ahmed Bushara Wahba		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ahmed Abdo Mustafa		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Ahmed Mohamed Sharaf El-Din		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	El-Mannan Mohsin Atta		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Gaksa		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Hassan Nagm El-Din		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Mohamed El-Sir Abdalla		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Mohamed Abdel Fatah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Omer Ali Hasab El-Rasoul		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Mahmoud Sayed Salim		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Bushara Abdel-Nadif		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Suliman Gafar Mohamed		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Osman El-Fadel DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Abdel Gadir El-Nur DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Ahmed Izz El-Din Osman DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Abdel Gadir Mohamed DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Awad Nasr Musa DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Abdel Fattah Hamed
=13	–	Brazil	BRA	4	2	0	–	45	27	29	71	–	52
	13	Abel Braga		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Terezo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Angélio		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Rubens Galaxe		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Bolívar		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Fred		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Roberto Dinamite		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Pedrinho Gaúcho		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Celsinho		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Dirceu		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Osmar		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Zé Carlos Olímpico		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Manoel Costa		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Nielsen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Falcão		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Vágner		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Washington		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Pintinho DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Vitor DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Antoninho
=13	–	Ghana	GHA	1	1	0	–	49	29	16	56	–	35
	9	Abukari Gariba		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Alex Mingle		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Armah Akuetteh		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Clifford Odame		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Edward Boye		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Essul Badu Mensah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Henry France		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Ibrahim Sunday		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Joe Ghartey		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	John Eshun		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Kofi Osei		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Malik Jabir		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Oliver Acquah		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Peter Lamptey		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Samuel Yaw		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Kwasi Owusu		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Joseph Derchie DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Albert Essuman DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Joe Sam DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Charles Kumi Gyamfi

Preliminary Round

Date	27 August – 1 September 1972

Group A

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	West Germany	FRG	3	0	0	6	13-0	Q
2	Morocco	MAR	1	1	1	3	6-3	Q
3	Malaysia	MAS	1	0	2	2	3-9
4	United States	USA	0	1	2	1	0-10

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug 15:00	West Germany	FRG	3 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #2	27 Aug 15:00	Morocco	MAR	0 – 0	United States	USA
Match #3	29 Aug 16:30	West Germany	FRG	3 – 0	Morocco	MAR
Match #4	29 Aug 16:30	Malaysia	MAS	3 – 0	United States	USA
Match #5	31 Aug 16:30	Morocco	MAR	6 – 0	Malaysia	MAS
Match #6	31 Aug 21:00	West Germany	FRG	7 – 0	United States	USA

Group B

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	6	7-2	Q
2	Mexico	MEX	2	1	4	3-4	Q
3	Burma	MYA	1	2	2	2-2
4	Sudan	SUD	0	3	0	1-5

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 16:30	Soviet Union	URS	1 – 0	Burma	MYA
Match #2	28 Aug 16:30	Mexico	MEX	1 – 0	Sudan	SUD
Match #3	30 Aug 17:30	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 1	Sudan	SUD
Match #4	30 Aug 16:30	Mexico	MEX	1 – 0	Burma	MYA
Match #5	01 Sep 16:30	Soviet Union	URS	4 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #6	01 Sep 16:30	Burma	MYA	2 – 0	Sudan	SUD

Group C

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	9-2	Q
2	Denmark	DEN	2	0	1	4	7-4	Q
3	Iran	IRI	1	0	2	2	1-9
4	Brazil	BRA	0	1	2	1	4-6

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug 15:00	Hungary	HUN	5 – 0	Iran	IRI
Match #2	27 Aug 15:00	Denmark	DEN	3 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #3	29 Aug 16:30	Denmark	DEN	4 – 0	Iran	IRI
Match #4	29 Aug 17:30	Brazil	BRA	2 – 2	Hungary	HUN
Match #5	31 Aug 16:30	Iran	IRI	1 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	31 Aug 16:30	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	Denmark	DEN

Group D

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Poland	POL	3	0	6	11-2	Q
2	East Germany	GDR	2	1	4	11-3	Q
3	Colombia	COL	1	2	2	5-12
4	Ghana	GHA	0	3	0	1-11

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 16:30	Poland	POL	5 – 1	Colombia	COL
Match #2	28 Aug 17:30	East Germany	GDR	4 – 0	Ghana	GHA
Match #3	30 Aug 16:30	East Germany	GDR	6 – 1	Colombia	COL
Match #4	30 Aug 16:30	Poland	POL	4 – 0	Ghana	GHA
Match #5	01 Sep 16:30	Poland	POL	2 – 1	East Germany	GDR
Match #6	01 Sep 21:00	Colombia	COL	3 – 1	Ghana	GHA

Semi-Finals

Date	3 – 8 September 1972

Group A

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	0	6	8-1	Q
2	East Germany	GDR	2	0	1	4	10-4	q
3	West Germany	FRG	0	1	2	1	4-8
4	Mexico	MEX	0	1	2	1	1-10

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	04 Sep 15:00	West Germany	FRG	1 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #2	04 Sep 15:00	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	East Germany	GDR
Match #3	05 Sep 16:30	East Germany	GDR	7 – 0	Mexico	MEX
Match #4	06 Sep 20:00	Hungary	HUN	4 – 1	West Germany	FRG
Match #5	08 Sep 16:30	East Germany	GDR	3 – 2	West Germany	FRG
Match #6	08 Sep 21:30	Hungary	HUN	2 – 0	Mexico	MEX

Group B

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Poland	POL	2	1	0	5	8-2	Q
2	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	1	4	8-2	q
3	Denmark	DEN	1	1	1	3	4-6
4	Morocco	MAR	0	0	3	0	1-11

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	03 Sep 21:00	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 0	Morocco	MAR
Match #2	03 Sep 15:00	Denmark	DEN	1 – 1	Poland	POL
Match #3	05 Sep 16:30	Denmark	DEN	3 – 1	Morocco	MAR
Match #4	05 Sep 20:00	Poland	POL	2 – 1	Soviet Union	URS
Match #5	08 Sep 21:30	Poland	POL	5 – 0	Morocco	MAR
Match #6	08 Sep 21:30	Soviet Union	URS	4 – 0	Denmark	DEN

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	10 Sep 20:15	Poland	POL	2 – 1	Hungary	HUN
Match 3/4	10 Sep 10:00	East Germany	GDR	2 – 2	Soviet Union	URS	AET