| | 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	Nr	Team	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals	Games	Goals/Saves	Attempts	%	6 m	Wing	9 m	7 m	Fastbreaks	Breakthroughs	Assists	Turnovers	Steals	Blocked Shots	Yellow Cards	2-minute Suspensions	Red Cards	DQs	Time
1		Yugoslavia	YUG	–	–	–	–	–––	6	122	200	61.0	–	–	–	18/21	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	11	0	0	–	Gold
	1	Zoran Živković							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Miroslav Pribanić							6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Petar Fajfrić							5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Milorad Karalić							6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	5	Đorđe Lavrnić							6	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	6	Slobodan Mišković							6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Hrvoje Horvat							6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	8	Branislav Pokrajac							6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Zdravko Miljak							6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	11	Milan Lazarević							6	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	0	–
	12	Abas Arslanagić							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Nebojša Popović							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
RB	14	Albin Vidović							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	16	Zdenko Zorko							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Čedomir Bugarski (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	–	Dobrivoje Selec (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Vlado Štencl
2		Czechoslovakia	TCH	–	–	–	–	–––	6	102	174	58.6	–	–	–	19/27	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	12	0	0	–	Silver
	1	František Králík							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	2	Arnošt Klimčík							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	3	Ivan Satrapa							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	4	Vladimír Jarý							6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	5	Jiří Kavan							6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Andrej Lukošík							4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Vladimír Haber							5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Jindřich Krepindl							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	9	Ladislav Beneš							6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	10	Vincent Lafko							5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	11	František Brůna							2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Peter Pospíšil							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Jaroslav Konečný							6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	14	Pavel Mikeš							6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
P	15	Zdeněk Škára							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	16	Jaroslav Škarvan							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach		Ladislav Šesták
3		Romania	ROU	–	–	–	–	–––	6	98	198	49.5	–	–	–	9/12	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	4	0	0	–	Bronze
	1	Cornel Penu							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Gabriel Kicsid							6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	3	Valentin Samungi							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Ghiță Licu							5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
RB	5	Ștefan Birtalan							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Cristian Gațu							6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Roland Guneš							6	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	8	Radu Voina							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	9	Simion Schobel							6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	10	Gheorghe Gruia							6	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	11	Constantin Tudosie							3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Alexandru Dincă							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Werner Stöckl							6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Dan Marin							2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	15	Adrian Cosma							5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	–	Virgil Tale (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Vasile Oprea
4		East Germany	GDR	–	–	–	–	–––	6	89	176	50.6	–	–	–	14/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	10	0	0	–
	1	Reiner Frieske							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Peter Randt							6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	3	Klaus Langhoff							6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Reiner Ganschow							6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Rainer Zimmermann							3	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	6	Wolfgang Lakenmacher							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Rainer Würdig							2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Jürgen Hildebrand							6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	9	Udo Röhrig							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Wolfgang Böhme							5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	11	Harry Zörnack							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–
	12	Klaus Weiß							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Horst Jankhöfer							4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	14	Peter Larisch							1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	15	Josef Rose							4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	16	Siegfried Voigt							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach		Heinz Seiler
5		Soviet Union	URS	–	–	–	–	–––	6	80	144	55.6	–	–	–	12/17	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	23	1	0	–
	1	Nikolay Semyonov							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Aleksandr Panov							6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Vladimir Maksimov							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Valentin Kulyov							6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Vasily Ilyin							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	0	–
	6	Anatoly Shevchenko							6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	7	Yury Klimov							6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Mikhail Lutsenko							6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	9	Aleksandr Rezanov							6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	10	Yury Lagutin							3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	11	Valery Gassy							6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Mikhail Ishchenko							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	13	Albert Oganezov							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Ivan Usaty							5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Jānis Vilsons							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Pavel Kuyavski (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Anatoly Yevtushenko
6		West Germany	FRG	–	–	–	–	–––	6	87	181	48.1	–	–	–	20/27	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	9	0	0	–
LW	1	Hans-Jürgen Bode							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Herwig Ahrendsen							5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	3	Wolfgang Braun							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Peter Bucher							6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	5	Jochen Feldhoff							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Diethard Finkelmann							5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	7	Josef Karrer							2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Klaus Lange							6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	9	Herbert Lübking							6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Heiner Möller							4	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	11	Peter Neuhaus							6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	12	Klaus Kater							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	13	Herbert Rogge							5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	14	Herbert Wehnert							5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
LW	15	Klaus Westebbe							3	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Uwe Rathjen							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach		Werner Vick
7		Sweden	SWE	–	–	–	–	–––	6	82	172	47.7	–	–	–	13/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	11	0	0	–
	1	Lars Karlsson							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Björn Andersson							5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	3	Bo Andersson							5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Dan Eriksson							6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Lennart Eriksson							6	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Johan Fischerström							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Bengt Johansson							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Benny Johansson							6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	9	Jan Jonsson							3	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Michael Koch							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	11	Olle Olsson							4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Sten Olsson							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Thomas Persson							4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Göran Hård af Segerstad							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–
	15	Bertil Söderberg							5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	16	Frank Ström							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
Coach		Roland Mattsson
8		Hungary	HUN	–	–	–	–	–––	6	110	217	50.7	–	–	–	24/34	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	0	0	–
LW	1	József Horváth							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Sándor Kaló							6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	3	Károly Vass							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	4	István Varga							6	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	5	István Szabó							2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	6	István Marosi							5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Sándor Vass							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Lajos Simó							6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	9	János Adorján							6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
LW	10	László Harka							4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	11	Sándor Takács							6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Béla Bartalos							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	János Stiller							6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	János Csík							1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	László Szabó							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Gyula Hurth (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Miklós Albrecht
9		Norway	NOR	–	–	–	–	–––	5	90	162	55.6	–	–	–	25/33	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	7	2	0	–
	1	Pål Bye							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Per Axel Ankre							5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Jon Reinertsen							4	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
RB	4	Sten Osther							3	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
P	5	Pål Cappelen							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Inge Hansen							4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–
	7	Carl Graff-Wang							4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Geir Røse							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	9	Harald Tyrdal							4	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	0	–
	10	Roger Hverven							4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–
	11	Torstein Hansen							5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	0	–
	12	Jan Økseter							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
RB	13	Ulf Magnussen							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
RB	14	Arnulf Bæk							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	15	Finn Urdal							3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Per Søderstrøm							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach		Thor Nohr
10		Poland	POL	–	–	–	–	–––	5	75	161	46.6	–	–	–	11/18	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	12	0	0	–
LW	1	Andrzej Szymczak							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Engelbert Szolc							5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	4	Zygfryd Kuchta							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	5	Helmut Pniociński							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	6	Andrzej Lech							4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–
	7	Robert Zawada							2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Zbigniew Dybol							5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	9	Jerzy Melcer							5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	10	Andrzej Sokołowski							5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	–
	11	Jan Gmyrek							4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	12	Henryk Rozmiarek							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Włodzimierz Wachowicz							5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–
	14	Zdzisław Antczak							5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	15	Franciszek Gąsior							1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Bogdan Kowalczyk							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Władysław Popielarski (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Janusz Czerwiński
11		Japan	JPN	–	–	–	–	–––	5	82	223	36.8	–	–	–	4/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	0	0	–
	1	Toshihiko Shimosato							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Nobuyuki Iida							5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Shuji Arinaga							5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	4	Katsuhiko Chikamori							5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Minoru Kino							5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–
	7	Kiyotaka Hayakawa							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Takezo Nakai							5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	9	Toshio Niimi							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	10	Masayuki Hyokai							5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Hiroshi Honda							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Kenichi Sasaki							5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	15	Kiyoshi Noda							5	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	191	48.2	–	–	–	13/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	10	0	0	–
	1	Hjalti Einarsson							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Gunnsteinn Skúlason							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	3	Viðar Símonarson							4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	4	Stefán Jónsson							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Björgvin Björgvinsson							5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–
	7	Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–
	8	Ólafur Jónsson							5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–
	9	Stefán Gunnarsson							3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	10	Geir Hallsteinsson							5	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	11	Axel Axelsson							4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Birgir Finnbogason							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Sigurður Einarsson							4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	14	Ágúst Ögmundsson							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	15	Jón Magnússon							5	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	16	Ólafur Benediktsson							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Gísli Blöndal (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Hilmar Björnsson
13		Denmark	DEN	–	–	–	–	–––	5	78	177	44.1	–	–	–	10/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	10	0	0	–
	1	Kay Jørgensen							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Arne Andersen							5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–
	3	Keld Andersen							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
LW	4	Jørgen Frandsen							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Claus From							4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	6	Flemming Hansen							5	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	7	Jørgen Heidemann							5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Søren Jensen							4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	9	Bent Jørgensen							4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Svend Lund							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	11	Tom Lund							4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Flemming Lauritzen							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Thor Munkager							2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Karsten Sørensen							2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	15	Jørgen Vodsgaard							4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	0	0	–
	16	Vagn Nielsen							3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach		Jørgen Gårskjær
14		United States	USA	–	–	–	–	–––	5	86	185	46.5	–	–	–	13/19	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	8	0	0	–
	1	Ellie Edes							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Richard Abrahamson							5	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	3	Joel Voelkert							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	0	–
	4	Fletcher Abram, Jr.							3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Jim Rogers							4	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Roger Baker							5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	7	Richard Schlesinger, Jr.							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	8	Dennis Berkholtz							5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	9	Bob Sparks							5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	10	Matt Matthews							5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
RB	11	Vincent DiCalogero							2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	12	Kevin Serrapede							4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	14	Larry Caton							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
RW	15	Tom Hardiman							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Sandor Rivnyak							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Harry Winkler, Jr. (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Peter Buehning, Sr.
15		Spain	ESP	–	–	–	–	–––	5	82	160	51.3	–	–	–	20/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	15	0	0	–
	1	José Perramón							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Joan Morera							5	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	3	Antonio Andreu							5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	0	–
	4	Juan Miguel Igartua							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	5	Faustino Villamarín							5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	6	José Manuel Tauré							5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	7	Javier García							2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	José Rochel							2	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	9	Santos Labaca							4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
RB	10	Francisco López							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	0	–
RB	11	Fernando de Andrés							3	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	12	Jesús Guerrero							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Juan Antonio Medina							4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	14	Miguel Ángel Cascallana							5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	15	Vicente Ortega							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	–	Rafael Gutiérrez (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Domingo Bárcenas
16		Tunisia	TUN	–	–	–	–	–––	5	73	214	34.1	–	–	–	8/11	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	6	0	0	–
	1	Moncef Loueslati							5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	2	Abdel Aziz Zaibi							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–
	3	Faouzi Ksouri							4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	4	Abderraouf Ben Samir							5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	5	Mohamed Klai							5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	6	Mohamed Sebabti							5	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	7	Ridha Zitoun							2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	8	Mohamed Khalladi							5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–
P	9	Mounir Jelili							1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	10	Amor Sghaier							3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	0	–
	11	Mohamed Naceur Jelili							5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	12	Moncef Besbes							4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	13	Aleya Hamrouni							5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–
	14	Taoufik Djemaiel							4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–
	15	Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj							3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
	16	Rached Boudhina							1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–
Coach

Round One (30 August – 3 September 1972)

Group A (30 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	SWE	1	2	0	4	40–34
2	URS	1	2	0	4	40–34
3	POL	1	1	1	3	35–38
4	DEN	0	1	2	1	30–39

Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	DEN	12 – 12	URS
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	SWE	13 – 13	POL
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	POL	11 – 8	DEN
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	URS	11 – 11	SWE
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	SWE	16 – 10	DEN
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	URS	17 – 11	POL

Group B (30 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	GDR	3	0	0	6	51–32
2	TCH	1	1	1	3	56–40
3	ISL	1	1	1	3	57–51
4	TUN	0	0	3	0	32–73

Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	GDR	16 – 11	ISL
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	TCH 1	25 – 7	TUN 2
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	GDR	21 – 9	TUN
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	TCH	19 – 19	ISL
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	GDR	14 – 12	TCH
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	ISL	27 – 16	TUN

Group C (30 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	ROU	3	0	0	6	46–37
2	FRG	1	1	1	3	39–38
3	NOR	1	1	1	3	48–50
4	ESP	0	0	3	0	39–47

Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	ROU	18 – 14	NOR
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	FRG	13 – 10	ESP
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	ROU	15 – 12	ESP
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	FRG	15 – 15	NOR
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	ROU	13 – 11	FRG
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	NOR	19 – 17	ESP

Group D (30 August – 3 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Goals
1	YUG	3	0	6	63–45
2	HUN	2	1	4	64–45
3	JPN	1	2	2	46–56
4	USA	0	3	0	46–73

Match #1	30 Aug 19:00	YUG	20 – 14	JPN
Match #2	30 Aug 20:15	HUN	28 – 15	USA
Match #3	01 Sep 19:00	YUG	25 – 15	USA
Match #4	01 Sep 20:15	HUN	20 – 12	JPN
Match #5	03 Sep 19:00	YUG	18 – 16	HUN
Match #6	03 Sep 20:15	JPN 3	20 – 16	USA

Round Two (5 – 8 September 1972)

Group A (5 – 8 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	TCH	2	0	1	4	42–38	4
2	GDR	2	0	1	4	36–34	5
3	URS	1	1	1	3	34–34	6
4	SWE	0	1	2	1	34–40	7

Match #1	05 Sep 15:30	TCH	15 – 12	SWE
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	URS	11 – 8	GDR
Match #3	08 Sep 15:30	GDR	14 – 11	SWE
Match #4	08 Sep 20:00	TCH	15 – 12	URS

Group B (6 – 8 September 1972)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Goals
1	YUG	3	0	6	56–44	8
2	ROU	2	1	4	46–39	9
3	FRG	1	2	2	43–51	10
4	HUN	0	3	0	44–55	11

Match #1	06 Sep 15:30	ROU	20 – 14	HUN
Match #2	06 Sep 20:00	YUG	24 – 15	FRG
Match #3	08 Sep 15:30	YUG	14 – 13	ROU
Match #4	08 Sep 20:00	FRG	17 – 14	HUN

Classification Round 13-16 (7 September 1972)

Match #1	07 Sep 20:00	DEN	29 – 21	TUN
Match #2	07 Sep 20:00	USA	22 – 20	ESP

Classification Round 9-12 (7 September 1972)

Classification matches.

Match #1	07 Sep 15:30	POL	20 – 17	ISL
Match #2	07 Sep 15:30	NOR	19 – 17	JPN

Final Round (9 – 10 September 1972)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	10 Sep 21:00	YUG	21 – 16	TCH
Match 3/4	10 Sep 10:00	ROU	19 – 16	GDR
Match 5/6	10 Sep 21:00	URS	17 – 16	FRG
Match 7/8	10 Sep 10:00	SWE	19 – 18	HUN
Match 9/10	09 Sep 20:00	NOR	23 – 20	POL
Match 11/12	09 Sep 15:30	JPN	19 – 18	ISL
Match 13/14	09 Sep 15:30	DEN	19 – 18	USA
Match 15/16	09 Sep 20:00	ESP	23 – 20	TUN

Rankings

Goals / Saves