| | Event type

Handball, Men

Date	30 August – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Donauhalle, Ulm / Hohenstaufenhalle, Göppingen / Sporthalle Augsburg, Augsburg / Sporthalle Böblingen, Böblingen / Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	243 from 16 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination classification matches.

With the first eight nations of the 1970 World Championships automatically qualified (and ninth place USSR added because West German was already qualified as a host), the Olympic tournament was ensured of a competitive field. Of these nine nations, only Denmark failed to reach the second round. Both semi-final pools were a close affair. In Group A, East Germany (runner-up at the 1970 Worlds) had beaten Czechoslovakia in the first round, but lost to the Soviet Union 11-8 and missed out on the final on goal difference. In the other pool, reigning world champion Romania was surprised by Yugoslavia, which moved away from the Romanians in the second half to beat them 14-13 in a low-scoring affair.

This gave Romania vs. East Germany, the World Championship final of 1970, as the bronze medal match in München. Two years earlier, the Romanians required two overtimes to get rid of the Germans, but this time they obtained an early lead, giving them a 19-16 win in the end. The final was slightly disappointing. The Yugoslavs started with a 4-0 lead after six minutes, and protected a seven-point advantage in the first half. This sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia, which never recovered and lost 21-16.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Games	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	7 metre Shots / Attempts	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	6	122	122	61.0	18/21	17	11	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Gold
	1	Zoran Živković		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Miroslav Pribanić		6	12	12	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Petar Fajfrić		5	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Milorad Karalić		6	2	2	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Đorđe Lavrnić		6	28	28	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Slobodan Mišković		6	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Hrvoje Horvat		6	15	15	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Branislav Pokrajac		6	15	15	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Zdravko Miljak		6	7	7	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Milan Lazarević		6	27	27	–	–	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Abas Arslanagić		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Nebojša Popović		6	11	11	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	14	Albin Vidović		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	16	Zdenko Zorko		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Čedomir Bugarski DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Dobrivoje Selec DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Vlado Štencl
2	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6	102	102	0.586	19/27	10	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Silver
	1	František Králík		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	2	Arnošt Klimčík		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Ivan Satrapa		6	11	11	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Vladimír Jarý		6	10	10	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Jiří Kavan		6	15	15	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Andrej Lukošík		4	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Vladimír Haber		5	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Jindřich Krepindl		6	11	11	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Ladislav Beneš		6	14	14	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Vincent Lafko		5	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	František Brůna		2	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Peter Pospíšil		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Jaroslav Konečný		6	22	22	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Pavel Mikeš		6	7	7	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	15	Zdeněk Škára		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	16	Jaroslav Škarvan		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Jiří Vícha
3	–	Romania	ROU	6	98	98	0.495	9/12	8	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Bronze
	1	Cornel Penu		6	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Gabriel Kicsid		6	12	12	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	3	Valentin Samungi		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Ghiță Licu		5	5	5	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	5	Ștefan Birtalan		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Cristian Gațu		6	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Roland Guneš		6	19	19	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Radu Voina		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Simion Schobel		6	2	2	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Gheorghe Gruia		6	37	37	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	11	Constantin Tudosie		3	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Alexandru Dincă		6	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Werner Stöckl		6	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Dan Marin		2	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Adrian Cosma		5	8	8	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Virgil Tale DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Niculae Nedeff
4	–	East Germany	GDR	6	89	89	0.506	14/16	16	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Reiner Frieske		6	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Peter Randt		6	12	12	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Klaus Langhoff		6	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Reiner Ganschow		6	20	20	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Rainer Zimmermann		3	8	8	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Wolfgang Lakenmacher		6	11	11	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Rainer Würdig		2	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Jürgen Hildebrand		6	1	1	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Udo Röhrig		5	7	7	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Wolfgang Böhme		5	11	11	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Harry Zörnack		6	0	0	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Klaus Weiß		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Horst Jankhöfer		4	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	14	Peter Larisch		1	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Josef Rose		4	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	16	Siegfried Voigt		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Heinz Seiler
5	–	Soviet Union	URS	6	80	80	0.556	12/17	17	23	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Nikolay Semyonov		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Aleksandr Panov		6	15	15	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Vladimir Maksimov		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Valentin Kulyov		6	13	13	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Vasily Ilyin		6	11	11	–	–	2	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Anatoly Shevchenko		6	5	5	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Yury Klimov		6	7	7	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Mikhail Lutsenko		6	1	1	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Aleksandr Rezanov		6	3	3	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Yury Lagutin		3	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Valery Gassy		6	12	12	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Mikhail Ishchenko		6	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	13	Albert Oganezov		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Ivan Usaty		5	10	10	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Jānis Vilsons		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Pavel Kuyavski DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Anatoly Yevtushenko
6	–	West Germany	FRG	6	87	87	0.481	20/27	12	9	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	1	Hans-Jürgen Bode		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Herwig Ahrendsen		5	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Wolfgang Braun		5	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Peter Bucher		6	20	20	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	5	Jochen Feldhoff		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Diethard Finkelmann		5	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	7	Josef Karrer		2	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Klaus Lange		6	9	9	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Herbert Lübking		6	9	9	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Heiner Möller		4	13	13	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Peter Neuhaus		6	2	2	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Klaus Kater		5	0	0	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Herbert Rogge		5	5	5	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Herbert Wehnert		5	12	12	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	15	Klaus Westebbe		3	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Uwe Rathjen		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Werner Vick
7	–	Sweden	SWE	6	82	82	0.477	13/16	9	11	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Lars Karlsson		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Björn Andersson		5	11	11	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Bo Andersson		5	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Dan Eriksson		6	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Lennart Eriksson		6	25	25	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Johan Fischerström		3	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Bengt Johansson		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Benny Johansson		6	8	8	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Jan Jonsson		3	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Michael Koch		5	4	4	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Olle Olsson		4	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Sten Olsson		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Thomas Persson		4	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Göran Hård af Segerstad		5	4	4	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Bertil Söderberg		5	6	6	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Frank Ström		5	0	0	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Roland Mattsson
8	–	Hungary	HUN	6	110	110	0.507	24/34	6	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	1	József Horváth		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Sándor Kaló		6	14	14	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Károly Vass		6	11	11	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	István Varga		6	32	32	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	István Szabó		2	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	6	István Marosi		5	14	14	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Sándor Vass		6	11	11	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Lajos Simó		6	12	12	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	János Adorján		6	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	10	László Harka		4	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Sándor Takács		6	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Béla Bartalos		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	János Stiller		6	11	11	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	János Csík		1	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	László Szabó		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Gyula Hurth DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Miklós Albrecht
9	–	Norway	NOR	5	90	90	0.556	25/33	7	7	0	2	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Pål Bye		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Per Axel Ankre		5	10	10	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Jon Reinertsen		4	13	13	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	4	Sten Osther		3	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	5	Pål Cappelen		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Inge Hansen		4	11	11	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Carl Graff-Wang		4	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Geir Røse		3	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Harald Tyrdal		4	12	12	–	–	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Roger Hverven		4	7	7	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Torstein Hansen		5	22	22	–	–	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Jan Økseter		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	13	Ulf Magnussen		1	0	0	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	14	Arnulf Bæk		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Finn Urdal		3	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Per Søderstrøm		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Thor Nohr
10	–	Poland	POL	5	75	75	0.466	11/18	9	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	1	Andrzej Szymczak		3	0	0	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Engelbert Szolc		5	11	11	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Zygfryd Kuchta		5	7	7	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Helmut Pniociński		4	0	0	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Andrzej Lech		4	2	2	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Robert Zawada		2	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Zbigniew Dybol		5	10	10	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Jerzy Melcer		5	19	19	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Andrzej Sokołowski		5	1	1	–	–	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Jan Gmyrek		4	7	7	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Henryk Rozmiarek		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Włodzimierz Wachowicz		5	2	2	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Zdzisław Antczak		5	11	11	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Franciszek Gąsior		1	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Bogdan Kowalczyk		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Władysław Popielarski DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Janusz Czerwiński
11	–	Japan	JPN	5	82	82	0.368	4/8	6	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Toshihiko Shimosato		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Nobuyuki Iida		5	14	14	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Shuji Arinaga		5	13	13	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Katsuhiko Chikamori		5	14	14	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Minoru Kino		5	12	12	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Kiyotaka Hayakawa		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Takezo Nakai		5	8	8	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Toshio Niimi		5	0	0	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Masayuki Hyokai		5	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Hiroshi Honda		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Kenichi Sasaki		5	1	1	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Kiyoshi Noda		5	15	15	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Toshio Matsuzaki DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Tomoaki Takeno DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Hisayuki Tarumi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Wahei Tsuchiya DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Tomoaki Takeno
12	–	Iceland	ISL	5	92	92	0.482	13/15	7	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Hjalti Einarsson		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Gunnsteinn Skúlason		5	7	7	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Viðar Símonarson		4	4	4	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Stefán Jónsson		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Björgvin Björgvinsson		5	12	12	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson		5	4	4	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Ólafur Jónsson		5	9	9	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Stefán Gunnarsson		3	2	2	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Geir Hallsteinsson		5	20	20	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Axel Axelsson		4	11	11	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Birgir Finnbogason		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Sigurður Einarsson		4	1	1	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Ágúst Ögmundsson		3	1	1	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Jón Magnússon		5	21	21	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Ólafur Benediktsson		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Gísli Blöndal DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Hilmar Björnsson
13	–	Denmark	DEN	5	78	78	0.441	10/16	8	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Kay Jørgensen		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Arne Andersen		5	3	3	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Keld Andersen		5	7	7	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Left Wing	4	Jørgen Frandsen		3	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Claus From		4	6	6	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Flemming Hansen		5	27	27	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Jørgen Heidemann		5	8	8	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Søren Jensen		4	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Bent Jørgensen		4	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Svend Lund		3	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Tom Lund		4	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Flemming Lauritzen		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Thor Munkager		2	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Karsten Sørensen		2	5	5	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Jørgen Vodsgaard		4	6	6	–	–	3	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Vagn Nielsen		3	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Jørgen Gårskjær
14	–	United States	USA	5	86	86	0.465	13/19	11	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Ellie Edes		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Richard Abrahamson		5	24	24	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Joel Voelkert		5	7	7	–	–	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Fletcher Abram, Jr.		3	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Jim Rogers		4	15	15	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Roger Baker		5	11	11	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Richard Schlesinger, Jr.		5	4	4	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Dennis Berkholtz		5	6	6	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Bob Sparks		5	3	3	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Matt Matthews		5	10	10	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	11	Vincent DiCalogero		2	1	1	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Kevin Serrapede		4	3	3	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Larry Caton		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Wing	15	Tom Hardiman		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Sandor Rivnyak		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Harry Winkler, Jr. DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Peter Buehning, Sr.
15	–	Spain	ESP	5	82	82	0.513	20/22	11	15	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	José Perramón		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Joan Morera		5	17	17	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Antonio Andreu		5	2	2	–	–	3	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Juan Miguel Igartua		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Faustino Villamarín		5	7	7	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	José Manuel Tauré		5	15	15	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Javier García		2	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	José Rochel		2	9	9	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	9	Santos Labaca		4	5	5	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	10	Francisco López		3	1	1	–	–	3	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Right Back	11	Fernando de Andrés		3	9	9	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Jesús Guerrero		5	4	4	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Juan Antonio Medina		4	8	8	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Miguel Ángel Cascallana		5	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Vicente Ortega		3	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	–	Rafael Gutiérrez DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach		Domingo Bárcenas
16	–	Tunisia	TUN	5	73	73	0.341	8/11	10	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	1	Moncef Loueslati		5	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	2	Abdel Aziz Zaibi		3	1	1	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	3	Faouzi Ksouri		4	3	3	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	4	Abderraouf Ben Samir		5	4	4	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	5	Mohamed Klai		5	6	6	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	6	Mohamed Sebabti		5	24	24	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	7	Ridha Zitoun		2	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	8	Mohamed Khalladi		5	8	8	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Pivot	9	Mounir Jelili		1	1	1	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	10	Amor Sghaier		3	1	1	–	–	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	11	Mohamed Naceur Jelili		5	5	5	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	12	Moncef Besbes		4	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	13	Aleya Hamrouni		5	13	13	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	14	Taoufik Djemaiel		4	5	5	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	15	Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj		3	2	2	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	16	Rached Boudhina		1	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach

Round One

Date	30 August – 3 September 1972

Group A

Date	30 August – 3 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Sweden	SWE	1	2	0	4	40-34
2	Soviet Union	URS	1	2	0	4	40-34
3	Poland	POL	1	1	1	3	35-38
4	Denmark	DEN	0	1	2	1	30-39

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	Denmark	DEN	12 – 12	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	Sweden	SWE	13 – 13	Poland	POL
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	Poland	POL	11 – 8	Denmark	DEN
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	Soviet Union	URS	11 – 11	Sweden	SWE
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	Sweden	SWE	16 – 10	Denmark	DEN
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	Soviet Union	URS	17 – 11	Poland	POL

Group B

Date	30 August – 3 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	East Germany	GDR	3	0	0	6	51-32
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	1	3	56-40
3	Iceland	ISL	1	1	1	3	57-51
4	Tunisia	TUN	0	0	3	0	32-73

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	East Germany	GDR	16 – 11	Iceland	ISL
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	Czechoslovakia	TCH	25 – 7	Tunisia	TUN
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	East Germany	GDR	21 – 9	Tunisia	TUN
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	Czechoslovakia	TCH	19 – 19	Iceland	ISL
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	East Germany	GDR	14 – 12	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	Iceland	ISL	27 – 16	Tunisia	TUN

Group C

Date	30 August – 3 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Romania	ROU	3	0	0	6	46-37
2	West Germany	FRG	1	1	1	3	39-38
3	Norway	NOR	1	1	1	3	48-50
4	Spain	ESP	0	0	3	0	39-47

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	Romania	ROU	18 – 14	Norway	NOR
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	West Germany	FRG	13 – 10	Spain	ESP
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	Romania	ROU	15 – 12	Spain	ESP
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	West Germany	FRG	15 – 15	Norway	NOR
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	Romania	ROU	13 – 11	West Germany	FRG
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	Norway	NOR	19 – 17	Spain	ESP

Group D

Date	30 August – 3 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	0	6	63-45
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	4	64-45
3	Japan	JPN	1	2	2	46-56
4	United States	USA	0	3	0	46-73

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	20 – 14	Japan	JPN
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	Hungary	HUN	28 – 15	United States	USA
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	25 – 15	United States	USA
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	Hungary	HUN	20 – 12	Japan	JPN
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	18 – 16	Hungary	HUN
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	Japan	JPN	20 – 16	United States	USA

Round Two

Date	5 – 8 September 1972

Group A

Date	5 – 8 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	0	1	4	42-38	1
2	East Germany	GDR	2	0	1	4	36-34	2
3	Soviet Union	URS	1	1	1	3	34-34	3
4	Sweden	SWE	0	1	2	1	34-40	4

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep 15:30	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15 – 12	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	Soviet Union	URS	11 – 8	East Germany	GDR
Match #3	08 Sep 15:30	East Germany	GDR	14 – 11	Sweden	SWE
Match #4	08 Sep 20:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15 – 12	Soviet Union	URS

Group B

Date	6 – 8 September 1972
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	0	6	56-44	5
2	Romania	ROU	2	1	4	46-39	6
3	West Germany	FRG	1	2	2	43-51	7
4	Hungary	HUN	0	3	0	44-55	8

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep 15:30	Romania	ROU	20 – 14	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	24 – 15	West Germany	FRG
Match #3	08 Sep 15:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	14 – 13	Romania	ROU
Match #4	08 Sep 20:00	West Germany	FRG	17 – 14	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 13-16

Date	7 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep 20:00	Denmark	DEN	29 – 21	Tunisia	TUN
Match #2	07 Sep 20:00	United States	USA	22 – 20	Spain	ESP

Classification Round 9-12

Date	7 September 1972
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep 15:30	Poland	POL	20 – 17	Iceland	ISL
Match #2	07 Sep 15:30	Norway	NOR	19 – 17	Japan	JPN

Final Round

Date	9 – 10 September 1972
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	10 Sep 21:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	21 – 16	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match 3/4	10 Sep 10:00	Romania	ROU	19 – 16	East Germany	GDR
Match 5/6	10 Sep 21:00	Soviet Union	URS	17 – 16	West Germany	FRG
Match 7/8	10 Sep 10:00	Sweden	SWE	19 – 18	Hungary	HUN
Match 9/10	09 Sep 20:00	Norway	NOR	23 – 20	Poland	POL
Match 11/12	09 Sep 15:30	Japan	JPN	19 – 18	Iceland	ISL
Match 13/14	09 Sep 15:30	Denmark	DEN	19 – 18	United States	USA
Match 15/16	09 Sep 20:00	Spain	ESP	23 – 20	Tunisia	TUN