Date | 30 August – 10 September 1972 | |
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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 | |||
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1 | Yugoslavia | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | Gold | |||
2 | Czechoslovakia | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | Silver | |||
3 | Romania | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | Bronze | |||
4 | East Germany | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
5 | Soviet Union | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
6 | West Germany | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
7 | Sweden | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
8 | Hungary | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
9 | Norway | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
10 | Poland | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
11 | Japan | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
12 | Iceland | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
13 | Denmark | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
14 | United States | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
15 | Spain | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– | ||||
16 | Tunisia | ![]() | – | – | – | – | ––– |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40–34 | |||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40–34 | |||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 35–38 | |||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30–39 |
Match #1 | 30 Aug 19:00 | ![]() | 12 – 12 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 30 Aug 20:15 | ![]() | 13 – 13 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 01 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 11 – 8 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 01 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 11 – 11 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 03 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 16 – 10 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 03 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 17 – 11 | ![]() |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51–32 | |||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56–40 | |||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 57–51 | |||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32–73 |
Match #1 | 30 Aug 19:00 | ![]() | 16 – 11 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 30 Aug 20:15 | ![]() | 25 – 7 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 01 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 21 – 9 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 01 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 19 – 19 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 03 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 14 – 12 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 03 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 27 – 16 | ![]() |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46–37 | |||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 39–38 | |||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48–50 | |||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39–47 |
Match #1 | 30 Aug 19:00 | ![]() | 18 – 14 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 30 Aug 20:15 | ![]() | 13 – 10 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 01 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 15 – 12 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 01 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 15 – 15 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 03 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 13 – 11 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 03 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 19 – 17 | ![]() |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 63–45 | |||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 64–45 | |||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46–56 | |||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46–73 |
Match #1 | 30 Aug 19:00 | ![]() | 20 – 14 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 30 Aug 20:15 | ![]() | 28 – 15 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 01 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 25 – 15 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 01 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 20 – 12 | ![]() |
Match #5 | 03 Sep 19:00 | ![]() | 18 – 16 | ![]() |
Match #6 | 03 Sep 20:15 | ![]() | 20 – 16 | ![]() |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 42–38 | 4 | ||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36–34 | 5 | ||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34–34 | 6 | ||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34–40 | 7 |
Match #1 | 05 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 15 – 12 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 06 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 11 – 8 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 08 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 14 – 11 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 08 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 15 – 12 | ![]() |
Round-robin pools.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56–44 | 8 | ||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 46–39 | 9 | ||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43–51 | 10 | ||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44–55 | 11 |
Match #1 | 06 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 20 – 14 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 06 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 24 – 15 | ![]() |
Match #3 | 08 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 14 – 13 | ![]() |
Match #4 | 08 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 17 – 14 | ![]() |
Match #1 | 07 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 29 – 21 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 07 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 22 – 20 | ![]() |
Classification matches.
Match #1 | 07 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 20 – 17 | ![]() |
Match #2 | 07 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 19 – 17 | ![]() |
Medal round.
Match 1/2 | 10 Sep 21:00 | ![]() | 21 – 16 | ![]() |
Match 3/4 | 10 Sep 10:00 | ![]() | 19 – 16 | ![]() |
Match 5/6 | 10 Sep 21:00 | ![]() | 17 – 16 | ![]() |
Match 7/8 | 10 Sep 10:00 | ![]() | 19 – 18 | ![]() |
Match 9/10 | 09 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 23 – 20 | ![]() |
Match 11/12 | 09 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 19 – 18 | ![]() |
Match 13/14 | 09 Sep 15:30 | ![]() | 19 – 18 | ![]() |
Match 15/16 | 09 Sep 20:00 | ![]() | 23 – 20 | ![]() |